The indirect taxes are likely to come down as preparation for GST roll out begins. But the GST in...
GST relief may be pipedream; It is many taxes & to raise prices
Category: Economy
The Fastest Growing Major Global Economy in the World
India remains one of the fastest growing emerging market economies driven by key structural reforms, normal monsoon and reduced...
Junk GDP, adopt gross progress indicator
The GDP is growing. The rate has been differing with different agencies. All, however, remains, around 7 percent –...
NEW INITIATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Consumer Protection in the light of new IT interventions One of the mandates of the Department of Consumer Affairs...
Digital and Cashless Economy : A New Way of Life after demonetization
Pay Digital and Win Prizes! As India moves towards a digital and cashless economy, the Government announced on 15th...
Maintaining interest rate safeguard against shock; Change can be troublesome
The Reserve Bank has been sanguine in not changing the interest rates amid clamour from depositors to raise it...
Challenge of Three Paradigm Shifts for the 8th BRICS Summit: To Facilitate an Economy of Entrepreneurs
BRICS has emerged at a time of increasing social unrest in different societies due to economic disparities, development induced...
Power Packed Reforms Get Global Recognition
Considered to be the backbone of any economy, India’s power sector has never witnessed reforms as it has in...
FDI to pour in new “open economy”; Labour rules changed; short-term jobs a reality
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually broken from the past and ushered in a new economy. The NDA...
Govt must be a model employer for the private sector as well; keep prices in check
The Rs 80,000 crore pay hike bonanza to central government employees is to benefit about one crore employees...
Change course, India will become a massive economy
India has the capacity to be a $ 5 trillion economy from today’s $ 2 trillion. Finance Minister...
Govt moves to correct difficult heritage Prices have to fall, farm production has to rise
It is not easy to manage a bad economy that a government inherits. The NDA government is afflicted...
Assam votes for progress, development; Modi must reorient economy, create jobs
The stupendous victory of BJP in Assam is indicative of the people endorsing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic...
Asian economy in disarray: ESCAP Tax reforms, shift to rural sector must; rate cuts no
The world economy is in disarray and increasing productivity is a herculean task, says the UN s Economic and...
Low rates invitation to loot; falling savings a concern say RBI, IMF; Macro-economic imbalances are at a high
Savings is being disincentivised and loot of public money is being condoned and incentivised. Lower interest rates on deposits...
Good jobs, farms, govt spending to remain drivers; banks, China, world growth are concerns
India has the highest growth in the world at 7.6 per cent boosted by government spending, says the Economic...
For Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg should spend $45 billion on undoing Facebook’s damage to democracies Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced...
Cheap deposits are bane of Indian market; Policy shift must
Indian economy is on a roll. Stocks are crashing, rupee touches critical level, infrastructure projects rob bank deposits and...
The passengers are restless
… as they wait on the runway for the economic takeoff the Modi government promised but failed to deliver...
Risk-taking Modi paves for faster growth; may bring peace in S Asia
India emerged as the fastest growing large economy in 2015 and a possible regional leader. Modinomics is doing...
A few get pay hike and the majority suffers
The government remains the best employer. The seventh pay commission increase of salaries by 23.5 per cent testifies...
Housing sector losing trust; prices be linked to incomes; not interest rates; save banks from losses
High unaffordable prices, endless wait, incomplete houses and unprofessional attitude is leading the Indian real estate losing people’s...
Modified economy needs policy churning to build manufacturing hub
It was 1980. Two friends of mine, a German and a Japanese, had come, on a visit to...
Economy is progressing, contradictions remain, Modi has to resolve it
Indian economy is through a see-saw game. The GDP growth at 7 to 7.5 percent may not be...
India fastest growing destination, FDI ease may be propitious
India’s consumer market is making it a lucrative destination for the foreign direct investment (FDI). In a shrinking...