Brand and job creation are all fine, but that’s no ticket to a compensatory legal reprieve.
The improved security situation in the Valley may delude the government that it’s hardline has paid off. An interpretation can be that the figures are evidence of Pakistani tactical restraint. It is demonstrating its control of the tap.
Proxy advisers are relatively new in India but play an important role in upholding governance standards. A SEBI working group seeks to ensure they practice what they preach.
The problem is partly its creation and the other half is the government’s
It’s been two months since YS Jaganmohan Reddy took oath, but in this short time he has more than consolidated his position even without any prior experience as a Chief Minister.
The government seems to have run out of options to boost economic growth. Its tax revenues are flat in the June quarter leaving little fiscal space to spend more. So it is flogging its one-trick pony of trying to boost credit growth.
Provisions of the bills will be the subject of detailed and extended scrutiny. This will identify the need for amendments to remove lacunae which could not be detected during the virtually zero parliamentary scrutiny.
Muted government spending in the June quarter due to the elections has exacerbated the slowdown
The gate is wide open for more rate cuts by the Reserve Bank
Hedging strategies and shorting the market can help investors ride out the storm
The slowdown in domestic loans has however been partly offset by higher external borrowing
As RBI searched for answers for elevated inflation, Subir Gokarn came up with the idea of protein inflation. In a controversial speech in October 2010, he said with rising incomes Indians were consuming more proteins in the form of dals, eggs and meat.
The RTI, first passed in 2005, opened the black-box of governance and policy-making and allowed the average Indian to ask difficult questions to those in power. The recent amendment overturns these privileges.
The Code on Wages Bill, 2019, has proposed a few changes. But they remain at best cosmetic.
Not often you see Apple going that extra mile to tom-tom its track record on data security. So, is there more to it than meets the eye?
The NCP may have done better in alliance with the Congress in previous elections, but now there are no illusions that the two parties are headed for near decimation at the coming assembly elections.
Coffee Day’s investors find themselves staring at a bleak period as the late founder’s letter raises more questions than it gives answers
A 25 basis point rate cut is baked in, but it will have a long-term positive impact on the Indian economy and markets
The technological advancements made in the rail sector give a positive message but demand huge capital investment, which will require private participation.
The retail big shot is leaning heavily on what it has been good at – delivery. But food is a different proposition altogether.
Now is the time for both the BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh to walk the talk, if not for the sake of justice, at least for the cause of a $5trillion economy.
The signs of an economic slowdown are hard to miss.
If Yediyurappa learns from his past mistakes and handles the emerging challenges deftly, he could be the Chief Minister of Karnataka till the term of this Assembly ends.
The notes to DHFL’s accounts raise many questions about the competence of the current management to run the business
We have a two-speed global economy, with the services sector offsetting huge weaknesses in manufacturing and trade
