Aadhaar-based eKYC: No discontinuation of mobile services, says government- Rich India! The country has 7,300 millionaires in 2017-18, wealth dominated by property and real assets
Big relief: Petrol, diesel prices cut for the first time in two months on softer crude
Former SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya joins Reliance Industries' board
- Aadhaar-based eKYC: No discontinuation of mobile services, says government
- Former SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya joins Reliance Industries' board
- Big relief: Petrol, diesel prices cut for the first time in two months on softer crude
- Rich India! The country has 7,300 millionaires in 2017-18, wealth dominated by property and real assets
Opinion News
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Why India should let go its MSP plan and adopt per-acre cash payments for farmers
The Financial Express | October 19, 2018 2:50 AMThough it is early days yet, it is clear the government’s plan to woo farmers by promising them a minimum support price (MSP) that equals at least 1.5 times their A2+FL costs is not working.
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Age of innuendo: Fake news, repeated often enough, could become the new default
The Financial Express | October 19, 2018 2:39 AMFake news, repeated often enough, could become the new default.
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Farmer distress: Why NITI Aayog’s cashback proposal for Fasal Bima Yojana is a bad idea
The Financial Express | October 19, 2018 2:29 AMNITI Aayog has proposed that 75% of the premium paid by farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) will be returned to them if they don’t file claims for crop damages for four-six consecutive agricultural seasons. Government officials reckon that such a move would attract more farmers into the insurance fold; at present, […]
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Defence production: How HAL can counter pessimistic narrative and demonstrate more competence
Deba R Mohanty | October 19, 2018 2:19 AMWhile HAL has demonstrated technological and production competence, it may not survive the Centre’s pessimism if it doesn’t counter this narrative.
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Bringing Indian Railways back on track: Reasons behind its bad financial health and how it can optimise fare pricing
October 19, 2018 2:05 AMOne of the reasons for the Indian Railways’ bad financial health is its suboptimal fare pricing. Recent pricing policy decisions have added to the Railways’ problems. The willingness-to-pay surveys on the ticketing portal could help streamline and optimise railway fare pricing.
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Future of hedging: Indian Accounting Standards a giant leap forward in commodity risk management
October 19, 2018 1:58 AM“Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.”— William Pollard. The transition to the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) regime is a landmark for Indian industry, bringing about a paradigm shift in reporting and disclosures, besides […]
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Revealed! India is digital gaming’s best kept secret, to have over 300 million digital gamers by 2021
October 19, 2018 1:47 AMGaming, as an industry, has enormous potential that gaming companies, advertisers, retailers and promoters are looking to make the most of.
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PM Narendra Modi can learn these lessons from Cairn on raising oil output
Sunil Jain | October 18, 2018 3:56 AMDon’t hound investors, especially those who have delivered so much, ensure policies are attractive to raise oil/gas production.
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Disaster management: Government must allocate funds but needs to address recurring implementation challenges
The Financial Express | October 18, 2018 3:46 AMA panel of state finance ministers formed to recommend ways to mobilise funding for natural calamities and disasters has sought the view of the GST Council on whether a disaster cess/tax should be imposed nationwide or in a state-specific manner.
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Coal shortage hits power sector again; how India can get its production right
October 18, 2018 3:39 AMBy convincing states of the value proposition of increased production, the record production of Fy15 & Fy16 can be emulated.
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Infra sector gets technology boost, project costs expected to be reduced by 20%
October 18, 2018 3:15 AMPenetration of technology is expected to result in almost 20% reduction in life-cycle costs of a project.
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How employers can create right atmosphere to get women into employment
Sushila Ravindranath | October 18, 2018 4:34 PMThe social entrepreneur, and founder & president of Avtar Career Creators, shares with Sushila Ravindranath that the government has to work hand-in-hand with both large and small companies, including SMEs, to create the right atmosphere to get women into employment, especially those who are looking to work after a break.
