opinion

Climate change needs more than lip service in 2020

Tackling climate emergency calls for setting up realistic but holistic goals for the coming decade or two

When will Lady Luck smile on Indian housing?

Many factors are ganging up to keep the residential sector under strain. All said, investors have to get into the fray again

Stars are aligning. Expect a gradual economic revival in 2020

As for India, recovery efforts will have to focus on fiscal measures to support consumption and investment

Chart of the Day | Real bank credit growth drops drastically

With consumer price inflation moving up, the real growth in non-food credit has slipped dramatically

Quality of disinvestment has a lot of room to cover

The pessimism relating to disinvestment has its origin in the way  stake sales have been conducted.

The UTI AMC IPO could not have been better timed

As has been the case with IPOs in 2019, UTI AMC has priced the IPO attractively

Kashmir is in a state of churn. Will 2020 mark a new dawn?

Continued turmoil, along with renewed Pakistani interference, may set up the region for the proverbial perfect storm in the coming year

Lessons for BJP from the Jharkhand loss

The party is capable of bouncing back with shedding of arrogance and a more pragmatic and accommodative approach

Reforms have run their course. Will 2020 be a year of payoffs?

All policy options exhausted, it’s time to wait for the stimulus in the economy to play out

India’s macros need more Operation Twists to breathe freely

High cost of capital is a big spoiler for investors. RBI’s latest auction comes as a whiff of fresh air

Are midcap stocks on the road to revival in 2020?

A better strategy is to get in now or invest systematically over the next 2-3 months

Will the boom in private equity continue in 2020?

India has a fundamental advantage – it’s the only market that offers growth at scale

Has the coal sector reached an inflexion point?

Coal consumption as a fuel for power generation is expected to decline for the first time in recorded history

This is how you can give consumption demand a leg-up

The need of the hour is lesser short-term regulation and greater focus on long-term goals

Clear data doubt to lift economy

Effective policy making needs robust economic forecasts

Jharkhand Results | Yet another setback for the BJP

As the Jharkhand election results pour in it is clear that the BJP's decision to appoint Raghubar Das, as the first non-tribal chief minister in the hope of consolidating the non-tribal votes, has backfired.

India has a growth promise to keep for foreign capital

Any further deterioration on the economic front could make FPIs prone to flight risk

Falling employment, low wages and food inflation - the rural economy is in pain

With priorities of the government changing, the agriculture sector is unlikely to see any major initiatives and reforms

Air India unions refuse to learn from history

Airline is no jewel. It has accumulated losses in excess of Rs 50,000 crore and is a drain on the national exchequer

Tatas vs Mistry – NCLAT order throws up many questions on corporate democracy

The final outcome will have far reaching impact on Corporate India, boards and directors

Seven things you should know about Patanjali’s acquisition of Ruchi Soya

Baba Ramdev’s stepped into the listed space by acquiring Ruchi Soya. How should investors interpret it?

Opinion | Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens: The evils that aren't

Rather than rejecting the CAA-NRC combination as ‘anti-Muslim’, the concern of informed citizens should have been that the CAA-NRC combination is ‘pro-efficiency’ ensuring safeguards, due process and inbuilt checks to avoid panic and glaring errors

Welcome to the new World of RBI Monetary Policy: Operation Twist!

There are precedents for Operation Twist in the US and in Japan

To help GST take a quantum leap, keep it simple

IT is another area for improvement. Most GST problems that people face are due to poor design of filing returns