Shobhana Subramanian
Budget 2019: No big bang, but capex push a big plus
Union Budget 2019: Commitment to build infra with a `100-lakh- crore spend should help foster job creation
Budget 2019: Funds for infrastructure may be hard to find for govt – here’ why
Budget 2019: While the government’s market borrowings are reasonable at `4.2 lakh crore, over-borrowing outside of the Budget can also drive up interest rates and crowd out the private sector.
Budget 2019: Don’t ‘dwarf’ the country’s growth
Budget 2019-20: Eco Survey rightly argues policy shouldn’t create ‘dwarf’ firms as this hits growth & jobs, makes a case for sweeping reforms
Big reforms a must to sustain GDP
With credit slowing and demand weak, India needs a fresh burst of investment, but that requires across-the-board reforms
Does Modi think there is a crisis? If he doesn’t, big reforms are unlikely
If he doesn’t—as he didn’t in the last five years—the govt is unlikely to undertake the big reforms India so sorely needs.
Exit poll results: Decisive Modi, Balakot worked for the NDA
Even if the NDA hasn’t done all that it promised, especially in terms of creating more jobs, the voters believe the PM has tried.
How corporate sector fared in five years of Modi Sarkar
With commodity prices rebounding, operating profits are expected to decelerate a touch.
HDFC Bank CEO Aditya Puri: India is an under-penetrated market
HDFC Bank today is a financial experience. You can shop in a secure manner buy consumer durables, hotel rooms, travel tickets or movie tickets.
Lack of banking licence is not something we miss: Bajaj Finserv MD
General insurance penetration and density are among the lowest as compared to China, Russia, Thailand and Brazil and life insurance is still the only long-term savings option available to urban and rural consumers.
Maharashtra and Haryana have shown the way to implement NOTA
Jagdeep S Chhokar, one of founders of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the former IIM Ahmedabad professor says that even though there are no real positive changes in the country’s democracy, there is hope fo
IBC is a welcome change, will promoters behave this time?
IBC is a welcome change, and RBI has tightened exposure norms but there are ways around this; so eternal vigilance is the key
FE CFO awards: Lifetime Achievement award goes to Koushik Chatterjee
Chatterjee says negotiating with bankers is a little like playing poker or a mind game.
FE CFO Awards: Srinivas Phatak – Pulling the right lever
As CFO, Hindustan Unilever, Phatak has just overseen one of the biggest M&A transactions ever by the company—the acquisition of GSK India’s consumer health foods business.
FE CFO Awards: Sashi Jagdishan — Never off balance
Jagdishan says the biggest challenge at HDFC Bank is living up to the standards that the lender has set for itself.
Lok Sabha Elections: Why economy can’t be PM Modi’s USP
The NDA can’t really claim it has brought back acchhe din; the economy certainly can’t be a talking point in the polls.
Explained: Why Modinomics won’t fetch votes for BJP
There has been some traction on resolving the twin balance sheet problem and the GDP is clocking 8% growth. But, the NPA problem still looms and rising GDP has not created jobs.
Stock market crash: RBI, SEBI caught napping, should have kept a closer watch
Hungry for market share, lenders have failed to cover their risks adequately while promoters have bent the rules
Budget 2019: Govt’s move to address farm distress too little, too late
With PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and credit subventions, the government woos the rural populace ahead of elections
Budget 2019: From a summer of hope, the mood is now cautious
Good progress on schemes for the poor & big reforms like GST/IBC gaining traction, but little for industry or the farm has hit sentiment
Job data: BJP faces its ‘India Shining’ moment
Read with the slowing consumption, even the rosiest projection means the jobs are low-paying
FE Best Banks Awards: Know who gets the Lifetime Achievement Award
They don’t make them like Arundhati Bhattacharya any more. A public sector CEO with the confidence to say no with the full knowledge it might cost her the job.
FE Best Banks Awards: Romesh Sobti — Banking’s Rahul Dravid
Romesh Sobti can never forget the day when as a probationer at a State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Motihari he was told to run into the branch manager’s chambers.
Strong RBI helps the economy: Know why raiding RBI reserves is a bad idea
Govt asking RBI to relax PCA norms and forbearance on power loans is odd since no govt has done more to fix bank balance sheets via the IBC route.
FY 19 growth to be slower than expected; here’s why
Meaningful capex is unlikely before 2020-21, with banks reluctant to lend and India Inc overleveraged.
Attacking Raghuram Rajan to defend demonetisation is not justified
Had Rajan not initiated banks’ clean-up, there may not have been any banking system left. Apart from this, Rajan’s actions are what led to the BJP’s biggest reform, on insolvency.
The rupee is in a very sweet spot
The single biggest problem in the Indian economy is that there is still a reluctance and unwillingness of the private sector to invest. It is a complex situation, and we do not know when it will get resolved, says Hitendra Da
Aadhar-enabled Payments System: Big banks’ market-loss fear slows Narendra Modi’s AePS push
Despite a big push by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for greater use of the Aadhaar-enabled Payments System (AePS), the apprehension on the part of larger banks that they might lose market share is slowing the process.
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- Budget 2019: Hike in import duty may dampen the gold rush
- Budget 2019: More power to villages; Rs 2 lakh crore allocated to Panchayats in five years
- Budget 2019: Healthcare sector expects hike in exemption limits for health checkup, medical reimbursement
