Columns: 2016
27th December, 2016
A slew of financial sector measures can be announced, which will lead to the deepening of the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Union Budget, India politics
25th December, 2016
Apart from flagging concerns on inflation, the central theme of the minutes is the lack of... read more
Categories: Common citizen, RBI, India politics
11th December, 2016
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, popularly known as NREGA, was... read more
Categories: Common citizen, India politics, Inclusive growth
7th December, 2016
In the backdrop of an imminent Fed hike, the global uncertainty, as also the difficulties in... read more
Categories: Common citizen, RBI, Indian economy
7th December, 2016
Instead for harping on cuts, the banking sector might be well advised to handle the complexities... read more
Categories: Common citizen, RBI, Indian economy
5th December, 2016
The CSR law is inherently contradictory. Without a coercive enforcement mechanism, it is unlikely... read more
Categories: Common citizen, India politics, Inclusive growth
5th December, 2016
Rarely has this 80-year-old institution been in the headlines almost daily, with questions, doubts... read more
Categories: RBI, India politics, Indian economy
5th December, 2016
The priority now should be to restore normalcy by smoothening the process of liquidity management... read more
Categories: RBI, India politics, Indian economy
3rd December, 2016
The rupee needs to soften, because measured in real effective terms, i.e. adjusting for inflation... read more
Categories: RBI, Indian economy
2nd December, 2016
Jobs cannot be sprinkled into the economy by the government. Jobs will emerge from interactions of... read more
Categories: Jobs, India politics, Inclusive growth
30th November, 2016
It is unfortunate that the “Heart of Asia” Conference is getting enmeshed in the present tension... read more
Categories: China-India, Global, India politics
20th November, 2016
The finance minister’s statement that it will take two to three weeks to re-calibrate ATMs and that... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, India politics
16th November, 2016
In a dynamic world, ideas of isolation may not be the best way to either build ties or contain... read more
Categories: China-India, India politics, Indian economy
12th November, 2016
The government should have focused not just on old stock but future flow of black money generation... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, India politics
12th November, 2016
People trust those who listen to them, rather than those who, from high velvet lined pulpits,... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Global, Inclusive growth
11th November, 2016
If 20 per cent of old notes do not return by March 2017 to RBI, the move would have impacted Rs 300... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, RBI
11th November, 2016
As the RBI annual report of 2015-16 notes: “Central banks worldwide adopt standardised practice of... read more
Categories: Common citizen, India politics, Inclusive growth
11th November, 2016
The demonetisation announced on November 8 is by all means one of the rare, bold economic policy... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, India politics
8th November, 2016
The bitterness of the US election as also the anti-women and ugly remarks of the GOP nominee Donald... read more
Categories: Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Global, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
7th November, 2016
Women account for nearly 50 per cent of world population but account for only about 41 per cent of... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Global, Jobs, India politics, Inclusive growth