opinion

IndiGo promoter dispute: Airline hits an air pocket, time to wear your seat belts

Gangwal approaching Sebi suggests that lawyers on both sides have failed to reach a compromise

In Other Words | Everybody loves a fragile coalition government

It’s not clear whether the coalition in Karnataka will survive this scare; but, what’s clear is that coalition governments in future need to be prepared to tide over ‘resort politics’.

SEBI’s transfer of surplus to government raises more questions than answers

SEBI’s funds transfer to the government is nothing new. The oddity is the amendments in this regard are inserted in the Finance Bill. A mention by FM or a separate Budget proposal would have just done the job

International insolvency in India has a long way to go

IBC may have had an enabling provision with respect to cross border bankruptcy, but more work needs to be done

The government’s decision to stick to the fiscal deficit target is an unalloyed good

Businesses and equity markets will have to bear the short-term costs of fiscal restraint

Rising effective tax rate creates headroom for further corporate tax cuts

The effective corporate tax rate in 2017-18 has risen to 29.5percent, a good three percentage points higher than a year ago and is the highest in the past five years

Politics | Blame discord among Congress leaders for crisis in Karnataka

If the governments in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were to fall or see serious threats, then nobody is to be blamed save the Congress itself.

Roll back the increase in capital gains tax on foreign portfolio investors

The government must move swiftly to contain the damage to investor sentiment

Offbeat | CBFC’s obdurate views are cutting children from the world around them

If a film which depicts violence in any form is deemed unfit for children, shouldn't there be an advisory against children reading newspapers!

Budget 2019 | Are relaxed sourcing norms for single-brand retail sign of a bigger thaw?

Things really didn’t work out with mandatory local sourcing of retail products. That possibly might force a government rethink for multi-brand retailing

Markets | How to kill foreign investor interest in equities 101

India is not divorced from global  macro conditions and the growth prognosis at home is as grim (relative its own historical rates) as the rest of the world.

Politics | Karnataka crisis a bad advertisement for coalition politics

The Karnataka political drama has once again shown why politics continues to be seen as an arena of opportunists, manipulators self-seekers, and not for nation-builders.

ArcelorMittal-Essar Steel: Takeaways for investors and the IBC process

Under the new resolution plan, banks will have to take a haircut of around 40 percent

Budget 2019: Deep reforms in agriculture have to wait for another day

For all the talk of the huge election mandate, agriculture as a sector failed to find its pride of place in the latest budgetary exercise. A political consensus can tilt he scales though

$5 trillion economy: Budget 2019 takes an inclusive approach

The government largely intends to achieve this through investment-led growth rather than the traditional consumption-driven method

A prudent and progressive Budget: FM steps up to the challenge

Once and for all, the FM will have to undertake a massive fiscal cleansing operation to restore the credibility of our Budget exercise

Budget 2019 | For the infrastructure sector, it reads more like a vision statement

The Budget did give out a positive statement. It lacks a clear road map as to how to achieve certain targets proposed.

Budget paves way for debt-fuelled spending binge on investments and consumption

This push to increase credit offtake may take some time to bear fruit.

The 2019-20 Union Budget ignores the water crisis

The government has talked a lot about what they want to do to address the challenges related to water but the budgetary allocations don’t show the same urgency

Budget 2019 | The Har Ghar Jal scheme could be Modi’s ticket to 2024

If the focus on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan helped the BJP in 2019, expect the Har Ghar Jal scheme to do the same for the party in 2024.

Budget maintains continuity with its long-term policy focus on investment-led growth

The Budget addresses some of the issues holding back growth, without loosening the fiscal purse strings

Budget 2019 | Why BJP is back to the basics

The Budget's focus on rural India was an outcome of a very politically-conscious decision by Narendra Modi to not lose sight of poor voters whose transformation alone can perk up demand and consumption.

Budget 2019 | Directionally positive budget, but devoid of firepower and short-term stimulus

While the Budget has several things going for it, the budgetary arithmetic is to be taken with a pinch of salt

Budget 2019 | Clean mobility gets a big push, ball is in the automakers’ court now

Sitharaman’s proposed tax sops for buyers of electric cars, customs exemptions for car makers, investments for infrastructure development will force the industry to bite the bullet