Opinion News
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External factors: Import curbs to stabilise rupee may not work
Madan Sabnavis | September 19, 2018 2:25 AMExport incentives are not likely to increase exports as they have tended to depend on demand conditions in importing countries and not the price.
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Turbulent times for the Indian aviation industry
FE Bureau | September 19, 2018 2:13 AMThe Indian civil aviation industry (Air India, IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet) is likely to report an aggregate loss of about Rs 88 billion in FY2019. And during FY2019-21, the industry is expected to require a capital infusion of Rs 200 billion.
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Consumer Protection Bill: Time for careful rethinking
FE Bureau | September 19, 2018 2:07 AMGovt must ensure interests of e-commerce players and consumers are balanced
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Assess long-term health impact first
FE Bureau | September 19, 2018 2:06 AMWhile people raising questions on GM food are often tarnished as anti-science, the data indicates something else.
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Interest-rate defence of rupee a bad idea, junk it
Sunil Jain | September 18, 2018 3:24 AMEach rate hike means capital losses for long-term debt investors; new investors will juxtapose interest gain against losses due to rupee.
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Scrap MPLADS: The scheme never really took off
The Financial Express | September 18, 2018 3:14 AMCIC is proposing that the framework make MPs answerable under RTI for MPLADS.
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Increasing credit reach: Data powering lending to MSMEs
FE Bureau | September 18, 2018 3:05 AMEven as the digital architecture featuring AAdhaar, Pan, Tin & GSTN makes it easier for MSMEs to access credit, the next frontier is pre-qualified and pre-approved loans.
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Policy solutions to India’s balance of payment crisis
Lekha Chakraborty | September 18, 2018 2:53 AMThe point to be borne in mind is that there is no panic in the current situation, unlike the case of the 1991 crisis when foreign exchange reserves were sufficient for only for a few weeks’ imports.
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A book JS Mill would have loved to read
Jaithirth Rao | September 18, 2018 2:35 AMRudrangshu Mukherjee does not deal with all alternatives to liberalism in his book, yet it is worth reading and rereading. It clarifies our vocabulary. It presents liberalism with its glories and its warts. It urges vigilance as a required response from all of us.
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Apple shows the world it can push up price and still ensure demand
Nandagopal Rajan | September 18, 2018 2:29 AMThere is no other smartphone brand that plays only premium; the average selling price of Apple phones is over $700.
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Section 377: Walking into a new dawn
FE Bureau | September 18, 2018 2:24 AMThe first step towards a just and free society
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There’s overwhelming proof of IBC’s success, but Kapil Sibal sees cronyism in it
Sunil Jain | September 17, 2018 5:03 AMAnd despite the irritating slowing in recent months with so many bidders filing appeals before the courts including the Supreme Court, there can be little doubt IBC is the fastest and most efficient loan recovery process India has ever seen.
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Chronically Ailing: Non-infectious diseases biggest contributor to country’s disease burden
The Financial Express | September 17, 2018 4:53 AMHigh cancer burden in the country, as per the authors of the study, is tied to increased urbanisation, incidence of obesity in the population, falling physical activity and tobacco consumption, among other factors.
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PM Narendra Modi’s ethanol solution won’t lower cane arrears; here’s why
FE Bureau | September 17, 2018 4:48 AMIf ethanol substitutes for petrol, it must be priced at Rs 47 per litre but since the govt has massively over-priced cane, sugar mills need at least Rs 52 to be viable.
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Return of the financial crash?
Meghnad Desai | September 17, 2018 4:42 AMEven if we go by the history of financial crises happening once every 10 years, the probable impact of the next one will be small, local and limited.
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Is the UAE moving away from oil?
Anuj Agarwal | September 17, 2018 2:51 PMOil contributes around 35% to the UAE government revenues. Had it not been for the revenues from oil, fiscal deficit would have ballooned to 10.2% of GDP in 2017 from 0.2%.
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Raghuram Rajan’s AQR for PSBs wasn’t a pragmatic move
Charan Singh | September 17, 2018 4:33 AMBanking reforms are a continuous process; regulator has to be alert. Banks that were showing strains of rising NPAs should have been addressed on a case-by-case basis.
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Michael Porter has given three generic strategies for all businesses; follow them or get stuck in the middle
FE Bureau | September 17, 2018 4:32 AMStrategies look good in PPT; they never fail in the boardroom, but in the execution
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Across the Aisle: A big ask in election year
P Chidambaram | September 16, 2018 3:36 AMAfter looking at data over the medium term, it appears that the foundations of macroeconomic stability of the Indian economy are becoming weaker. The trend may still be reversed and, as a concerned citizen, I hope it will be.
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Inside Track: From Sitharaman’s PC to Digvijaya’s ‘Sangat mein Pangat’; all you need to know
Coomi Kapoor | September 16, 2018 3:17 AMAfter Narendra Modi’s Chai pe Charcha and Amarinder Singh’s Coffee with the Captain, Digvijaya Singh has launched Sangat mein Pangat (Community feast and chat).
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Ringside view: Team India’s victory tally puts up question mark on coaching standards
Shamik Chakrabarty | September 16, 2018 3:08 AMThe Indian Test cricket team has lost more matches than it has won this year, making one question the efficacy of the coaching.
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And now, labour resistance trips up coal liberalisation
The Financial Express | September 15, 2018 5:12 AMCommercial mining, one of the biggest reforms planned last year, is all set to be put off, thanks to opposition by CIL unions
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Take tough action at IL&FS
The Financial Express | September 15, 2018 5:04 AMBanks must reclassify exposure, and ask it to sell its assets
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Haryana’s move to exclude parts of Aravalli from NCZ pays little heed to ecology and climate resilience
The Financial Express | September 15, 2018 4:57 AMParts of the Aravalli Range surrounding the National Capital Region (NCR) are set to be excluded from the natural conservation zone (NCZ), ecologically sensitive areas that are demarcated for conservation only.
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Chrolophile: Can canola displace wheat in Punjab?
Vivian Fernandes | September 15, 2018 4:50 AMThe global prices of canola do not favour domestic producers despite the high import duty of 50%
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Growth in 2004-08: Golden or gilded?
FE Bureau | September 15, 2018 4:26 AMThe high-pitched India growth story is based on mistaken interpretation of surge in gross capital formation (GCF) in private corporate sector (PCS) during 2004-08 (see table).
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PSEs need a sovereign holding company
UD Choubey | September 15, 2018 4:15 AMThere has been a radical shift in the government’s policy towards public sector enterprises (PSEs).
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