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Fasal Bima Yojana is failing, fix it
Sunil Jain | May 21, 2018 3:53 AM
With just 45% of all claims made under PMFBY paid so far, the scheme is a huge failure. Also, it needs re-focussing.
Unfriending Facebook: Many socially conscious funds junk their Facebook holdings over privacy concerns
The Financial Express | May 21, 2018 3:43 AMSeveral funds, guided by Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) motives in investing, have either divested their holdings in Facebook, or are planning to do so, in light of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.
Out of the frying pan and into the fire?
Madan Sabnavis | May 21, 2018 3:37 AMEnsuring quality, safety and efficacy of drugs
FE Bureau | May 21, 2018 3:29 AMModi government's six-point action plan to boost digital transactions
FE Bureau | May 21, 2018 3:23 AMThe fortune at the bottom of pyramid
FE Bureau | May 21, 2018 3:18 AMWho will save the Constitution?
P Chidambaram | May 20, 2018 3:51 AM-
Fasal Bima Yojana is failing, fix it
Sunil Jain | May 21, 2018 3:53 AMWith just 45% of all claims made under PMFBY paid so far, the scheme is a huge failure. Also, it needs re-focussing.
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Unfriending Facebook: Many socially conscious funds junk their Facebook holdings over privacy concerns
The Financial Express | May 21, 2018 3:43 AMSeveral funds, guided by Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) motives in investing, have either divested their holdings in Facebook, or are planning to do so, in light of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.
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Out of the frying pan and into the fire?
Madan Sabnavis | May 21, 2018 3:37 AMApart from what a contracting loan-book will mean for a PCA bank’s NPA ratio, narrow-banking will mean such banks earn less.from their funds.
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Ensuring quality, safety and efficacy of drugs
FE Bureau | May 21, 2018 3:29 AMStrengthening the quality of drug development, manufacturing and review are key factors for ensuring patient safety and improving clinical research conditions in India.
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Modi government’s six-point action plan to boost digital transactions
FE Bureau | May 21, 2018 3:23 AMIn the coming decade there will be numerous factors that shape the way the government delivers services to the citizens.
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The fortune at the bottom of pyramid
FE Bureau | May 21, 2018 3:18 AMMNCs in India are credited for frugal innovation—low-cost products and services for the bottom of the pyramid customers
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Who will save the Constitution?
P Chidambaram | May 20, 2018 3:51 AMOnce the orders were given from the top, events unfolded rapidly in Karnataka.
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Inside track: From speed with which JD(S)-Congress stepped in to stake claim to form Karnataka government to Congress performance a blow to Rahul Gandhi
Coomi Kapoor | May 20, 2018 3:41 AMThe speed with which the JD(S)-Congress stepped in to stake claim to form the Karnataka government is thanks partly to Sitaram Yechury and Mamata Banerjee, who gave the Congress a push, but largely to HD Kumaraswamy.
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Webb Simpson’s game went adrift when mooring the putter became illegal, after four years in the cold he has found his bearings: Meraj Shah
Meraj Shah | May 20, 2018 3:32 AMLast Sunday, on the 18th tee at TPC Sawgrass, Webb Simpson hit his final drive of 2018 Player’s Championship.
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Women & Banking: India’s financial inclusion suffers from a gender gap
Renu Kohli | May 19, 2018 4:09 AMIndian women score disproportionately low on ordinary functions such as savings and borrowings: of more than three-fourths who have a bank account, less than a fifth (16.7%) save formally, i.e., at banks.
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Open Access: A global movement to free research from paywalls put up by publishers is underway
The Financial Express | May 19, 2018 4:06 AMNature reports that libraries and university consortia in the continent are not only brokering new contracts that make more published academic work paywall-free or offset some of its effects, but also are collaborating widely to achieve this.
