The RBI’s dividend pay-out to the central government for 2021-22 at Rs.30,307 crore was even less than one third of what was paid a year ago – Rs. 99,122 crore. This was…
Columns, et al
Columns by date
By Ajit Ranade |
In the past eight months, foreign portfolio investors have moved out nearly 40 billion dollars out of India, by selling stocks and bonds. During this time India’s…
By Vappala Balachandran |
The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8 in Nara City reminds me of my first lessons in VIP security, lessons on the difference between…
By Vidyadhar Date |
The BJP exploits Indian history, sings its glory but has no real understanding of Indian culture. As Rabindranath Tagore once said, India’s culture is rooted in its…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Uddhav Thackeray will have to take his case to the people very fast, and take on the role of Maharashtra’s wounded warrior who would fight to the last.
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
We will need policy action to enhance export competitiveness and further smoothening of the process to encourage FDI inflows. Policy action taken by the RBI on
By Ajit Ranade |
Germany is the current chair of the group of seven richest nations called G7. This group is meeting in the Bavarian Alps, hosted by the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf…
By Lekha Rattanani |
Maharashtra has irked the BJP over the last few years and the Shiv Sena under Uddhav Thackeray as the Chief Minister has been a troublesome thorn in its side. Other…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In the story of the blind men and the elephant, each touching a different part of the animal and quarrelling over what it is they have just “seen”, the message is that…
By Arun Maira |
NATO is in over-drive to save the world from autocracy and spread democracy around the world. The global trade system has collapsed as collateral damage of the US-led…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretariat, “condemned and de-nounced” statements made by two spokespersons of India’s ruling party, the Bhartiya Janata…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Indian economy is in the midst of some unprecedented challenges. A protracted war in Europe has introduced new strains even before the impact of Covid-19 has fully…
By Ganesh N Devy |
Like Janus, the RSS and the BJP have two faces, one face has marks of the actions of the past on it. Some of these marks are too clear and deeply etched to allow a…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The MPC in its second scheduled meeting in this fiscal raised the policy repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.90%, which was in line with the median market expectation.
India’s ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) as well as the Indian media appear to be pleased that the nation’s Accredited Social Health Activists, or ASHAs as…