In the last 15 months or so, the Reserve Bank of India has relentlessly pursued the goal of inflation control…
Market expectations are normally self-fulfilling. So was it with the monetary policy announced, when the market expected that nothing will…
The recent controversy on government intervention relating to airfares raises a broader question for us: how free are the markets…
The Jalan Committee Report is well-timed as it comes when there is a lot happening in this space and there…
When Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Prize for his work in the microfinance sector, we all applauded. When SKS went…
Robert Zoellick, in an op-ed article in FT, has made a reference to bringing in more currencies for better monetary…
The torrent of FII flows into the country has once again germinated the debate on imposing a tax on capital…
The banking sector is always in the midst of an avalanche of policy changes and the latest is structures for…
The news about Paramount Airways and Oriental Insurance Company is interesting as it opens up a debate on a larger…
The possibility of the Forward Contracts Act being amended raises some interesting issues in the context of financial markets in…
There has been quite a bit of hype on the new WPI, which has gone about correcting the data set…
Having more formal monetary reviews and possible announcements is just what is required to keep the hype alive on monetary…
We can never have a tax code that satisfies all of us. Individuals want to pay fewer taxes and ask…
The last two years have been fairly turbulent for Indian exports. After six successive growth rates of over 20% per…
Commodity futures were revived in 2003 with much fanfare, ostensibly to lead to efficient price discovery. Six years later there…
RBI?s Discussion Paper on new private banks needs to be commended for being wholesome. It takes one through the….
A major takeaway from the credit policy is the addition to the number of policy statements that will be made…
There is a lot of talk of inflation coming down to 5-7% by harvest time?March-end. But is there any basis…
