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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…
The perception that the predominance of cash in the economy makes it possible for the people to evade their taxes does…
By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
In line with our expectations, the Union Budget-2017-18 has focused on active economic stabilisation, given the…
By Usha Thorat |
Last year the Budget used CSO’s advance estimate that is not yet available for 2017-18. Moreover, the CSO has revised…
The long term impacts of demonetisation are sugarcoated with many ifs here. Such an analysis, claims and statements are…
By Vappala Balachandran |
The demonetisation, however laudable its objective might have been, has “left out” millions of migratory labour, daily…
Given that consumption is down, small and medium enterprises are impacted by a shortage of cash in the economy and the…
By Ajit Ranade |
A slew of financial sector measures can be announced, which will lead to the deepening of the sector. Bank…
Apart from flagging concerns on inflation, the central theme of the minutes is the lack of transmission of repo rate…
By Aneel Karnani |
The CSR law is inherently contradictory. Without a coercive enforcement mechanism, it is unlikely that the law will…
Rarely has this 80-year-old institution been in the headlines almost daily, with questions, doubts and clarifications…
The priority now should be to restore normalcy by smoothening the process of liquidity management and more importantly…
By Arun Maira |
Jobs cannot be sprinkled into the economy by the government. Jobs will emerge from interactions of many drivers in the…
By Vappala Balachandran |
It is unfortunate that the “Heart of Asia” Conference is getting enmeshed in the present tension between India and…