Almost every calculation about the entire exercise appears to be proven wrong. It started with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi selling it as a crusade
PM Modi: View: Demonetization, Modi’s biggest move, is total bust–Economic Times–02.09.2017
By Mihir Sharma When India’s prime minister announced last November that 86 per cent of India’s currency would be worthless in hours, he presented the
Some growth hurdles likely transient–Economic Times–02.09.2017
The slowdown in economic growth in the first quarter of 2017-18, while not exactly a source of joy, is no cause for despair. Growth is
Better ways to tackle farm distress than loan waivers: Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand – The Financial Express–02.09.2017
Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand today said there are more effective ways to deal with problems of farmers than loan waivers which benefit only a
Demonetisation depleted RBI profit? Check out the math – The Financial Express–02.09.2017
Central banks are not profit-making institutions. Nevertheless, they earn profits that are incidental to the nature of operations performed by them. Typically permitted by statutory
Bank liable for online frauds | Business Standard News–02.09.2017
Thomas Ninad had a salary savings account with Axis Bank. Even though he was using the account regularly, he was was not getting any e-mail
How to cope with a drunken gorilla | Business Standard Column–02.09.2017
Other than the size of their countries, what is the difference between Xi Jinping, President of China, and Kim Jong-un, Great Leader of North Korea?
Down and out | Business Standard Editorials–02.09.2017
The Central Statistics Office of the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released on Thursday its estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP) for
GDP data for April-June: A disappointing growth story | Business Standard News–02.09.2017
India’s GDP growth slowed to 5.7 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2017-18, against 7.9 per cent in the same quarter of 2016-17 and
In a time of slowdown | Business Line–02.09.2017
Urgent counter-cyclical steps are called for With first quarter GDP growth at a three-year low of 5.7 per cent, the economy may well end up
Credibility of GDP numbers stands deflated | Business Line–02.09.2017
The CSO should explain the frequent changes in the GDP deflator, as well as its divergence from inflation indices The latest set of GDP releases
LIC settled claims worth over Rs 1 lakh cr in FY17 | Business Line–02.09.2017
Country’s life insurance behemoth, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has settled claims worth more than Rs. 1 trillion in the financial year 2016-17. LIC,
Fincare Small Finance Bank starts operations with 25 branches | Business Line–02.09.2017
Fincare Small Finance Bank (previously known as Disha Microfin Limited) on Friday kick-started its banking operations with about 25 operational branches across Gujarat, Tamil
Flat or refund, your pick: Supreme Court to Unitech buyers | India News – Times of India–02.09.2017
Sending a heartening signal to investors in housing projects in which developers are playing truant, the Supreme Court assured flat buyers in Unitech schemes that
It was the suddenness of demonetisation that added immensely to its costs, and nothing to its benefits–Times of India–02.09.2017
Whatever its critics may say, there is one unambiguous achievement of the demonetisation drive. The Reserve Bank of India can surely now claim its rightful
Slowing down | The Indian Express–02.09.2017
The 5.7 per cent growth in GDP in the first quarter, April to June of this fiscal, is the slowest since the NDA government came
Congress compares Modi with Tughlaq as 99% of banned notes return to banks | india-news | Hindustan Times–02.09.2017
The Congress compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi with whimsical 14th-century Delhi monarch Muhammad bin Tughlaq for his decision to demonetise two-high-value notes last year and
India’s GDP growth rate had started to drop even before demonetisation | editorials | Hindustan Times–02.09.2017
Is there a limit to how much reform an economy can take? The June quarter GDP figures have surprised many by registering 5.7%, the lowest
अधोगतीचा अर्थ— editorial in Maharashtra Times–०२.०९.२०१७
पाचशे आणि एक हजार रुपयांच्या जुन्या नोटांपैकी ९९ टक्के नोटा बँकांमध्ये जमा झाल्याचे रिझर्व्ह बँकेने जाहीर केल्यानंतर नोटाबंदीतील फोलपणा समोर आल्याचा निष्कर्षावर विकासदराच्या ताज्या आकडेवारीने
Despite RBI’s figures, the last word on demonetisation is still to be written | opinion | Hindustan Times–02.09.2017
When political parties find their gambits failing, they try and spin it into something else. And the normal thing to do is to change the