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From Plate to Plough: PMFBY reaping the failure sown by states
Ashok Gulati | May 14, 2018 4:50 AMThe PMFBY involves farmers, banks, state and central government, insurance companies and re-insurers.
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WTO can’t even get its maths right
Sunil Jain | May 14, 2018 4:51 AMA figure below 10% is acceptable according to the WTO negotiations for developing countries, and below 5% for developed ones. How the US and India get such remarkably different numbers is at the heart of the problem with how the WTO operates.
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LabouredLAWS: Fix India’s rigid labour laws first, deterrent punishment for violations can follow
The Financial Express | May 14, 2018 4:34 AMESIC also happens to have one of the lowest claims ratio in the country, of just 45%, meaning a lot of workers are actually unable to access the money they have earned because of the programme.
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Making sense of Donald Trump
Meghnad Desai | May 14, 2018 4:29 AMThe most surprising fact is that while Trump came complaining about the state of the American economy, it is booming like it has not done in more than ten years.
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Is Marx still relevant?
Madan Sabnavis | May 14, 2018 4:26 AMThe latest protagonist of critique of capitalism, Thomas Piketty, has highlighted the growth of inequality, which is a speaking point today in all the seminars with the acceptance that capitalism has ended up being self-serving (as would be applauded positively by Adam Smith, who believed in self-interest).
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How Digital India is manufacturing jobs
May 14, 2018 4:18 AMIndia is now the third-largest defence spender in the world and many global producers are now interested to sell to India; so as per the argument above, defence production should spur the next set of manufacturing jobs in the country.
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The criticality of costs & resources
May 14, 2018 4:13 AMRegulatory mechanisms for the private and public health sector have to be adequate to ensure quality of care and have robust health system responses, otherwise UHC will remain a challenge.
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Across the aisle: India is failing the test on J&K
P Chidambaram | May 13, 2018 4:46 AMEvery executive action will be responsible action. In J&K, this principle stands on its head: every executive action is an impulsive and insincere action.
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Inside Track: Coomi Kapoor
Coomi Kapoor | May 13, 2018 4:39 AMKarnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has been nicknamed ‘Neendha Ramiah’ by his adversaries, who accuse him of being sleepy and a non-performer.
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The universal boss: Sir Alex Ferguson outshines the rest by dint of his longevity, consistency and achievements
Shamik Chakrabarty | May 13, 2018 3:50 AMDuring his 26-and-a-half-year tenure at Manchester United, Ferguson became the most decorated manager in the British game, winning 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, four League Cups and two European Cups.
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Assembly elections 2018: Will Karnataka toll for the Congress?
Surjit S Bhalla | May 12, 2018 10:04 AMHigh stakes for the Congress: If the Congress wins in Karnataka, it can rightfully claim that the 2014 national election, and UP 2017, were two troughs from where it is manfully bouncing back.
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Got a problem? Only a bureaucrat can fix it
The Financial Express | May 12, 2018 4:40 AMIt can be no one’s case that a former insurance company head makes the best regulator, but while that person at least knows the industry, it is not immediately clear what qualities a bureaucrat automatically brings to the job.
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Removing NCLT delays
The Financial Express | May 12, 2018 4:27 AMMoreover, the differences in opinions that are cropping up between benches of the NCLT on late submissions would be negated.
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Why govt must ensure the elderly are cared for by children/relatives
The Financial Express | May 12, 2018 4:25 AMThe Centre has now proposed an amendment Bill that includes putting the responsibility of seniors’ upkeep on adopted children, relatives who have inherited or are set to inherit their property, daughter-in-law/son-in-law and even grandchildren.
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China’s Social Credit System: Big Brother is watching
Anurag Viswanath | May 12, 2018 4:20 AMSCS may be understood as the ‘reset’ of China’s infamous yesteryears’ dossier. But what is the dossier? Indians may connect with China’s dossier with reference to the ration card, much needed (back then) for a telephone or gas connection—only imagine the ration card making judgements on you.
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Wal-kart undescores India’s e-tail potential
May 12, 2018 4:14 AMOnline shopper penetration among millennials is already high, at close to 40% across some key segments.
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Why Walmart-Flipkart deal is a sign of India’s retail FDI potential
Arvind Singhal | May 11, 2018 3:54 AMIf Walmart’s bold bet on Flipkart is any indication, India can attract tens of billions of dollars in fresh FDI each year for several years to come.
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SC gives IBC process a boost on loan waivers
The Financial Express | May 11, 2018 3:47 AMThe Mahindra & Mahindra loan waiver, SC said, could not be added back to income under Section 28(iv) as it was not a benefit or a perquisite.
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Don’t burden oil PSUs
The Financial Express | May 11, 2018 3:43 AMIf the government is of the view that prices need to be kept under control in an election year, especially if oil prices continue to rise even more, the only way to justify this is by making a commensurate cut in excise duties and perhaps persuade state governments to reduce VAT rates.
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Monumental failure! ASI is unable to maintain the Taj Mahal
The Financial Express | May 11, 2018 3:38 AMASI, in 2010, said that it didn’t have the staff strength to deploy even a single person at almost two-thirds the monuments it was supposed to protect.
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SC decision gives IBC process a fillip
May 11, 2018 3:35 AMA bench comprising of Justice R.K. Agrawal and Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre have confirmed the decision of the Bombay High Court in the case of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, deciding the matter in favour of the company.
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Price control & healthcare: Don’t confuse access with affordability
May 11, 2018 3:17 AMIn a country where two-thirds of the population is denied access to quality healthcare today, it is important to quickly guarantee universal health coverage.
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Flipkart buyout: It’s a big deal in many ways – Here is what it can transform
May 11, 2018 3:11 AMTo begin with, a development like this burnishes our nation’s credentials as an attractive investment destination, and moreover signals that we are open to business.
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A welcome move by RBI on cross-border mergers
May 11, 2018 3:07 AMEarlier, Section 234 required prior approval of RBI, but now RBI has stated that any transaction done in compliance with merger regulations will be deemed to have its prior approval.
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Analytics ushering city gas distribution into a new era
May 11, 2018 3:00 AMIn order to achieve this stiff target, organisations will need to adopt a holistic approach by embedding analytics in all possible business processes.
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Employment numbers: The jobs debate and working ‘adults’
Bibek Debroy | May 10, 2018 4:38 AMAs of now, GERs are quite high for secondary and senior secondary, much less so for higher education. For secondary education, the threshold of 75% has been crossed, for senior secondary that of 50%.
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Why Walmart is the retail deal India needed so badly
The Financial Express | May 10, 2018 4:34 AMArmed with more cash and Walmart’s legendary strengths in sourcing, logistics and category management, Flipkart will become a formidable competitor to Amazon India.
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