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The fall in headline inflation rate is not generalised. Mostly, the deceleration is food centric, caused by the…
By Ajit Ranade |
The agenda of financial inclusion was to bring the financial sector, savings, loans, insurance and investments to the…
By Ajit Ranade |
In fact, given India’s advantageous demography, the per capita burden of future taxes will be lower, since the…
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Electoral bonds open up yet another route to further the unholy nexus between corporate houses and political parties…
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 Jagdish Rattanani |
My idea of The Hindvasi travels back to days I was a school kid and the paper came home but only on a Sunday, if memory…
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…
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When the results were declared, Irom Sharmila’s eyes welled up, but she did not allow her tears to diminish her steely…
By Ajit Ranade |
For far too long the farm sector was neglected or has suffered from muddled policies and inefficient implementation.…
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 Ajit Ranade |
This is the first budget to have mentioned about transparency in political funding. In its fight against black money…
By Arun Maira |
For two decades, business executives have been chasing the ball to produce more shareholder value and create higher…
By Ajit Ranade |
Economic reforms must urgently address these twin challenges: that the country’s demographic ratio has peaked and the…
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It is not at all clear as to how enmeshing the Railway Budget and discontinuing plan and non-plan expenditure would…