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New national education policy may remain an unfinished agenda of Modi government before 2019 elections
The Financial Express | October 20, 2018 4:32 AMKasturirangan panel must break with the dogmas of the past, keep changing global realities in mind.
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McKinsey lessons for growth: Invest more in R&D, innovation to compete globally
The Financial Express | October 20, 2018 4:19 AMIndia must encourage large firms, fix education.
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Reassessing poverty: World Bank report shows individual-level data can increase efficiency of poverty-alleviation programmes
The Financial Express | October 20, 2018 4:12 AMPoverty assessments focus on households, never the individual. So, a person automatically gets classified as either poor or non-poor based on the poverty status of the household to which she belongs. But, do all experience the same deprivation and challenges within the household? Globally, female and male poverty rates—defined as the share of women and […]
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Is there space for more commodity exchanges?
Madan Sabnavis | October 20, 2018 4:04 AMTraders would prefer to trade on a single exchange as this lowers the bid-ask spread and impact costs, making the existence of another exchange unviable.
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Japan’s historical muddle in Northeast peninsula: Naomi Osaka, Denny Tamaki, Priyanka Yoshikawa open Pandora’s box
Anurag Viswanath | October 20, 2018 3:46 AMJapan’s Naomi Osaka, Denny Tamaki and Priyanka Yoshikawa open a Pandora’s box.
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Bonds over bank credit? corporate bond market dominated by private placements
FE Bureau | October 20, 2018 3:40 AMWhile bank loan growth has improved to 14% y-o-y in Q2FY19, from 7% in Q2FY18, going ahead, it could slow down to less than 10% as mutual funds (MFs) find it hard to finance housing finance companies and NBFCs
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Why India should let go its MSP plan and adopt per-acre cash payments for farmers
The Financial Express | October 19, 2018 2:50 AMThough it is early days yet, it is clear the government’s plan to woo farmers by promising them a minimum support price (MSP) that equals at least 1.5 times their A2+FL costs is not working.
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Age of innuendo: Fake news, repeated often enough, could become the new default
The Financial Express | October 19, 2018 2:39 AMFake news, repeated often enough, could become the new default.
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Farmer distress: Why NITI Aayog’s cashback proposal for Fasal Bima Yojana is a bad idea
The Financial Express | October 19, 2018 2:29 AMNITI Aayog has proposed that 75% of the premium paid by farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) will be returned to them if they don’t file claims for crop damages for four-six consecutive agricultural seasons. Government officials reckon that such a move would attract more farmers into the insurance fold; at present, […]
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Defence production: How HAL can counter pessimistic narrative and demonstrate more competence
Deba R Mohanty | October 19, 2018 2:19 AMWhile HAL has demonstrated technological and production competence, it may not survive the Centre’s pessimism if it doesn’t counter this narrative.
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Bringing Indian Railways back on track: Reasons behind its bad financial health and how it can optimise fare pricing
October 19, 2018 2:05 AMOne of the reasons for the Indian Railways’ bad financial health is its suboptimal fare pricing. Recent pricing policy decisions have added to the Railways’ problems. The willingness-to-pay surveys on the ticketing portal could help streamline and optimise railway fare pricing.
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Future of hedging: Indian Accounting Standards a giant leap forward in commodity risk management
October 19, 2018 1:58 AM“Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.”— William Pollard. The transition to the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) regime is a landmark for Indian industry, bringing about a paradigm shift in reporting and disclosures, besides […]
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Revealed! India is digital gaming’s best kept secret, to have over 300 million digital gamers by 2021
October 19, 2018 1:47 AMGaming, as an industry, has enormous potential that gaming companies, advertisers, retailers and promoters are looking to make the most of.
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PM Narendra Modi can learn these lessons from Cairn on raising oil output
Sunil Jain | October 18, 2018 3:56 AMDon’t hound investors, especially those who have delivered so much, ensure policies are attractive to raise oil/gas production.
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Disaster management: Government must allocate funds but needs to address recurring implementation challenges
The Financial Express | October 18, 2018 3:46 AMA panel of state finance ministers formed to recommend ways to mobilise funding for natural calamities and disasters has sought the view of the GST Council on whether a disaster cess/tax should be imposed nationwide or in a state-specific manner.
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Coal shortage hits power sector again; how India can get its production right
October 18, 2018 3:39 AMBy convincing states of the value proposition of increased production, the record production of Fy15 & Fy16 can be emulated.
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Infra sector gets technology boost, project costs expected to be reduced by 20%
October 18, 2018 3:15 AMPenetration of technology is expected to result in almost 20% reduction in life-cycle costs of a project.
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How employers can create right atmosphere to get women into employment
Sushila Ravindranath | October 18, 2018 4:34 PMThe social entrepreneur, and founder & president of Avtar Career Creators, shares with Sushila Ravindranath that the government has to work hand-in-hand with both large and small companies, including SMEs, to create the right atmosphere to get women into employment, especially those who are looking to work after a break.
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With a war chest of funds, NIIF must act to get more investments
October 18, 2018 2:47 AMEquipped with an enviable war chest of funds, NIIF must seek out investment opportunities on a war footing.
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Ayushman Bharat-NHPS: Are package rates giving preference to affordability over quality healthcare?
October 18, 2018 2:40 AMWith Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme, the healthcare sector is expected to witness a makeover.
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Why ailing PSUs, working as ‘instrumentality of state’, can never recover or work freely
The Financial Express | October 17, 2018 12:25 AMFinance minister Arun Jaitley did well to say, at a recent event organised by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), that it was time the country revisited the legal regime for PSUs, to ensure they were able to perform efficiently in a competitive environment.
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Weak rupee fails to bring cheer to exports, structural reforms needed
The Financial Express | October 17, 2018 12:24 AMA study by Axis Bank showed that, while India has moved up the value chain in the US market, the unit value of exports was similar to that of Vietnam in 2012; today, Vietnamese exports command a premium of 15-16%.
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Polio vaccine contamination: Government needs to fix drugs procurement policy for public health
The Financial Express | October 17, 2018 12:24 AMThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) needs to handle the re-emergence of a polio-virus strain long believed to have been eradicated with a much larger degree of deftness than it is known for if India is to keep its polio-free tag.
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Domestic infrastructure: Fix land and labour related regulatory hurdles to boost growth
Pranjul Bhandari | October 17, 2018 12:23 AMWith slowing world growth, the falling ` won’t help. improve domestic infra, ease the regulatory hurdles in acquiring land and hiring labour
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Why monsoon-dependent Indian economy needs climate-sensitive budgeting
FE Bureau | October 17, 2018 12:22 AMStatistics show that 65% of the net sown area constitutes rain-fed crops, demonstrating the over-reliance on monsoons for crop growth.
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Rupee at 79 against dollar: Worsening CAD and FPI outflows from India to trigger further slide
FE Bureau | October 17, 2018 12:20 AMRBI can probably spend about $50 billion more before FX reserves dip into the IMF’s Assessing Reserve Adequacy (ARA) range (100-150% of the metric).
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National merit order list for electricity generation to help in reducing power cost
FE Bureau | October 17, 2018 12:19 AMAt the national level, the scheme is well-intended, because of the variation in regional costs of power generation.
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