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BJP Faces West Bengal Investment Test

BJP Faces West Bengal Investment Test

3 months ago

Why Foreign Investors Are Missing India's Real Story

Why Foreign Investors Are Missing India's Real Story

3 months ago

Why UPI Should Be Kept Free

Why UPI Should Be Kept Free

4 months ago

Why Tata Must Put The Group Before Individuals

Why Tata Must Put The Group Before Individuals

4 months ago

Mumbai Couple Wins Battle Against Builder

Mumbai Couple Wins Battle Against Builder

4 months ago

What If the Biggest Bank Fraud Risk Is An Employee?

What If the Biggest Bank Fraud Risk Is An Employee?

4 months ago

Software Takes the Wheel in Modern Cars

Software Takes the Wheel in Modern Cars

4 months ago

How Bank Staff Exploit Depositors' Trust For Fraud

How Bank Staff Exploit Depositors' Trust For Fraud

4 months ago

Why Banks Prefers Retired Bureaucrats...

Why Banks Prefers Retired Bureaucrats...

5 months ago

Gulf Crisis: How India Avoided Economic Turmoil

Gulf Crisis: How India Avoided Economic Turmoil

5 months ago

Rupee Exchange Rate Is Not Just A Number

Rupee Exchange Rate Is Not Just A Number

5 months ago

Why Banks Are Raising Deposit Rates

Why Banks Are Raising Deposit Rates

6 months ago

Why Smallcaps Are Winning The Market Battle

Why Smallcaps Are Winning The Market Battle

6 months ago

Banks Make Record Profits, But Worry Because...

Banks Make Record Profits, But Worry Because...

6 months ago

Time To Choose Growth Over Rupee Fear

Time To Choose Growth Over Rupee Fear

6 months ago

Why Rupee's Pain Is Self-Inflicted

Why Rupee's Pain Is Self-Inflicted

6 months ago

When Will India Produce A Trillion-Dollar Company?

When Will India Produce A Trillion-Dollar Company?

7 months ago

Is The World Moving Towards De-Dollarisation?

Is The World Moving Towards De-Dollarisation?

7 months ago

West Asia Conflict: India's Economic Challenges Ahead

West Asia Conflict: India's Economic Challenges Ahead

8 months ago

Hormuz Hopes Drive Market Surge

Hormuz Hopes Drive Market Surge

8 months ago

Is The Tata Legacy Losing Its Shine?

Is The Tata Legacy Losing Its Shine?

8 months ago

Why RBI Should Stop Defending Rupee

Why RBI Should Stop Defending Rupee

8 months ago

West Asia Conflict Can Create Havoc With Budget Nos

West Asia Conflict Can Create Havoc With Budget Nos

8 months ago

West Asia War Clouds RBI Outlook

West Asia War Clouds RBI Outlook

9 months ago

India Is In The Doghouse At The Moment

India Is In The Doghouse At The Moment

7 min read

9 months ago

SGB Tax Jolt to FY27 Budget

SGB Tax Jolt to FY27 Budget

10 months ago

Budget Treats Healthcare As Strategic National Capability

Budget Treats Healthcare As Strategic National Capability

10 months ago

Budget 2026's tax proposals weave a strategic vision

Budget 2026's tax proposals weave a strategic vision

10 months ago

Budget 2026 backs jobs, tech and capital markets

Budget 2026 backs jobs, tech and capital markets

10 months ago

What's Choking India's Capital Markets

What's Choking India's Capital Markets

10 months ago

Three Key Priorities For Government!

Three Key Priorities For Government!

10 months ago

Why Budget 2026 Deserves 8.5/10

Why Budget 2026 Deserves 8.5/10

10 months ago

Will Budget 2026 Fix The Customs-FTA Disconnect?

Will Budget 2026 Fix The Customs-FTA Disconnect?

11 months ago

Five Risks For The Indian Economy

Five Risks For The Indian Economy

11 months ago

The Illusion Of India's 8% Growth

The Illusion Of India's 8% Growth

11 months ago

States Have Thrown Spanner In RBI...

States Have Thrown Spanner In RBI...

