Policy makers need to be vigilant and ensure that India can withstand any shock to the global economy.
Transparency should be guiding force of new regulations for PMS managers
Interestingly, Complan’s competitor and the country’s biggest health drink brand Horlicks (currently owned by GSK Consumer Healthcare) is also on the block since March. It has a market share of at least four times that of Complan.
In order to increase its chances of winning the 2019 general election, the Congress is showing political astuteness and is receptive to the sensitivities of its allies
Can Merton’s idea to serve retirement be translated into policy, especially in India? Behind this simple idea lot needs to be done for Merton's proposal to come to fruition.
What does the PCA framework do? It identifies banks which are facing troubles based on three quantitative parameters: capital adequacy, asset quality and profitability.
It’s far from clear what Google’s return to China will do, except endorse the Great Firewall and perhaps emboldening the authoritarian regime in Beijing in its quest for global domination.
In a clear indication that the JD(S) is already using the Congress to grow stronger, it has persuaded Rahul Gandhi to leave Shivamogga to its candidate, though historically Shivamogga is a Congress bastion
The arithmetic of the scheme is not even ready for sharing. The premium that the government will pay the insurance companies will be market determined, through auction which is yet to take place
In the #MeToo era, speaking out is no longer a question of exercising free speech, but an Article 21 protection of the right of women to work without being harassed.
Going into the election season, the Congress is yet to find its strong footing. This lack of confidence could prove costly. It is yet to set the electoral agenda and is mostly engulfed in firefighting
If the rupee’s slide persists, is it going to be a throwback to 2013, with a fresh set of controls on individual foreign spending under the RBI’s liberalised remittance scheme?
It costs Uddhav nothing to raise the rhetoric on the Ram Mandir. But for the Modi government, the stakes are very high. People are already beginning to question why, after such a huge majority, the government could not lay a single stone for the temple in Ayodhya.
The CVC analysis shows the lacunae in the credit appraisal and monitoring process.
The RSS chief has put his focus on the building of the Ram temple and his address points to support for the BJP
Any supply disruption will not be met with adequate increase in supply. In a sensitive oil market, that’s enough for prices to increase
A default at some units of IL&FS exposed structural weaknesses in the debt market.
In an outcome-based plan, it is critical to factor in future developments and plan for calamities in the interest of national security. These would include black swan events. This becomes even more important with climate change
Being a quick learner is important now. One must put learnings to work very quickly. While time in the markets is most important, one must ensure timely investment actions happen very quickly
India's trade deficit did fall to $13.98 billion in September, the lowest in five months, but this is no cause for celebration
Rather than trying to enforce a ban on stubble burning, Punjab and Haryana governments’ efforts should be to spread awareness and ways to incentivise productive use of the stubble
Not just political parties, even powerful socio-religious organisations such as the Nair Service Society and the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam have muddied waters with their own political games
While packaged goods company earnings and other high-frequency indicators show an improvement in rural consumption, it has to be reconciled with rising rural distress.
The government’s defence of the deal for 36 Rafale jets is not credible, and so is the multi-billion dollar S-400 deal which has no technology offsets
The #MeToo movement in India needs to move beyond high profile areas of work to also focus on sectors in which women (also men and transgenders) are even more vulnerable
