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Opinion | Kicking its sugar addiction should be Modi govt's priority if it returns in May
The government needs to shrink its role in the sugar sector.
Quick Take | 10% reservation for EWS an astute political move
Some political parties are calling the government’s decision to introduce 10% reservation to EWS a ‘jumla’. This criticism will fall flat if the Bill is passed in Parliament.
Opinion | Take the first advance GDP growth estimates with a pinch of salt
The final sectoral growth numbers may be very different from the first estimates
Quick Take | How Amazon can cross the CCI hurdle to buy into More Supermarkets
The norms also prohibit e-commerce platforms or their group companies from having equity ownership in firms that sell goods on their marketplace.
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Opinion | Can BJP win 2019 general elections without allies?
With allies leaving the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and opposition parties joining hands, winning the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be an uphill task for the BJP.
Opinion | When cows become white elephants
Often, policies with good intentions have costs and consequences not foreseen by policymakers
Opinion | Central banks' ride to rescue the markets once again
The rule for the US Fed now seems to be: don’t fight the markets
Opinion | When it comes to surveillance, who will watch the watchman?
Without proper checks and balances such powers could be misused and have an adverse impact.
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Quick Take | A bull case for investing in gold
Gold prices have touched a six-month high on account of changing structural dynamics
Quick Take | Why Baba Ramdev, and not PM Modi, is the real driver of khadi's popularity
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to revamp KVIC and promote khadi did help the state-owned entity in getting business, but what really helped is the marketing of swadeshi by yoga-guru-turned-businessman Baba Ramdev.
100-word take | PMI shows Goldilocks moment for Indian economy
Employment increased in both manufacturing and services while input prices remained soft
Quick Take | Quality at any cost no longer an argument for consumption stocks
Devotees of the consumption story argued that there were no alternatives to most of the well-established players in the sector
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Opinion | Ecommerce in India: ‘Who will bell the cat?’
The damage that foreign deep pockets have done in India is substantial and probably irreversible
Opinion | For BJP, Mission 123 is key to winning 2019 elections
The BJP’s Mission 123 is a plan aimed at winning as many seats as possible in the 123 Lok Sabha seats that the party could not win in 2014 despite the ‘Modi wave’.

Quick Take | Govt faces tough choice ahead of polls - fiscal deficit or growth
If the government wants to stick to its fiscal deficit target it will have to slash expenditure
Quick Take | PSU bank merger: When the government is a risk factor
Outright privatisation will be the best option for state-owned banks, but the least the government should do is consider overhauling governance and management structures.
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Opinion | Govt must not look the other way at these rat-hole mines
The Meghalaya mining disaster shows how India has woken up again to the proliferation of illegal mining.
Quick Take | Spectre of a global slowdown haunts 2019
The slowdown is not confined to China. The US manufacturing PMI for December 2018 was the lowest in 15 months. The reading for the Eurozone was the lowest since February 2016
Opinion | New rules will curb abuse by ecommerce giants
The new rules come just as Amazon and Flipkart’s parent company Walmart threaten to reprise their rivalry in the US here in India, and could stop them from bringing their worst practices to the Indian market.
Opinion | 2018, the year that might have been
Corporate historians, rewinding to 2018, will pensively remember nothing more than heart-wrenching fiddles.
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100-word take: Weak December Manufacturing PMI another reason for RBI to cut rates
The Nikkei India Output Prices sub-index indicates that prices have fallen from the previous month, the first time this has happened since July 2017.
100-Word Take | For physical settlement in options to work, stock lending needs to be fixed
Outsized trading volumes in options contracts is no reflection of a vibrant capital market. But imposing mandatory physical settlement without supporting infrastructure is no solution either.
Quick Take | Compulsory physical settlement in stock options could affect cash market liquidity as well
Sebi’s right hand doesn’t know what its left hand is doing
Quick Take | MSME restructuring will trigger new wave of NPAs
The MSME sector is clearly in stress after demonetisation and GST. But a loan recast is no solution. Simpler government regulations, structural reforms are key to MSME revival
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100-Word Take | Modi shows how easy it is to discredit the mahagathbandhan
In the light of Mayawati’s ‘warning’ over support, Congress President Rahul Gandhi should reconsider joining the grand alliance

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