11 months ago

How Winter Session Sets Stage For Budget

How Winter Session Sets Stage For Budget

11 months ago

RBI Governor Is A Trapeze Artist

RBI Governor Is A Trapeze Artist

3 years ago

Benefits of Working in a Big Enterprises

Benefits of Working in a Big Enterprises

3 years ago

FTX Failure: Lessons To Be Learnt

FTX Failure: Lessons To Be Learnt

3 years ago

What Will Nirmalaji Do About Income Tax?

What Will Nirmalaji Do About Income Tax?

3 years ago

MFs Are Putting Investors' Money At Risk

MFs Are Putting Investors' Money At Risk

4 years ago

Don't Miss Signs Of Economic Slowdown!

Don't Miss Signs Of Economic Slowdown!

4 years ago

How Long Will GST Growth Continue?

How Long Will GST Growth Continue?

4 years ago

Ban Loss-Making Companies' IPOs!

Ban Loss-Making Companies' IPOs!

4 years ago

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

4 years ago

Reimagining Venture Capital

Reimagining Venture Capital

4 years ago

India Needs To Shift To Modern Economics

India Needs To Shift To Modern Economics

4 years ago

Are Indian Markets Decoupled From Developed Markets?

Are Indian Markets Decoupled From Developed Markets?

4 years ago

Expect Another Rate Hike In December

Expect Another Rate Hike In December

6 min read

4 years ago

When Will Banks End Customer Harassment?

When Will Banks End Customer Harassment?

4 years ago

The Rakesh Jhunjhunwala I Knew

The Rakesh Jhunjhunwala I Knew

4 years ago

How Social Media Turned Porn Upside Down

How Social Media Turned Porn Upside Down

4 years ago

Clearly, RBI is not worried about growth

Clearly, RBI is not worried about growth

4 years ago

Over To Rain Gods To Lift Consumer Mood

Over To Rain Gods To Lift Consumer Mood

4 years ago

Can India Overtake Turkiye, China?

Can India Overtake Turkiye, China?

4 years ago

DON'T WORRY About The Rupee!

DON'T WORRY About The Rupee!

4 years ago

Will Govt Cut PSBs Loose?

Will Govt Cut PSBs Loose?

4 years ago

Will RBI Rescue Banks Again?

Will RBI Rescue Banks Again?

6 min read

4 years ago

Significant Increase In Industrial Jobs

Significant Increase In Industrial Jobs

4 years ago

What Rise In Interest Rates Means For Banks

What Rise In Interest Rates Means For Banks

4 years ago

Inflation: Was RBI Caught Napping?

Inflation: Was RBI Caught Napping?

4 years ago

Sebi And Phenomenon of Confusing Rules

Sebi And Phenomenon of Confusing Rules

4 years ago

HDFC-HDFC Bank: Great Marriage, But...

HDFC-HDFC Bank: Great Marriage, But...

4 years ago

Labour Force INCREASED By 8.8 Million In April

Labour Force INCREASED By 8.8 Million In April

4 years ago

Banks' NPAs never went away, they were only hidden

Banks' NPAs never went away, they were only hidden

4 years ago

What Went Wrong at Axis Mutual Fund

What Went Wrong at Axis Mutual Fund

4 years ago

The T-Shirt Wars

The T-Shirt Wars

6 min read

4 years ago

Workforce Shrank By 3.8 Million In March

Workforce Shrank By 3.8 Million In March

4 years ago

India MUST Create Programming Languages!

India MUST Create Programming Languages!

4 years ago

Are Banks In Good Shape?

Are Banks In Good Shape?

4 years ago

The Pension Challenge Confronting India

The Pension Challenge Confronting India

4 years ago

Rahul Bajaj, World's Favourite Indian

Rahul Bajaj, World's Favourite Indian

4 years ago

Middle Income Groups See An Uptrend In Income

Middle Income Groups See An Uptrend In Income

4 years ago

Playing Moneyball With The IPL?

Playing Moneyball With The IPL?

4 years ago

How India Can SHOCK-PROOF Economy

How India Can SHOCK-PROOF Economy

4 years ago

Start-ups, IPL & the Veblen Effect

Start-ups, IPL & the Veblen Effect

4 years ago

NSE Rot Goes Deeper

NSE Rot Goes Deeper

4 years ago

Why Has RBI Scrapped Polymer Currency Notes Idea?

Why Has RBI Scrapped Polymer Currency Notes Idea?

