Need a robust fiscal response FY22 growth markdowns will mask deeper loss of incomes, with vaccine rollout key to sustained revival By Saugata BhattacharyaJune 2, 2021 06:00 IST
India Inc must contribute to the ‘stimulus’: Given bumper profits & cost-cuts of Rs 4 lakh crore, it could cut a cheque for the have-nots The pandemic may have hurt thousands of small businesses and killed many MSMEs, but given their financial and management muscle,… By The Financial ExpressJune 1, 2021 05:30 IST
Let vax-data drive policy: Data must inform any shift to a one-shot vax regime While a trial of Covaxin among 2-18-year-olds is to take off shortly, the government will need to marshal as many… By The Financial ExpressJune 1, 2021 05:15 IST
Indian arbitration on a slow road to death: Greatest resistance to arbitration posed by govt depts & PSUs The economy will require many measures for its revival in the time to come. Boosting arbitration should certainly be one… By GuestJune 1, 2021 05:00 IST
A world-class merger control regime The CCI’s merger control regime, over the last decade, have emphasised on the spirit of ‘ease of doing business in… By GuestJune 1, 2021 04:45 IST
Synthetic Biology | The first-gen start-ups: Flying high on fragrance The first-generation synbio companies were “full stack”, i.e., they focussed on a single application with a large market and sought… By GuestJune 1, 2021 04:30 IST
NDA failed to do its job on the economy: Big job-creating schemes needed to revive consumer demand & small businesses At the last count, the cumulative loss of salaried jobs, since the pandemic, was 12.6 million across urban and rural… By Shobhana SubramanianMay 31, 2021 06:00 IST
India: Inflation undone? Some inflation worries highlighted earlier have come to pass As demand for goods and services pick up gradually (though worth noting that we are not forecasting a rapid rise… By GuestMay 31, 2021 05:45 IST
Inflexion Points: Sustainable agriculture for the economy’s sake Need to reduce farm sector’s vulnerability to critical resources, not be sanguine about its pandemic-year showing By GuestMay 31, 2021 05:15 IST
Mighty Singapore, MeitY India: Contrasting approaches to managing the Twitter fiasco The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). 2019 empowers the relevant ministry to order the issuance of a… By GuestUpdated: May 30, 2021 20:26 IST
Tracking economy with mobility and luminosity High-frequency indicators are increasingly becoming popular to track various segments of the economy By GuestMay 30, 2021 06:30 IST
Across the Aisle: A bigger calamity awaits us, writes P Chidambaram However, there is one thing about the future that is no longer uncertain. It is about the economic conditions of… By P ChidambaramMay 30, 2021 06:15 IST
Rolling the rock, rocking the shades: Who ever thought Phil Mickelson could pull off a style statement or win the PGA Championship? I imagine Phil came out and teed it up at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course with a certain lightness of being,… By Meraj ShahMay 30, 2021 03:15 IST
Reading Vaccine Findings Right: Covid vaccines get a reality check Both the UK and the double-mutant variants seem to be subdued by the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines, but the hardier… By K Srinath ReddyMay 28, 2021 05:20 IST
Behind Reserve Bank of India’s bonanza to the Centre Even though income fell 10.96%, expenditure decreased by a whopping 63.10% enabling RBI to provide this bonanza By GuestMay 28, 2021 05:15 IST
Choose security & privacy: Both govt & WhatsApp need to moderate their stances Can’t have security trumping privacy and vice versa By The Financial ExpressMay 28, 2021 05:00 IST
Medical college fee policing: More govt funding, not stricter fee regulation Strict medical-college fee policing will discourage private players even as India needs more doctors; more govt funding the real solution By The Financial ExpressMay 28, 2021 04:45 IST
Funding Recovery: Govt must urgently reform subsidies to create fiscal space Subsidy reforms can no longer be postponed. On food subsidies, Govt can either streamline beneficiary eligibility/numbers or revise issue prices,… By Renu KohliMay 27, 2021 06:00 IST
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