RBI’s Innovation Hub in Bengaluru: A new financial centre for India The future of finance will be driven by not just traditional financial centres but also modern technology centres. This is… Updated: April 6, 2022 18:01 IST
Strategic subsidising: Desperately needing subsidy reforms The growing per capita subsidy outgo shows that there is a need to target it better, and perhaps move to… April 6, 2022 03:50 IST
Win-win trade deal: India’s interim deal with Australia helps its economic outreach to the Indo-Pacific Australia has much to offer a rising power like India, notably, access to raw materials needed for its growing economy.… April 6, 2022 03:40 IST
A new era of exports takes off: Breaking the $30 billion a month “psychological barrier” For the first time, annual goods exports have touched $400 billion; on adding services exports, the total will be close… April 5, 2022 03:20 IST
Monetary Policy: Paving the way for normalisation While the Monetary Policy Committee’s decisions later this week might not be a drastic shift from its current accommodative stance,… April 5, 2022 03:10 IST
Big is beautiful: HDFC-HDFC Bank mega merger sets the stage for financial sector consolidation One could argue that both HDFC Bank and HDFC were already strong players in their own right but the growth… April 5, 2022 03:00 IST
Do we really need quick commerce? Even as the experience so far has largely been one of ‘over-promising and under-delivering’, the fact is that quick commerce… April 4, 2022 22:19 IST
Cheap isn’t the way to go The approach used for other products—selecting on the basis of price—may be flawed when it comes to buying an insurance… April 4, 2022 15:55 IST
Tech standards: India’s chance to lead India can take several strategic actions to position itself as a leader on digital public goods standards April 4, 2022 04:00 IST
State in business: Reimagining divestment Achieving public objectives does not necessarily require direct state intervention or installing public sector enterprises to fructify the objectives at… April 4, 2022 03:50 IST
Resolution lessons: Uday Kotak has drawn from his IL&FS experience to hit the nail on the head Kotak hinted that the relatively better position of the PSU banks as opposed to other lenders in the IL&FS case… April 4, 2022 03:40 IST
Data Drive: India Inc looks healthier The upgrade rate increased to 15.4% in the second half of FY22, from 12.5% in the first, as per Crisil… April 4, 2022 01:10 IST
Across the Aisle by P Chidambaram: Poor pay for their own welfare! The main sources of revenue of the government were GST and the taxes on fuel. In the latter, the government… April 3, 2022 06:00 IST
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh: What harms India’s stature What confuses me is why a country whose ‘stature’ has risen so high in the past eight years needs to… April 3, 2022 04:30 IST
Over the top by Meraj Shah: Great Scott! Six weeks. Three wins. $6.2 million in prize money. That’s how you ascend to the top of the world. April 3, 2022 04:15 IST
Tech standards: A strategic imperative There is growing concern that standards are increasingly politicised and, over time, weaponised April 1, 2022 03:30 IST
Beating down inflation: Let’s call Paul Volcker The Fed still seems to believe that US inflation is transient and it will fall on its own under very… April 1, 2022 03:15 IST
The fiscal challenges: External challenges are too many; govt must go in for bold reforms With global growth and trade slowing, crude oil prices remaining elevated, and the US Fed tightening, the macro-environment in the… April 1, 2022 03:00 IST
