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Observing that the recent increase in India’s ease of doing business ranking by the World Bank was long overdue, a top Indian American economist today

November 8, 2016. The day Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to announce the demonetisation of high-value notes from the Indian economy in a surprising nationwide

Demonetisation also proved to be momentous for the digital economy that ushered in a change in thinking and habits of people. (PTI) By-Bipin Preet Singh 

By- Jaimin Shah The grim prognosis for India’s information technology sector may have dampened the spirits of faint-hearted techies, but Jaimin Shah, recently appointed chairman of

With mounting criticisms over the slowing down of the economy, in part due to the adverse effects of the demonetisation and glitches in the implementation of GST,

The government’s move to demonetise high-value currency, announced on November 8, 2016, was meant to root out unaccounted wealth, stem terror financing and curb counterfeiting. Looking

A half-torn poster of Paytm Wallet with the first four digits of Ashok Mondol’s mobile phone pasted on the side of his grocery shop in

As demonetisation completes one year, Business Standard looks at how the government’s move to root out black money impacted businesses, economy and the common man.

One year after 86 per cent of India’s currency in circulation ceased to be legal tender, it is time to take a closer look at

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that the impact of structural reforms is “behind us” and the early economic indicators point to an improvement. Structural

With the completion of one year of demonetisation, leading players of the microfinance industry (MFI) were of the view that things were recovering slowly and

  Taking on those who opposed to the decision to withdraw 86 per cent of the currency in circulation on November 8, 2016, Jaitley said

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) — the insolvency regulator — has tightened the due diligence framework on resolution applicants, including promoters. Corporate

Ease of doing business should impact small businesses, too The World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2018 report is not about the legal and regulatory

If the problem is jobs, we should throw money from helicopters and bust the government budget. A young person at a recent job fair in

In a country that transacts primarily in cash, this decision, which withdrew 86 per cent of the currency in circulation, caused widespread havoc, disrupting economic

A year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stunned the nation by announcing the demonetisation of high-denomination currency notes, the government and the Bharatiya Janata Party

As the Indian financial sector faces a serious problem with bad debt, a ray of hope on the horizon is the modern insolvency process. The

Economy – stalling or reviving? The slowdown in GDP growth to below 6% in the April-June quarter of 2017 grabbed headlines. It was the sixth

M V Sridhara, Nov 2 2017, 0:42 IST India has been developing through successive five-year plans and progress on many counts – the Human Development