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With a war chest of funds, NIIF must act to get more investments
October 18, 2018 2:47 AMEquipped with an enviable war chest of funds, NIIF must seek out investment opportunities on a war footing.
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Ayushman Bharat-NHPS: Are package rates giving preference to affordability over quality healthcare?
October 18, 2018 2:40 AMWith Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme, the healthcare sector is expected to witness a makeover.
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Why ailing PSUs, working as ‘instrumentality of state’, can never recover or work freely
The Financial Express | October 17, 2018 12:25 AMFinance minister Arun Jaitley did well to say, at a recent event organised by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), that it was time the country revisited the legal regime for PSUs, to ensure they were able to perform efficiently in a competitive environment.
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Weak rupee fails to bring cheer to exports, structural reforms needed
The Financial Express | October 17, 2018 12:24 AMA study by Axis Bank showed that, while India has moved up the value chain in the US market, the unit value of exports was similar to that of Vietnam in 2012; today, Vietnamese exports command a premium of 15-16%.
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Polio vaccine contamination: Government needs to fix drugs procurement policy for public health
The Financial Express | October 17, 2018 12:24 AMThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) needs to handle the re-emergence of a polio-virus strain long believed to have been eradicated with a much larger degree of deftness than it is known for if India is to keep its polio-free tag.
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Domestic infrastructure: Fix land and labour related regulatory hurdles to boost growth
Pranjul Bhandari | October 17, 2018 12:23 AMWith slowing world growth, the falling ` won’t help. improve domestic infra, ease the regulatory hurdles in acquiring land and hiring labour
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Why monsoon-dependent Indian economy needs climate-sensitive budgeting
FE Bureau | October 17, 2018 12:22 AMStatistics show that 65% of the net sown area constitutes rain-fed crops, demonstrating the over-reliance on monsoons for crop growth.
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Rupee at 79 against dollar: Worsening CAD and FPI outflows from India to trigger further slide
FE Bureau | October 17, 2018 12:20 AMRBI can probably spend about $50 billion more before FX reserves dip into the IMF’s Assessing Reserve Adequacy (ARA) range (100-150% of the metric).
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National merit order list for electricity generation to help in reducing power cost
FE Bureau | October 17, 2018 12:19 AMAt the national level, the scheme is well-intended, because of the variation in regional costs of power generation.
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Antitrust enforcement: Emergence of artificial intelligence poses new challenges for courts
FE Bureau | October 17, 2018 12:19 AMWhile developing a future system for AI, it is important to bear in mind the standard-setting process to safeguard the future balance of competitive forces in the market and not to overlook the legal challenges posed by AI.
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#MeToo movement: Beti Bachao takes a hit with M J Akbar case, government should have asked him to step down
The Financial Express | October 16, 2018 1:01 AMGiven the nature of a #MeToo movement, where victims come out with their stories decades after the event, proving allegations to the satisfaction of a court of law was always going to be a tough call.
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Worrying! Capital expenditure is falling; a lot depends on government spending and that could weaken too
The Financial Express | October 16, 2018 12:55 AMFor investments to pick up, however, government policies need to be better framed; in the renewable energy sector, for instance, some state governments have reneged on contracts jeopardising the capex.
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What will destroy humanity first: Artificial intelligence or climate change?
The Financial Express | October 16, 2018 12:52 AMHawking’s hypothesis of eventual machine dominance may just lose to climate change destroying the planet before AI does
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Why banks don’t need to worry about deposits despite ostensibly higher post office small saving rates
Madan Sabnavis | October 16, 2018 12:48 AMWith digitisation catching on and the India Post possibly becoming a successful payments bank, the concept of small savings may narrow down to those which exclude deposits.
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Forecasting: A chanawala’s guess is as good as an expert’s when markets go crazy and are volatile
Jamal Mecklai | October 16, 2018 12:43 AMIn any market at any time, nobody knows what is going to happen the next second, the next minute, the next hour, leave alone the next three months or a year.
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