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Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/why-credit-guarantees-dont-help-a-range-of-msmes/article71003143.ece Bankers are hard-wired into overlooking enterprises that are too large for MUDRA, and yet unfamiliar with banking systems Credit: Helping the small player

Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/portfolio/not-just-gold-love-for-equity-too-adds-to-bop-stress/article70988168.ece ‘Asset arbitrage’ is also a factor as FDI repatriations and FII selling add fuel to fire When it rains, it pours. That seems

Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/payment-discipline-a-must-for-making-eclgs-work/article70979825.ece A good credit design alone will not help in ensuring the scheme’s success. The collapse of trade credit must be dealt with MSMEs

Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/the-case-for-a-bond-issue-to-boost-reserves/article70999031.ece The issue of Resurgent India Bonds and India Millennium Bonds more than two decades back, and a forex swap in 2013, is instructive

Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/cost-of-defending-the-rupee/article71022061.ece The rupee’s decline cannot be explained only by BoP flows. They point to speculative activity profiting from deregulation Rupee fall: Complex factors at

Our Bureau  Mumbai The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed strict curbs on the use of mobile phone disabling tools by lenders, alongside a

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/editorial/course-correction-the-impact-of-fuel-price-hikes-needs-to-be-managed-126051700704_1.html The general concern over price increases is valid. The pressure of higher prices is the hardest on the poorest sections of society Listen

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/can-behavioural-economics-translate-the-pm-s-appeal-into-material-outcomes-126051501873_1.html Insights from behavioural economics suggest that an ambitious nudge can be effective if three conditions are met Illustration: Binay Sinha Listen to This

lipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/not-just-an-external-threat-india-faces-strong-fiscal-headwinds-within-126051901793_1.html More attention needs to be paid to fiscal implications of the West Asian conflict for the Union and state governments Rising crude oil

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/editorial/invisible-crisis-ai-powered-cyber-attacks-can-endanger-financial-stability-126051901817_1.html The IMF warns that AI-powered cyberattacks could threaten global financial stability, exposing vulnerabilities in digital payment systems and banking infrastructure The threat is

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/is-india-s-inflation-targeting-too-rigid-for-this-oil-shock-climate-126052001917_1.html A credible framework requires credible measures of price expectations Illustration: Binay Sinha Listen to This Article There is little doubt that India’s inflation-targeting

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/editorial/hamara-bajaj-100-yesterday-s-resilience-tomorrow-s-challenge-lie-ahead-126052101867_1.html In the 2025 annual Barclays Private Clients Hurun India Most Valuable Family Business, the Bajaj group weighs among the top five, a consistent

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/india-s-oil-trade-deficit-requires-it-to-tame-its-demand-as-well-126052101874_1.html Reducing oil import dependence requires India to also curb its demand for oil Illustration: Binay Sinha Listen to This Article The West Asia

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/us-fed-faces-a-reformist-challenge-as-the-baton-passes-from-powell-to-warsh-126052101883_1.html Mr Warsh wants to significantly reform the way the Fed functions, but his real challenge may be outside the central bank Kevin Warsh

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/reforms-will-deliver-10x-the-savings-from-austerity-via-better-governance-126052201927_1.html Indians prefer saving over spending. But for this to happen naturally, it requires more than calls to save fuel or work from home

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/indira-modi-1973-and-now-revisits-the-lessons-of-economic-turmoil-126052201944_1.html An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation, are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/editorial/revenue-channels-rbi-s-surplus-transfer-will-not-ease-fiscal-pressure-126052400696_1.html The crisis in West Asia and the resultant surge in prices of crude oil have significantly complicated the overall Budget arithmetic Image: Bloomberg

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/a-big-push-in-economics-special-times-call-for-special-initiatives-126052400701_1.html The last time the domestic private sector achieved a one-year gain of net fixed assets above 20 per cent in nominal terms was

Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/more-women-seeking-biz-loans-but-two-thirds-remain-outside-formal-system-126052400804_1.html More Indian women are seeking business and retail loans, but nearly two-thirds still remain outside the formal credit system The most decisive shift

lipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/specials/best-of-bs-opinion-rbi-s-surplus-transfer-will-not-ease-fiscal-pressure-126052500006_1.html Hello and welcome to BS Opinion, a wrap of editorials and columns on today’s Opinion page. Illustration: Ajaya Mohanty Listen to This Article