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A new survey report should give pause to Aadhaar critics
The Financial Express | May 19, 2018 3:21 AMAadhaar-critics usually question it on two fronts—on privacy, and over authentication/verification failures resulting in the most vulnerable not being able to access government benefits.
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Start cutting staff of PCA banks to help them survive
The Financial Express | May 19, 2018 3:18 AMAt a time when there is talk of the need for RBI to make the guidelines for its Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) less stringent, it is important to keep in mind these have actually been made more lenient than in the past.
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A new low for the rupee
The Financial Express | May 19, 2018 3:14 AMThe rupee has depreciated close to 6% against the dollar since the beginning of this year, in line with currencies of other emerging nations.
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Power oversupply: The genesis and the way out
May 19, 2018 3:00 AMIt will be a loss for the economy if new power plants remain underutilised for long. We need an enabling environment for discovery of sizeable latent power demand, which, in turn, can boost productivity.
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Don’t write SEZs off – Here is why
Amitendu Palit | May 18, 2018 3:20 AMThe current policy of integrating existing coastal SEZs into the overarching plan of coastal development under ‘Sagarmala’ can lead to a turnaround for SEZs.
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Managing the risks of a rising dollar
Mohamed A El-Erian | May 18, 2018 3:18 AMArgentinian President Mauricio Macri’s government has asked the International Monetary Fund for a loan that it hopes can stem a peso rout that has driven up interest rates, has slowed the economy, and threatens the reform program.
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Resort-politics is a curiously Indian phenomenon
The Financial Express | May 18, 2018 3:14 AMResort-politics is a curiously Indian phenomenon. When there is a threat that a rival party will make Gaya Rams of your faithful—usually right before a test of strength on the floor of a state Assembly—your last resort is, well, a resort.
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Preserving IBC’s goal
The Financial Express | May 18, 2018 3:04 AMWith promoters and prospective buyers fighting it out in the tribunals, the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) is mired in litigation.
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Prepare for a rate hike later in the year
The Financial Express | May 18, 2018 3:04 AMWith crude oil prices hitting $80 dollars a barrel, and looking like it is not coming down in a hurry, India’s macroeconomics cannot but deteriorate.
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Infra stories differ across Asia
Yoginder K Alagh | May 18, 2018 2:47 AMIndia has joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)—which is financed by China, but also has a substantial contribution from India.
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Simplify individual insolvency resolution: IBBI must focus on building capacities of insolvency professionals
May 18, 2018 2:46 AMAlthough liquidation and bankruptcy seem to be similar words, bankruptcy of a company is not the same thing as winding up.
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Making agriculture climate resilient
PP Sangal | May 18, 2018 2:40 AMWe should increase yield per hectare by innovative interventions so that some portion of the crop is saved even if untimely and extreme weather conditions cause damage, and we need to supplement farmers’ income by other means so that he doesn’t depend only upon farm income.
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‘Purpose’ test for taxing share-holding
May 17, 2018 3:25 AMThe Government is making several attempts to drive its initiatives to improve the ease of doing business in India. It has simplified laws and regulations, to some extent, and provided tax incentives for entrepreneurs and start-ups when setting up their businesses.
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Walmart-Flipkart deal: India is the ‘servitisation’ battleground for US & China
Arindam Bhattacharya | May 17, 2018 3:21 AMFor indian policy makers, the deal and its potential impact, underscores the urgent need to deepen the domestic Venture capital eco-system.
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Dam removal has become key for river restoration in the West
The Financial Express | May 17, 2018 3:16 AMDams, despite their gains, are hardly ever free from controversy. They throw the ecology of their surroundings off—migrating fish species can’t reach breeding grounds and often die out, setting off a chain of consequences for the food-chain; damming impacts local flora dependent on an uninterrupted supply.
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IBC’s 29-A’s 1st victory
The Financial Express | May 17, 2018 3:14 AMWhether defaulting promoters should be given a chance to buy back their companies—at a huge discount—in the insolvency process, at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), has always been contentious.
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