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Strengthening the supply chain: Welcome additions, such as Walmart, to the supply chain
FE Bureau | June 14, 2018 3:08 AMWelcome additions, such as Walmart, to the supply chain. This helps our farmers.
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US-North Korea Summit: A handshake that shook Asia
FE Bureau | June 14, 2018 3:08 AMThe crossroads of Southeast Asia—Singapore—was the host for the historic first meeting between a US President and a North Korean leader.
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The reality of doing business
FE Bureau | June 14, 2018 2:39 AMIn the areas of obtaining a construction permit, starting a business and export/import, there’s a non-linear relationship between the reported time in Doing Business and Enterprise Surveys.
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Listing Air India is hardly a solution to its problems
The Financial Express | June 13, 2018 4:14 AMNITI Aayog vice-chairman has got it quite wrong in proposing this for the ailing maharajah.
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Power loans not special: Centre must not press for forbearance
The Financial Express | June 13, 2018 4:06 AMCentre must not press for forbearance; SEBs must pay gencos’ dues.
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Trumping Kim? Why US President’s boast of having signed very comprehensive deal with N Korean leader is hollow
The Financial Express | June 13, 2018 4:00 AMThe Kim Jong-un–Donald Trump bonhomie at the Singapore meeting on Tuesday was in stark contrast to the disaster that Trump’s recent meeting with fellow G7 heads of state was. It is difficult, though, to say who won the optics game. Was it Trump, whose unceasing boast is that he succeeded where many of his predecessors […]
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States’ Fiscal Care: Ratings route to make states fiscally disciplined
Madan Sabnavis | June 13, 2018 3:55 AMRBI incentivising banks to invest in rated sdls should prod states to get their bonds rated; the more fiscally disciplined the state, the better the rating.
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Do SCs and STs face disproportionately more violent crimes in India?
June 13, 2018 3:42 AMThe discourse on caste posits that there is disproportionately more violence against SCs and STs, and that the government, the police and justice systems are failing to contain it. Fact-checking tells us that it is not just a few media outlets, but groups like Amnesty and even the US State Department have manipulated data and employed major fallacies to advance these claims. Such propaganda is leading to skewed policy measures and, therefore, a discourse in empirical data and scientific rigour must be established.
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Monetary policy is a timely move – RBI took the right call
FE Bureau | June 13, 2018 3:29 AMRBI took the right call—monetary policy must move in tandem with fiscal policy.
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Why push for a bad bank when NCLT working fine
The Financial Express | June 12, 2018 5:07 AMLast year, when the Economic Survey made a pitch for a bad bank—Public Sector Asset Rehabilitation Agency (PARA)—the primary reason for doing so was that, with the shadow of the CBI/CVC/CAG over them, PSU banks would not be able to take decisions on haircuts that were vital if non-performing loans were to be sold.
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Lateral entry a good move: It will harness top talent, UPSC system deficiencies
The Financial Express | June 12, 2018 5:05 AMThe move to induct private and public sector talent “laterally” at the joint secretary level in 10 key Union ministries/departments comes not a day too soon.
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Ganga Jamuni: Elected representatives who stoke communal passions must learn from the Mankameshwar Mandir’s iftaar
The Financial Express | June 12, 2018 5:01 AMIt is not uncommon to hear of Hindus and Muslims living peacefully. And, more often than not, when there is communal tension between the two communities, hotheads on either side—often, even elected representatives—are found to have incited them.
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Taming India’s core inflation: Rate hike was inevitable, but sticking to neutral stance risks MPC’s credibility
Renu Kohli | June 12, 2018 4:56 AMRate hike was inevitablE, but sticking to neutral stance risks MPC’s credibility. Amid oil prices, weakening ` AND global financial conditions, Little Reason for the stance.
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Artificial Intelligence: A smarter way to build smart cities
Abhishek Chaudhary | June 12, 2018 4:53 AMThe challenges of developing brownfield cities are different from greenfield, but common to both is the understanding that technologies like AI and IoT will be the cornerstone of realising India’s aspirations of building ‘intelligent’ cities of tomorrow.
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Developing new apps, and ideas: Indian developers come in for critical acclaim at the Apple WWDC
Nandagopal Rajan | June 12, 2018 4:50 AMApple’s accelerator in Bangalore is working towards helping Indian developers find success on the global stage. Now, let’s wait for the first big app unicorn out of India.
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Banking on direct benefits transfer
June 12, 2018 4:47 AMOne of the most significant governance reforms undertaken by the government in recent years has been the Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) initiative.
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Reforms are overdue
Meghnad Desai | June 11, 2018 4:18 AMA bonfire of state ownership will raise money to retire public debt, reduce corruption and enhance efficiency.
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Under Modi, agriculture is just trudging along
Ashok Gulati and Shweta Saini | June 11, 2018 4:16 AMRather tHan MSP, for better prices getting the markets right by overhauling the agri-marketing infrastructure and associated laws presents a better solution.
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CarbonCOSTS: Carbon capture costs can be brought down by converting captured CO2 into low-carbon fuels
The Financial Express | June 11, 2018 4:08 AMSiphoning excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been suggested as a supplementary measure to contain anthropogenic climate change by the scientific community—and as the only rational measure to control emissions, by those who oppose sustainability restrictions on GHG generating human activities.
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Powering Punjab’s reform: Charging richer farmers for power is a step in right direction
The Financial Express | June 11, 2018 3:54 AMThe Punjab State Farmers’ and Farm Workers’ Commission proposal to start charging better-off farmers for electricity is a step in the right direction, but more than that, what is important is the thought process that has gone behind the recommendation.
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Home-buyers can trip up the entire IBC process
The Financial Express | June 11, 2018 3:34 AMAs this paper has argued, giving home-buyers the status of financial creditors won’t really help their cause much; on the contrary, it could muddy the resolution process if stakeholders pull in different directions.
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Digital pathway to financial inclusion
June 11, 2018 3:09 AMRecent discussions on digital finance in our country have been hijacked by the demonetisation debate, and the polarised discourse surrounding it.
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Slaying oil price Jabberwock: The need to create the Vorpal Blade
June 11, 2018 3:05 AMIf the government intends to control the periodic decimation of the economy by cyclical increases in oil prices, it needs to adopt short-term (introduce differential pricing), medium-term (create a statutory oil price management fund) and long-term (shift from diesel to LNG/CNG) measures.
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GST 2.0: Why two-rate structure is needed
June 11, 2018 2:59 AMAs the Goods and Services Tax (GST) completes one year of existence, the time is opportune to refresh and introduce sweeping changes in the existing structure, procedures and processes to make it more flawless and simple.
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Ringside view: Lionel Messi’s game; one of the most decorated footballers in history
Shamik Chakrabarty | June 10, 2018 3:40 AMFor one of the most decorated footballers in the history of the game, a World Cup win remains the only missing piece in the trophy cabinet.
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Inside Track: Modi-Shah duo planning to roll back diktat that people over 75 have no place in politics
Coomi Kapoor | June 10, 2018 3:36 AMThe Modi-Shah duo is planning to roll back its diktat that people over 75 have no place in politics. The party high command wants to guard against dissidence from disgruntled seniors.
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Across the aisle: Governments hide, people seek
P Chidambaram | June 10, 2018 3:34 AMThe government puffed up the Q4 growth rate and claimed that the worst effects of demonetisation and a flawed GST were over.
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