It is important that MSMEs get access to credit, but it should not come at the cost of banking sector's health.
It is clear that India’s long-standing agenda on Iran is not being junked. New Delhi’s go-slow, wait-and-watch approach is a pragmatic one falling between defiance and surrender
Independent directors are being looked upon as the opposition party in the boardroom. Should that perception prevail, every management proposal would face significant resistance in the boardroom
While protesting the Sino-Pak bus service on legal and political grounds is legitimate, New Delhi’s habit of protesting without offering alternatives or solutions must stop
India, perhaps, is the only country that regulates the banking sector through a ceiling on voting rights (defined in the Banking Regulation Act), and also through ownership caps (through RBI’s administrative circulars)
Despite India being the largest milk producer and consumer, 78 percent of the market is still unorganised and that explains ITC's foray.
The good news is that the advance taxes paid for the second quarter of the fiscal year and higher GST collections in October open a window for closing the fiscal deficit gap
Considering the frequency of strikes, the legal ramification may only be to appreciate the legitimacy of drivers’ struggles and giving them their due recognition as a 'worker' under the law
Thanks to the cash crunch in IL&FS the rot in the company is now getting exposed
With a little over a month to go before the polls, the average Telangana voter is disillusioned with the TRS and clueless about the grand alliance’s plans
Modi recently said that he did not agree with a culture that criticises corporates and industry. This is a deliberate attempt at reshaping a political atmosphere where deeply entrenched socialist biases and empty pro-poor rhetoric dominates public discourse.
The Statue of Unity is a befitting tribute to Sardar Patel. However, the symbolism behind tall, imposing statues is an old one which lacks the awe and aura it once had.
Leading indicators point to a growth slowdown.
With the benefit of lessons learnt by Brazil, India should push WhatsApp to do far more. It could insist on targeted educational campaigns alongside campaigning in the elections due in five states
The Supreme Court’s order on the Ayodhya title suit has put pressure from the RSS and the VHP on Narendra Modi to bring in an ordinance. Modi, however, would not like to wade into doing what could be seen as violating the principle of separation of powers of the executive, the judiciary and the legislature.
Central banks in mature democracies need to be nuanced in their approach to their autonomy
It is difficult to see how an affordability index would be of any help in fighting insider trading or circular trading.
Many in India see both Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena and newly-appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as pro-China leaders. However, New Delhi will be more worried about Colombo’s approach to Lankan Tamils.
It is rare to have a strategic convergence of this order between any two nations and Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe have built on this convergence by using their personal equation
The Madras High Court verdict upholding the disqualification of 18 MLAs is a setback for TTV Dhinakaran. The by-elections to the 20 MLA seats will put his popularity to test
A 100 percent recovery for banks in the Essar Steel case could well mean a big blow to the sanctity of the insolvency resolution process.
The US has concluded that letting China gain from an imbalanced trade relationship was a mistake. It doesn’t want to repeat the mistake with another country
The government must focus on structural factors that are responsible for a worsening balance of payment
The key reason for the coal shortage lies not so much in production, which has increased, but in transportation of the fuel
For monitoring the various stages of execution of any state-funded project, it is essential that there is a war room at the state level
