Common citizen
Columns by date
Apart from flagging concerns on inflation, the central theme of the minutes is the lack of transmission of repo rate…
By Usha Thorat |
In the backdrop of an imminent Fed hike, the global uncertainty, as also the difficulties in assessing the macro –…
Instead for harping on cuts, the banking sector might be well advised to handle the complexities arising in the near…
By Aneel Karnani |
The CSR law is inherently contradictory. Without a coercive enforcement mechanism, it is unlikely that the law will…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The finance minister’s statement that it will take two to three weeks to re-calibrate ATMs and that people must have…
By Ajit Ranade |
The government should have focused not just on old stock but future flow of black money generation. Hence high value…
By Arun Maira |
People trust those who listen to them, rather than those who, from high velvet lined pulpits, preach to them.…
By Usha Thorat |
If 20 per cent of old notes do not return by March 2017 to RBI, the move would have impacted Rs 300,000 crore of black…
As the RBI annual report of 2015-16 notes: “Central banks worldwide adopt standardised practice of upgradation of…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The demonetisation announced on November 8 is by all means one of the rare, bold economic policy decisions witnessed in…
Women account for nearly 50 per cent of world population but account for only about 41 per cent of the formal work…
While each of the members has articulated their views, the overall impression that flows is that members were keen to…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The decision of the newly formed MPC to cut the repo rate at this time is likely to hurt its credibility. It will do…
By Martin Macwan |
The vulnerability of women to sexual and other violence in the context of caste has been a sorry feature of our…