By Kumar Mangalam Birla There is an air of optimism around India’s economic prospects. Deft economic management and the proactive push for reforms by the
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Independence day: India@70: India witnesses a slow but steady shift to market borrowings from bank loans–15.08.2017
MUMBAI: This piece of news got buried in the avalanche of information that came after State Bank of India’s first quarter results. SBI said Rs
IDBI Bank topples IOB as lender with highest NPA ratio | Business Standard News–15.08.2017
Public sector lender IDBI Bank posted a net loss of Rs 853 crore for the quarter ended June 2017 (Q1) on a sharp rise in
Inflationary pressure back after GST roll-out | Business Standard News–15.08.2017
Amid concerns over deflationary impulses expressed in the second volume of the Economic Survey 2016-17, the retail inflation rate rose to a three-month high of
As developers head to bankruptcy body, homebuyers left in lurch | Business Standard News
Thousands of home owners in beleaguered real estate developments owned by Jaypee Infratech and Amrapali Group are running out of options as both head for
Don’t blame it on demonetisation | Business Standard Column–15.08.2017
India’s economic growth is faltering. Part-II of the Economic Survey, just released, thinks that growth in 2017-18 is likely to be closer to the lower
A worrying analysis | Business Standard Editorials–15.08.2017
The second volume of the Economic Survey for 2016-17 was released on Friday, and both the data and the analysis contained therein were disquieting. It
Google launches anti-phishing feature for Gmail; know how you will stop getting useless emails – The Financial Express–15.08.2017
Google has deployed an anti-phishing feature for Gmail mobile application which will stop useless emails from entering your inbox. Phishing is essentially fraud emails which
Dear manufacturing sector, when will you actually manufacture jobs with reasonable pay?–Economic Times–14.08.2017
By Sanjay Modi Driven by PM Narendra Modi, the ambitious “Make in India” campaign has never failed to stimulate imagination. Its logo of a prowling
Only the blind will argue that nothing was accomplished in last 70 years, says P Chidambaram – The Financial Express–14.08.2017
Freedom, a written Constitution, parliamentary system of government, and rule of law have several purposes and objectives: one of the foremost is that they will
Modi may turn populist, shun major reforms till polls: report | Business Line–14.08.2017
The Modi government is unlikely to undertake any major reform in the remainder of its term but may channel its energy to publicise achievements and
India’s gold imports to rebound in 2017 on restocking, good monsoon | Business Line–14.08.2017
Higher imports by the world’s second biggest consumer will support global prices, which are trading near their highest level in two months, but could widen
Roaring Rupee | Business Line–14.08.2017
The India story has played only a supporting role in the rupee’s recent rise The rupee’s unusual bout of appreciation against the dollar has taken
Cybersecurity, do small business owners like you need to worry?–Economic Times–14.08.2017
It’s a crisp morning and you settled down with a steaming cup of coffee and your newspaper. Little would you have guessed that a mere
A case for bitcoin | Business Standard News–14.08.2017
The last year has seen a huge jump in cryptocurrency trading volumes and valuations. Bitcoin was trading at $3,410 per coin last week, about 475
Steel importers skirting anti-dumping duty, say domestic firms | Business Line–14.08.2017
Levy doesn’t cover entire value chain: domestic players Domestic steel manufacturers have alleged that importers are circumventing the anti-dumping duty levied on steel products. This
Industrial output: Industrial output enters negative zone, contracts 0.1% in June–Economic Times–12.08.2017
India’s industrial production fell to a four-year low in June as manufacturers reduced inventories ahead of the transition to the goods and services tax (GST)
stock market: Economic Survey: Stock market valuations outpacing average–Economic Times–12.08.2017
Stock market valuations are substantially greater than the long-run average and not far from the frothy levels of 2007, said the government’s mid-year Economic Survey.
farm loan waiver: Farm waivers may cut GDP by Rs 1.1L cr–Economic Times–12.08.2017
Increasing trends of states doling out farm loan waivers could reduce aggregate demand in the economy by as much as 0.7 per cent, shaving off
Transparency of Rules Act: Economic Survey proposes law to promote transparency of citizen rules–Economic Times–12.08.2017
The Economic Survey has proposed Transparency of Rules Act (TORA), a legislation to end any asymmetry of information regarding rules and regulations faced by an
