Columns: 2017
30th December, 2017
ભારતના રાજ્યોમાં ગુજરાત ધનિક કહી શકાય. પહેલા બીજા નંબરે આવે. પણ.આરોગ્ય માં આપણે આઠમે... read more
Categories: Common citizen, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
27th December, 2017
Around this time last year, the country was recovering from the shock of demonetisation. It created... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Taxes, Union Budget, RBI, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
20th December, 2017
There has been some heated debate on the “bail-in” clause (Clause 52) of the Financial... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, RBI
20th December, 2017
Much has been debated on the miracle growth of Gujarat’s agriculture, particularly after 2003... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
19th December, 2017
Having more independent directors of corporations, or separating the roles of chairman and CEO, and... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
13th December, 2017
India’s modern tax reform agenda was defined by the reports of two celebrated task forces,... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Taxes, RBI, India politics, Inclusive growth
13th December, 2017
Providing productive jobs with decent earnings to all has to be a major goal of any development... read more
Categories: Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
8th December, 2017
The fifth bi- monthly monetary policy statement 2017-18 setting out the resolution of the Monetary... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Global, RBI, Indian economy
6th December, 2017
The policy was in line with expectations. No changes in interest rates or in CRR. Inflation... read more
Categories: RBI, Indian economy
6th December, 2017
Weak investment demand would impede a higher growth trajectory. To top it, the predominance of... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Taxes, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
5th December, 2017
In September 2016, with an amendment to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934, almost eight... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, RBI, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
5th December, 2017
A case of police brutality in Sangli, a district of 2.8 million people in the well-connected... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, India politics
5th December, 2017
We are here because, as the RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya once put it: “Original promoters –... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, RBI, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
2nd December, 2017
Inequality cannot be remedied merely by depending on the goodwill and moral compulsions of the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Philanthropy, Taxes, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
1st December, 2017
We seem to have reduced the discussions on financial inclusion to a mechanical exercise in... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Global, RBI, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
22nd November, 2017
The asking price from the builders is (artificially held) steady and some are working almost like... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
17th November, 2017
Crude oil prices have sharply risen by almost 25 per cent in the past two months. There are several... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Global, RBI, India politics, Indian economy
14th November, 2017
A narrow direct-tax base, a retrograde direct-indirect tax structure, widespread tax evasion,... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, RBI, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
8th November, 2017
The ban on cattle slaughter has come honoring the sentiments of millions of Indians. The ban seals... read more
Categories: India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
8th November, 2017
The comparison with Pokhran can only be stretched so far. Unlike the Pokhran test, demonetisation... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, RBI, Indian economy, Inclusive growth