At one point, with no separate Railway Budget and GST on the anvil, this looked like India’s breakaway year.
Digital payment panel’s plan to halve India’s cash level will prolong crisis, not reduce black money
On the face of it, the Ratan Watal-headed committee on digital payments has dealt with many important pressure points as…
If the FIIs general move away from emerging markets wasn’t bad enough, prime minister Narendra Modi’s statement about “those who…
Thanks to unscrupulous bank managers and businessmen/traders who lent them their books to launder money, tax-evaders appear to have got…
India has a rich history of businessmen wrapping themselves in the flag to get protection from imports or even foreign…
As long as her successor O Panneerselvam is able to attract industry to the state and grow the economy, the…
That the amount of money deposited in JanDhan accounts of the poor has jumped by around Rs 8,000 crore in…
After the stern warning given whenever a black money scheme is rolled out – and there have been many over…
The Supreme Court has taken out a lot of the wind from the Opposition’s sails by saying there is no…
After a dream launch with then RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and Aadhaar founder Nandan Nilekani as far back as April,…
Given how money launderers have deposited over Rs 15,000 crore in various Jan Dhan accounts in several states – and…
Though the demonetisation of the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes is widely credited to the Pune-based Arthakranti Prathishthan, the…
While spending in cash implies no taxes have to be paid, and is therefore a big barrier to digital spending,…
A lot will obviously depend upon how soon the government is able to replace the Rs 14 lakh crore of…
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s decision to demonetize the existing 500 and 1,000-rupee notes will, undoubtedly, help destroy a part of…
Since the AP Shah panel didn’t firmly conclude RIL knew it was dipping into ONGC’s gas – why else would…
If rates are kept low, compliance will increase—not factoring this in will lock India into high rates
Since Cyrus Mistry’s position as chairman of the Tata Group did not flow from his rights as a shareholder, and…
