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By Ajit Ranade |
In fact, given India’s advantageous demography, the per capita burden of future taxes will be lower, since the…
By Ajit Ranade |
The initial capital cost of installing solar power has come down from around Rs.20 crore per MW a few years ago, to…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The nation has a new health policy after 14 years. The long gap itself indicates the priority, or the lack thereof,…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
There is a poor-rich divide that is accentuated in the age of conspicuous consumption. Flashy cars, luxury apartments…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
In India, household sector deposits made by individuals, businessmen, traders, professionals, trusts, self-help groups…
By Ajit Ranade |
Beyond GDP, the numbers on job creation are dismal. Investment growth, especially from the private sector, is stagnant…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Dr. Acharya minces no words in describing the problem staring at the banks and the economy; he speaks of “a certain…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The perception that the predominance of cash in the economy makes it possible for the people to evade their taxes does…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The irony is that the two sides now locked in the dispute –Tata and Mistry – are both honorable leaders who no doubt…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Given that consumption is down, small and medium enterprises are impacted by a shortage of cash in the economy and the…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Rarely has this 80-year-old institution been in the headlines almost daily, with questions, doubts and clarifications…
By Ajit Ranade |
The government should have focused not just on old stock but future flow of black money generation. Hence high value…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Women account for nearly 50 per cent of world population but account for only about 41 per cent of the formal work…