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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…
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 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…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
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…
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 Ajit Ranade |
A slew of financial sector measures can be announced, which will lead to the deepening of the sector. Bank…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
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…
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 Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
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…