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Ringside View: The normal one

Shamik Chakrabarty | April 15, 2018 4:09 AM

Football of late has genuflected to the filthy rich. In August last year, Paris St-Germain forked out £198 million to land Neymar from Barcelona.

Inside Track: From dousing Jeevan Jyotis to speculation of SM Krishna joining Congress

Coomi Kapoor | April 15, 2018 4:17 AM

Rahul Gandhi and SM Krishna met at the Bengaluru airport last week and chatted cordially for a few minutes, leading to speculation that Krishna might be rejoining the Congress.

Across the aisle: P. Chidambaram speaks about government's stand on federalism

P Chidambaram | April 15, 2018 4:53 AM

Time to end tax terrorism
TV Mohandas Pai | April 19, 2018 4:50 AM
To reduce taxpayer grievances/litigation, the CBDT revised monetary limits for filing appeals in December 2015.
Till they are fully liquid, gold bonds will remain a dud
The Financial Express | April 19, 2018 4:45 AM
The reason for the lukewarm demand are what they were 2.5 years ago, that the bond doesn’t mimic the qualities of gold.
Currency shortage: Don’t dash for the cash
The Financial Express | April 19, 2018 4:42 AM
As economists have pointed out, the currency in circulation (CIC) at Rs 18.43 lakh crore on April 6, 2018, is higher than that on November 8, 2016, of Rs 17.5 lakh crore.
States looking at getting discoms/SEBs to compensate consumers for power outages must fix the right penalty amount
The Financial Express | April 19, 2018 4:38 AM
Delhi, over the last couple of summers, has seen an average peak power demand of over 6,000 MW—and this is predicted to touch 7,000 MW soon.
Cancellation of Monsanto’s patent over Bt cotton by Delhi HC: Ensuring agricultural security
April 19, 2018 4:35 AM
Interestingly, it was not only the seed companies of Andhra Pradesh, but almost all others, along with the National Seeds Association of India, that backed this action.
Why India must develop its gas trading hub
April 19, 2018 4:29 AM
The announcement of policy intentions for setting up of a trading hub to set Indian gas benchmark would provide a fillip to the upstream activities.
Why GDP alone won’t create jobs
April 19, 2018 4:31 AM
The required growth rates rise dramatically when you consider how many jobs India actually needs to catch up with countries with similar levels of income, or to meet the demands of a population that wants to, for instance, move out of agriculture.
Agri sector: Painful journey towards a market economy
April 19, 2018 4:21 AM
Unfortunately, this journey is happening over the past two decades in an unplanned and unguided manner, at great human and financial cost.
States’ & discoms’ finances better than pre-UDAY days
April 18, 2018 1:21 AM
Discoms, not being listed companies, do not have a requirement of quarterly reporting of AT&C loss figures, nor can the losses be estimated accurately due to different methods and periods of billing and collection cycles.
Concept of ‘national airline’ is now outdated
Sunil Jain | April 18, 2018 1:14 AM
Few airlines like the idea of the government retaining a 24% stake in Air India since this would give it two board seats and, therefore, the potential to interfere with the running of the airline.
Why fixed-term government is a bad idea
The Financial Express | April 18, 2018 1:11 AM
While one political party may have attempted to disrupt the proceedings, the floor management of the ruling party, and the methods of the Speaker, left a lot to be desired; imagine how things would be with an assured five-year term.
Sugarcane production: Bitter harvest awaits sugar
April 18, 2018 1:07 AM
The government agencies were no better. The big difference has come from Maharashtra, whose initial estimate of production was 6-7 million tons.
The 15th Finance Commission and its discontents
Deepali Pant Joshi | April 18, 2018 1:00 AM
The Finance Commission determines the devolution of allocation of state funds between the Centre and states, leading a wag to comment that the Commission is a dog which barks at the Centre and bites the states.
Japan-India partnership: Focus squarely on strategic interests
Geethanjali Nataraj | April 18, 2018 12:54 AM
Another important point to note is that the ODA given by Japan is unique because it is focused on physical infrastructure projects such as railways, roads, ports and renewable energy, having a direct impact on jobs and growth.
Unfair trade practices: A strong WTO can play a key role
April 17, 2018 5:01 AM
We need a far more stable and relevant mechanism that also strengthens the WTO.
Why PM Modi needs to just say he will honour Cairn ruling
The Financial Express | April 17, 2018 4:57 AM
In the case of Cairn Energy Plc, on the eve of prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Europe—he will visit the UK in a day or two—the tax department seized Rs 440 crore of dividends declared by Vedanta; while Cairn Energy sold the bulk of its holdings to Vedanta, it still owns around 5% shares in the company.
RBI must not relax new rule – Here is why
The Financial Express | April 17, 2018 4:54 AM
On February 12, the central bank asked banks to discontinue all restructuring schemes—the SDR, S4A and 5/25—saying a resolution for these stressed accounts should be sought via the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).
Dry Dictat: J&K telling farmers not to cultivate rice in dry year is a move water-stressed states should emulate
The Financial Express | April 17, 2018 4:49 AM
Paddy cultivation is heavily water-intensive—on an average, it needs more than 1,400 mm of water against, say, 600 mm for pigeon pea or 500 mm for soybean.
How a 100% hedge would produce a better return
Jamal Mecklai | April 17, 2018 6:48 AM
Increasingly, even companies who have business contracts of shorter horizons, but who have longstanding customer relationships, so they are able to estimate their sales into the future, are looking to shift their risk horizons to more than 12 months.
RERA has been adopted in its true spirit in Maharashtra: Niranjan Hiranandani
Shubhra Tandon | April 17, 2018 4:36 AM
RERA has sorted out most of the problems from a consumer’s perspective.
Call drops in India: Here is how telecos can solve the issue
Nandagopal Rajan | April 17, 2018 7:02 AM
Long telephone conversations have become longer as it is a struggle to first connect the call, and then to sustain it for any duration, especially when you are on the move—even within your home.
Living in the brand: The cult and beyond
April 17, 2018 4:26 AM
The ‘brand as basis for meaning in life’ is the ideological glue that holds the brand tribe together, expands markets, rationalises consumption and makes advanced capitalist society possible.
Doubling farmers’ income: Here’s why boosting agri-exports is important
Ashok Gulati | April 16, 2018 4:57 AM
The inherent ‘consumer-bias’ in these policies makes trading environment unstable and unpredictable.
Don’t arm-twist Vodafone-Idea into making payments
The Financial Express | April 16, 2018 4:52 AM
Asking these telcos to pay these dues—disputed by the industry for years—is unfair since, while the rest of industry is not paying, the DoT is using the merger to arm-twist Vodafone and Idea.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: There is no alternative to the process
The Financial Express | April 16, 2018 4:48 AM
Legal experts have pointed out that the Committee of Creditors (CoC) must ensure they frame the evaluation criteria well and then evaluate the bids properly so that they get the best deal
Witness Protection: It’s time for the Centre to come up with a formula
The Financial Express | April 16, 2018 4:44 AM
The scheme, as per the Centre’s statement in Supreme Court, is designed to check against investigation, prosecution and trial getting prejudiced, thanks to witnesses being intimidated.
Job creation: Here’s a development mantra for India
Nirvikar Singh | April 16, 2018 4:38 AM
Indian economic policy has not allowed firms to be created and to grow and prosper at the levels required for adequate job creation.

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