When tomatoes make it to the news, it is mostly for the wrong reasons. The pictures of farmers dumping the produce have now been permanently
Category: Economy
NPA: Big financial blow for NPA-laden banks on cards as RBI unlikely to ease provisioning load–Economic Times–26.07.2017
Banks hoping to escape steep provisions on loans referred to bankruptcy court, apart from the 12 companies that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently
Inflation: Why Reserve Bank of India should fix inflation forecasting model now–Economic Times–26.07.2017
When Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian expressed his angst at the Monetary Policy Committee for not reducing interest rates at its June meeting, he didn’t
Internet shutdowns anti-productive for India’s cashless economy: Internet Society–Economic Times–26.07.2017
US-headquartered Internet Society has said Internet lockdowns are counterproductive for a country like India which is pushing for a less-cash economy. This year till end
Over 6.83 L companies have PAN but did not file I-T returns: Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar – The Financial Express–26.07.2017
Over 6.83 lakh companies have permanent account number (PAN) but did not file income tax returns for assessment year 2016-17, Parliament was informed today. The
Bad loans crisis: How to rescue public sector banks – The Financial Express–26.07.2017
On Sunday, November 23, 2008, the United States government, acting in concert with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal
How cheaper imports trumped Indian wheat; will it affect country’s wheat security; know here – The Financial Express–26.07.2017
Will India remain a long-term wheat importer? Is nation’s wheat security exposed to risk? Will the government intervene to curb or stop import? Should the
Do rising imports reflect demand revival? | Business Standard News–26.07.2017
Imports continued to rise at a robust pace for the 10th month in June, fuelling hope among some experts that industrial demand was back on
Gush of liquidity: 5 factors that helped Nifty cross 10,000 | Business Standard News–26.07.2017
Here are five reasons that have triggered the recent rally: Sharp rally in index heavyweights: The Nifty50 rally, in most part, has been fuelled by
Hidden value–PSBs | Business Line–26.07.2017
As the RBI, the banks and the new Bankruptcy Board double down to the task of resolving the bad loan imbroglio, one thing is becoming
[ Changing of Calender Year ] Govt in a hurry | Business Line–26.07.2017
It commenced with an operation to cleanse Black Money that is still ongoing under different names. It continued with merging the Railway Budget with the
A case of double standards | Business Line–26.07.2017
A recent Crisil research report has said that the top 50 stressed assets, which account for over half the total NPAs of ₹8 lakh crore,
All you wanted to know about…consent orders | Business Line–26.07.2017
The spotlight was on the ‘consent order’ mechanism recently when the country’s largest bourse, the NSE, offered to settle the colocation imbroglio through this route.
Tax base widens to 6.26 cr in 2016-17: CBDT–Economic Times–25.07.2017
Income taxpayer base moved up substantially to 6.26 crore at the end of the last fiscal, from nearly 4 crore earlier, CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra
policy logjam: GDP at the low end of plan panel projections during 2012-14: Niti–Economic Times–25.07.2017
India has performed worse than the “policy logjam” scenario in the first two years of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) based on the old GDP
Niti Aayog pushes for increasing savings, investments to boost growth – The Financial Express–25.07.2017
Niti Aayog has made a strong case for boosting savings and investments with a view to push the country’s economy into a higher growth trajectory.
Big boost for Narendra Modi government, IMF says growth in India to pick up in 2017, beat China – The Financial Express–25.07.2017
Growth in India is forecast to pick up further in 2017 and 2018,” the IMF said. (PTI) India will stay ahead of China on the
Erratic monsoons signal farm distress, sowing down in five states | Business Standard Column–25.07.2017
The BSE-CMIE-UMich Index of Consumer Sentiment seems to be stabilising at a little over 97 (base: 100 in September-December 2015) in July. If the index
‘With GST, supply chain can become more efficient’ | Business Line–25.07.2017
With the five NPA steel accounts being heard NCLT accounting for almost ₹1.41 lakh crore, the debt-laden steel industry has hogged the limelight more than
Kenneth Rogoff: GST much bigger policy than demonetisation: Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University–Economic Times–24.07.2017
In India, there is a debate on disincentivising cash. What do you think about it? My proposals look to lie on the lines of