India's central bank board meets with new worries about autonomyIndia’s central bank board will meet on Friday with much of the hostility of the past two months with the government having eased.
14 Dec, 2018, 08.57 AM IST
World’s fastest growing economy has the world’s most toxic airAccording to World Bank’s estimates, losses from pollution cost India as much as 8.5% of GDP.
22 Oct, 2018, 03.29 PM IST
India's 200 miles-per-hour bullet train has starting troubleThese troubles highlight the challenge PM Modi faces in implementing his flagship projects.
17 Oct, 2018, 10.00 AM IST
With his eye on elections, PM Modi lets India's subsidy bill surgeAs Modi faces eight state assembly polls this year and national election in early 2019, his government has gone quiet on phasing out subsid...
14 Feb, 2018, 09.45 AM IST
Can PM Modi afford to ignore 70% of India in Budget 2018-19?Traditionally, Modi's BJP has been seen to rely on middle-class voters—urban workers and small traders. But Modi's rise to power was fuelle...
27 Jan, 2018, 08.21 PM IST
One budget, nine elections, 1.3 billion people: India's big yearPM Modi has already started paying more attention to rural India. He gave the highest ever allocation to a rural job guarantee program in t...
25 Jan, 2018, 08.31 AM IST
Moody's India upgrade seen boosting Modi amid growth slowdownMoody’s praised Modi’s efforts to broaden the tax base and tackle non-performing loans in India’s $2.3 trillion economy, Asia’s third-large...
20 Nov, 2017, 07.16 AM IST
View: Demonetisation, followed by GST, was the right prescription for inclusive economic growthAccording to a recent Bloomberg report India unearthed more than a billion dollars in illegal cash holdings from more than 2,00,000 shell c...
08 Nov, 2017, 10.58 AM IST
A 'mind-boggling' reform looms over India's $2 trillion economyWith tax experts praising the rates as moderate and generally lower-than-expected, it seems Modi might be able to roll out this reform with...
22 May, 2017, 12.57 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to spend more on India’s villages with eye on pollsResults from Uttar Pradesh -- India’s most populous state -- can embellish or scuttle Modi’s re-election prospects come 2019.
02 Feb, 2017, 10.37 AM IST
Estimating how much money is stashed overseas: A real tall orderThese losses should be recouped. But, repatriating such vast sums to India at one go would stoke inflationary pressures.
19 Jun, 2014, 07.18 AM IST
Doing business in India: Take up the slack on global competitivenessWhen GCI is adjusted by social sustainability, India’s rank remains stable in a 5% interval but dips between –5% and –15% when adjusted by ...
01 Oct, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Budget 2013: Macroeconomic challenges ahead of budgetPrevailing pessimism about domestic investment prospects contributed to ‘push’ factors facilitating outward flow of FDI from India.
20 Feb, 2013, 05.57 AM IST
FDI in retail will not only hurt kiranas, infrastructure ; farmers too won’t gainWal-Mart and others are not going to build new rural infrastructure through a 50% commitment towards back-end investment.
04 Oct, 2012, 06.08 AM IST
Boosting Indo-Pakistan trade & improving business climate will further regional peacePrivate sector could promote peace while supporting economic development. This possibility is now receiving considerable attention.
06 Sep, 2012, 07.20 AM IST
- NREG, PDS & nutritional deprivation
The effects of NREG wages on nutrient intake in many cases are larger than those of non-NREG income For some nutrients, PDS has larger effe...
11 May, 2010, 06.03 AM IST