In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: A cash shot for the economy, public float maths at Ruchi Soya, agri policy rethink, Weekly Tactical, Eicher’s hot wheels, the chip jigsaw and more
Just as was the case with solar power, where India led from the front in forming the International Solar Alliance, India has a unique opportunity to become a global leader in green hydrogen
The crypto asset market in India is worth $15 billion, and currently has about 6 million users
Economists aren’t very impressed with the way the central bank generated higher dividends
Technology priorities are evolving rapidly across industries. Demand from less penetrated geographies is increasing as well. To capitalise on these opportunities and to be future ready, Indian IT services companies have to make some structural changes
Wadhawan’s offer is a diversionary tactic after the CoC in January declared Piramal Enterprises as the preferred bidder and the Reserve Bank of India stamped its approval
To make India’s farm effort weather proof, the urgent need now is for a more fine-tuned policy which does the right thing by allowing full play to market forces but also carefully designs incentives
Faced with a global shortage of automotive semiconductors, top companies are busy redrawing their strategies
The factors that determine farm investments are still flashing green. Agriculture produce prices are firm and the government has sharply raised subsidy for fertilisers
A media report says SEBI is considering the concept of institutional investor-only initial public offerings (IPOs), especially for companies in the new-economy space
Stimulus measures can boost consumption, build the base for durable growth and help set the course for a lower fiscal deficit, going forward
According to the IMF, an urgent $50 billion investment — now! — primarily by rich countries to vaccinate people in poor countries would yield an astonishing $9 trillion in additional economic growth by 2025, by controlling the pandemic earlier
India is in a constant state of elections. Any sort of manipulative behaviour by TIFY (Twitter-Instagram-Facebook-YouTube) will mean influencing behaviour and infiltrating India’s democracy. India will not tolerate it
India’s ‘all-in’ engagement has ensured that when the chips were down, the world put its money on an Indian recovery. India’s next challenge would be to create an enabling framework that would allow the world to partner in its inevitable economic growth and resurgence
While one question will determine technology’s potential to comply with a government rule, the other will determine if a demand to trace messages to the ‘first originator’ is tantamount to a constitutional violation of an individual’s right to privacy
Centre and state governments should undertake this journey in mission mode, with industry associations and regtechs as companions, and periodically publish dashboards of progress as key milestones are crossed
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: The GST hopes, India’s R&D dreams, twists in DHFL case, investor lens on CAMS, Concor, a new dawn for eurozone stocks and much more
India is a democracy. Tech corporations are anything but, and they may do well to examine their own motivations before calling into question the decisions of states, especially those navigating the changeable waters of a profoundly diverse nation such as India
The annual report looks at the widening gap between stretched asset prices and the weak real economy
By introducing the cow protection Bill in Assam, the BJP would hope that it will convince its supporters and potential voters in Uttar Pradesh which will go to the polls in early 2022
The MSCI EMU index of shares in eurozone companies has jumped almost 13 per cent since the end of last year, exceeding a similar gauge of global developed market equities by around two percentage points
In the entire DHFL saga, the biggest loser is the retail investor in its equity and debt instruments
CBDCs can provide an alternative to digital wallets and cryptocurrencies, but there are trade-offs to be considered
A recent working paper by two researchers in the National Bureau of Economic Research offers some ideas
Investor confidence in the road sector stems from two key factors- the steady rise in per day road construction year after year, including in COVID-hit FY2021 and the strong bump up in orders, especially on national highways