4 years ago

Nirav Modi has been dethroned!

Nirav Modi has been dethroned!

4 years ago

Suez, de-globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab

Suez, de-globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab

5 years ago

Managing Internet tech change wisely

Managing Internet tech change wisely

5 years ago

NSE Outage: Interoperability won't work

NSE Outage: Interoperability won't work

5 years ago

Why are More Women Jobless?

Why are More Women Jobless?

5 years ago

Will PMC Bank find salvation?

Will PMC Bank find salvation?

5 years ago

The Budget: A Reality Check

The Budget: A Reality Check

5 years ago

Nirmalaji, what about growth beyond FY22?

Nirmalaji, what about growth beyond FY22?

5 years ago

Beware Zohnerism!

Beware Zohnerism!

5 years ago

Visionary Budget or worse than Pranab's?

Visionary Budget or worse than Pranab's?

5 years ago

Questions to ask about the Bad Bank

Questions to ask about the Bad Bank

5 years ago

Employment: Glad tidings from January

Employment: Glad tidings from January

5 years ago

Why's Modi going against his natural instinct?

Why's Modi going against his natural instinct?

5 years ago

Nirmalaji must wield the whip. Often

Nirmalaji must wield the whip. Often

5 years ago

Budget has a vaccine for banking's virus

Budget has a vaccine for banking's virus

5 years ago

For banks, the option is to go digital or die

For banks, the option is to go digital or die

5 years ago

Budget 2021: No evidence of an economic strategy

Budget 2021: No evidence of an economic strategy

5 years ago

Not a Budget for Employment

Not a Budget for Employment

5 years ago

Another storm brewing on Wall Street?

Another storm brewing on Wall Street?

5 years ago

Gold monetisation scheme: What you must know

Gold monetisation scheme: What you must know

5 years ago

Two cheers for the Budget!

Two cheers for the Budget!

5 years ago

K V Kamath: What will drive India's growth in 2021?

K V Kamath: What will drive India's growth in 2021?

5 years ago

Time to privatise government owned banks

Time to privatise government owned banks

5 years ago

Economy requires a BATTLE PLAN!

Economy requires a BATTLE PLAN!

5 years ago

SCARY! Huge increase in unemployment

SCARY! Huge increase in unemployment

5 years ago

Why Xi Jinping 'fixed' Jack Ma

Why Xi Jinping 'fixed' Jack Ma

5 years ago

Economy to bounce back next year!

Economy to bounce back next year!

5 years ago

Let ex-servicemen partner farmers in agri cooperatives

Let ex-servicemen partner farmers in agri cooperatives

5 years ago

Budget must provide a realistic road map

Budget must provide a realistic road map

5 years ago

Complacent banks will turn dinosaurs

Complacent banks will turn dinosaurs

6 min read

5 years ago

No Country for Young Working Women

No Country for Young Working Women

5 years ago

Modi needs to listen to our economists

Modi needs to listen to our economists

5 years ago

Is Yes Bank out of the woods?

Is Yes Bank out of the woods?

5 years ago

Markets are sending clear message

Markets are sending clear message

5 years ago

Govt response to the pandemic was right

Govt response to the pandemic was right

5 years ago

Will this Budget lower income tax?

Will this Budget lower income tax?

5 years ago

Does Modi want small companies to fail?

Does Modi want small companies to fail?

5 years ago

Why Wistron vandalism is bad for India

Why Wistron vandalism is bad for India

5 years ago

Economic recovery is not complete

Economic recovery is not complete

5 years ago

Lakshmi Vilas Bank had dug its own grave

Lakshmi Vilas Bank had dug its own grave

5 years ago

We must have just 2 rates of income tax

We must have just 2 rates of income tax

5 years ago

Corporate-run banks: Will depositors benefit?

Corporate-run banks: Will depositors benefit?

5 years ago

As India Inc's profits soar, wage bill falls

As India Inc's profits soar, wage bill falls

5 years ago

How long will savings, profits, stocks remain high?

How long will savings, profits, stocks remain high?

5 years ago

Covid is driving demand for gold loans from banks

Covid is driving demand for gold loans from banks

5 years ago

What kind of economic recovery will we have?

What kind of economic recovery will we have?

5 years ago

Will there be less account engineering?

Will there be less account engineering?

