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By Ajit Ranade |
In the meantime, spare a thought for the depositor. Her return on savings is now merely 3.5 percent. Don’t ask her to…
By Usha Thorat |
It is to be expected that RBI will focus more on ensuring durable inflation closer to the target level as that is what…
The obsession with GDP growth is despite the fact that the number is not easily relatable to anything the citizen feels…
By Ajit Ranade |
A great transformation awaits digital India in the next five years, and it is all centered around a resource called “…
Earlier, where some businesses manipulated the system, today we have liberalised and opened the floodgates so that…
By Ajit Ranade |
The recent episode of farm loan waivers once again brings the farm sector woes in focus. It is hoped that in these…
By Arun Maira |
Participative and well conducted multi-stakeholder processes increase social solidarity, which makes good societies.…
By Ajit Ranade |
The full impact of tax reform and attendant benefits are only possible when we implement both direct and indirect tax…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
As Gandhiji’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi has rightly remarked, Amit Shah’s remark that he was a clever bania was…
The response to the loan waivers has been along predictable lines. A loan, after all, is meant to be paid back and the…
By Vappala Balachandran |
It would be advisable for India to keep contingency plans to protect the interests of 6,50,000 Indian workers who…
By Ajit Ranade |
Setting of interest rates is a key component of the monetary policy. This responsibility is now with the Monetary…
The overleveraged corporate sector, lack of better alignment of administered interest rates on small savings with…
By Ajit Ranade |
Whatever be the reasons, the days of secure, lifetime employment with one employer are gone. Workers need to be in…
Empirical research and evidence suggest that the common base and rates across goods and services and similar rates…