How spending drops with age: 8 ways the 30 years in retirement is different from 30 years during employmentIt is now possible to write a living will and restrict invasive treatments. If seniors choose palliative care and quieter living at home, t...
18 Feb, 2023, 12.24 PM IST
How much money is enough? 5 points to think aboutOne of the most discussed factors about feeling rich or poor is peer group comparison. Studies have shown neighbours of those who won a lot...
15 Aug, 2022, 07.34 PM IST
In personal finance, past performance is not an indicator of future: How to make an informed investment decisionWe can work within our context and means to remain focussed on the present. We can imagine a future we desire and do our best with those as...
17 Jan, 2022, 06.30 AM IST
India highlights terrorism, climate change at UNSC open debate"The threat of terrorism has adversely impacted African countries in their pursuit of economic progress and development. The security situa...
10 Dec, 2021, 08.00 AM IST
Bringing climate security into UNSC discourse has potential to disrupt nature of overall discussions: IndiaSpeaking at the UNSC open debate on 'Climate and Security' Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs Reenat Sandhu said India is...
23 Sep, 2021, 09.37 PM IST
5 lessons to learn from your financial mistakesDon’t let a financial mistake go wasted. Use it to see yourself in a fresh light & modify your financial life.
06 May, 2019, 02.58 PM IST
View: We should treat the latest GDP statistics as unfudgedStatistics should be assumed to be unfudged and innocent until proved guilty.
05 Dec, 2018, 06.32 AM IST
Role of peer-to-peer platforms in PM Modi's visionary $20 trillion economyIn a country with one of the highest savings rate in the world at about 30 %, India needs about another five percentage point increase in s...
26 May, 2015, 11.16 AM IST
Credit access, technology and role of private sectorTechnology has played a vital part in making credit available by removing the problems around time and distance and the need to access a ba...
02 Dec, 2014, 11.42 AM IST
- On change & economics
Countries that intentionally ran big fiscal deficits, such as the US and China, weathered the crisis better than those that chose austerity.
24 Oct, 2013, 04.06 AM IST
Scams in India: Reasons why fraudsters continue to thriveSupply of motivated offenders, availability of suitable targets and lack of capable guardians would lead to a routine level of criminal act...
19 Aug, 2013, 08.55 AM IST
To say RBI is obsessed with inflation inaccurate: D Subbarao"To contend that the Reserve Bank is obsessed with inflation, oblivious to growth concerns, I think, is both inaccurate and unfair," he sai...
17 Aug, 2013, 04.16 PM IST
Financial literacy: Planning & effort required to include it in school curriculumThe debate on financial literacy is back on the table. The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) has formulated a draft nation...
13 Aug, 2012, 09.02 AM IST
- Monetary easing can only be delayed and not denied: Siddhartha Sanyal, Chief India Economist, Barclays
The RBI policy surprised the market for the third consecutive occasion - the 50-bps rate cut in April and the no-cut in June was followed b...
01 Aug, 2012, 07.02 AM IST
- An AAA rating for the US isn't likely soon, may be cut to AA within two years: S&P
S&P hits back at blame for turmoil and said said it was an "oversimplification" to blame its stripping AAA sovereign rating for recent mark...
28 Aug, 2011, 03.34 AM IST
- Budget doesn’t connect well with the aam aadmi
The hypocrisy of industry is most visible during Budget time as is the veil of secrecy that the Finance Ministry covers itself with.
25 Feb, 2010, 01.15 AM IST
- Staff to be trained to understand legal terms: Govt
The Law Ministry is planning to train its staff in understanding of economic terms and legal jargons for speedy conversion of finance-relat...
29 Dec, 2008, 07.55 PM IST