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By M Damodaran |
At the heart of the matter is the failure of a multi-state cooperative bank, which is no more than a cooperative society doing banking business in more than one State.…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The deputy governor in charge of monetary policy, among other responsibilities, left the RBI towards the end of July before completing his term. The search for his…
By now, there is consensus among economists that there is a serious crisis in India’s economy. Public debate on the way out has begun. But it seems that most economists…
By Ajit Ranade |
On the eve of the formation of the Indian republic, Dr.Ambedkar made a prophetic statement. This was part of his historic speech to the Constituent Assembly in November…
By Arun Maira |
The Perfect Storm is Sebastian Junger’s riveting account of the tragic end of the best fishing vessel on the US East Coast, commanded by the most seasoned skipper, when…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Last weekend, as the authorities began felling trees, swarms of riot police descended in the wooded enclave that is known as Aarey Milk Colony and clashed with thousands…
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Actions do speak louder than words. The Indian government has for several months now been blowing its own trumpet at various fora about how it is doing more than its…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
With a fourth successive policy rate cut of 25 basis points on October 4, 2019, the cumulative reduction of rate cuts is a 135 basis points. By RBI’s own admission the “…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
With a 25-basis point cut in the policy repo rate by the MPC of the Reserve Bank in its fourth bi-monthly meeting this fiscal, the cumulative easing in 2019 so far…
By Ajit Ranade |
The freezing of accounts, and stoppage of lending and deposit taking activity of Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC) has once again brought to the fore the…
By Aseem Shrivastava |
I read Gandhiji’s Hind Swaraj when I was 34. I should have read it when I was 17. But at that impressionable age, given the prevailing urban political fashions of the day
By Xavier Raj |
Gandhi lived in a time when technology, science, education and energy were reshaping economic growth and world war outcomes. US and Europe reeled under the Great Depressi
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Dr. K Sivan won the hearts of the nation even when the Chandrayaan-2 mission lander Vikram failed to touch the…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The reduction in the corporate tax rate and other relief announced by the government as part of a stimulus package will mean revenue foregone to the tune of Rs.1,45,000…