While the shift to a more professional farming is desirable, jobs need to be found for marginal farmers and others displaced by it
It’s going to take dedicated effort and sustained investigation by various US government agencies to understand, isolate and prosecute Islamists who claim to represent all American Muslims and dominate the discourse
The NEP has a welcome focus on system overhaul in higher education, but much will depend on the actual rules and sub-rules and implementation, apart from the ability of the government to increase funding to the sector
The government should identify and take special care of elderly households in an effort to protect them by providing immediate health attention and other basic necessities, including special cash transfers
Majority felt that banking sector prospects will diminish considerably, shows RBI systemic risk survey
The world is going in one direction as far as steel is concerned, down. Somebody forgot to give China that memo
The glut in the LNG market is hurting both buyers and sellers and as in the case of crude oil, gas is finding its way into storage tanks
Many of today’s hugely successful companies are in serious danger of losing their momentum because of their founders’ need for self-glory
Critics do not realise that bond sales and purchases are a monetary policy operation and not a method of funding fiscal deficits whether with self-imposed budgetary constraints or infamous helicopter money drops by the government
Japan’s limitations are high costs, inflexible procedures and being risk-averse, and it should be engaged to create a partnership based on an economic model leading to a value chain unique to India and Japan
India wants its pharmaceutical supply chain to become more self-sufficient but the US has a similar goal. What this could mean for Indian pharma.
Statements by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in praise of Narasimha Rao do not give the impression of a change of heart. It’s more like water off a duck’s back
The root of the migrant labour crisis lay in the lack of employment opportunities in rural India, which must be restructured with vastly diversified productive activities to absorb local labour
The top 20 companies based on their market capitalisation now account for more than half of total market value
Coal comprises largest chunk in electricity generated from different fuel sources
JLR’s fundamentals show a battered auto company facing stiff competition amid rapidly changing technological and market dynamics, apart from the pandemic
Macroeconomic shocks could lead to capital levels falling below 7 percent for multiple banks
This partnership is going to act as a bargaining chip for Iran as it will get some much-needed wiggle room and breathing space, irrespective of the next occupant in the White House
Though India has a vast array of manufacturing facilities, the type of facility which will be required will become clear only once there is a full-fledged approval of a vaccine
If the finance ministry does not interfere immediately, SEBI’s diktats can structurally weaken the market.
The obvious flaw with this kind of a one-size-fits-all agreement is that it does not distinguish between individual employees on the basis of their productivity
If the rank and file do not rebel when the Congress is drifting, headless and is splintering, then neither the members nor the party have a reason to exist
Only when the pandemic runs its course and various loan moratoria or restructurings end, can we get a true picture of bank books
The consent-based model of data collection is a charade. Regulation must evolve to put limits on what companies can do with your personal data