6 years ago

Jobs: October has some bad news

Jobs: October has some bad news

6 years ago

Do SBI Cards' bad loans have a deeper meaning?

Do SBI Cards' bad loans have a deeper meaning?

6 years ago

How RBI can prevent frauds

How RBI can prevent frauds

6 years ago

Bangladesh may overtake India this year

Bangladesh may overtake India this year

6 years ago

Digital currency: China leads. India must catch up

Digital currency: China leads. India must catch up

6 years ago

Is this tech bubble like the one in March 2000?

Is this tech bubble like the one in March 2000?

6 years ago

India needs to create 8 mn jobs every year!

India needs to create 8 mn jobs every year!

6 years ago

Meet SBI's new boss

Meet SBI's new boss

6 years ago

Control Covid for economy to recover!

Control Covid for economy to recover!

6 years ago

Why is RBI copying US Fed?

Why is RBI copying US Fed?

6 years ago

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

6 years ago

India's tax regime and the Vodafone problem

India's tax regime and the Vodafone problem

6 years ago

Why Modi chooses protectionism over pragmatism

Why Modi chooses protectionism over pragmatism

6 years ago

Auto industry must do well for economy to do well

Auto industry must do well for economy to do well

6 years ago

Why is RBI allergic to 55-year-old bankers?

Why is RBI allergic to 55-year-old bankers?

6 years ago

GST payout: Why Centre is avoiding a vote

GST payout: Why Centre is avoiding a vote

6 years ago

Indians' love for things foreign

Indians' love for things foreign

6 years ago

What economic crisis will do to India

What economic crisis will do to India

6 years ago

5 reasons why economic recovery will be slow

5 reasons why economic recovery will be slow

6 years ago

Rs 8 trillion of banks loans will be restructured!

Rs 8 trillion of banks loans will be restructured!

6 years ago

India lost 21 million jobs in the Covid lockdown

India lost 21 million jobs in the Covid lockdown

6 years ago

The truth about India's ease of doing business claim

The truth about India's ease of doing business claim

6 years ago

Has economy de-linked from coronavirus?

Has economy de-linked from coronavirus?

6 years ago

Loss of Salaried Jobs in Lockdown: 17 million

Loss of Salaried Jobs in Lockdown: 17 million

6 years ago

GDP crisis: Is there a way out of the gloom and doom?

GDP crisis: Is there a way out of the gloom and doom?

6 years ago

Brand Dhoni in 2025: Boom or bust?

Brand Dhoni in 2025: Boom or bust?

6 years ago

The 5 wise men who will decide corporate loan recast

The 5 wise men who will decide corporate loan recast

6 years ago

Portnoy's complaint about Warren Buffett

Portnoy's complaint about Warren Buffett

6 years ago

Time for Modi to use India's market size as a weapon

Time for Modi to use India's market size as a weapon

6 years ago

Will Sterlite verdict put investors off Tamil Nadu?

Will Sterlite verdict put investors off Tamil Nadu?

6 years ago

The curious case of the SBI chairman

The curious case of the SBI chairman

6 years ago

An economic recovery is underway, but...

An economic recovery is underway, but...

6 years ago

How to protect investors from stockbrokers

How to protect investors from stockbrokers

6 years ago

Connect the dots: Reliance, ITC, SoftBank

Connect the dots: Reliance, ITC, SoftBank

6 years ago

When an American professor worked at the RBI...

When an American professor worked at the RBI...

6 years ago

Happy and happening: Seenagers rock!

Happy and happening: Seenagers rock!

6 years ago

Airtel's Sunil Mittal: 25 years of mobiles in India!

Airtel's Sunil Mittal: 25 years of mobiles in India!

6 years ago

Jobs: Lockdown hit young, women most

Jobs: Lockdown hit young, women most

6 years ago

Jobs return to urban India at last

Jobs return to urban India at last

6 years ago

Modi and the problem of 2 minute presentations

Modi and the problem of 2 minute presentations

6 years ago

$30 bn Sale & Leaseback of India's Internet Economy

$30 bn Sale & Leaseback of India's Internet Economy

6 years ago

Securing the Future of India's Internet Economy

Securing the Future of India's Internet Economy

6 years ago

Economy will determine Modi's political future

Economy will determine Modi's political future

6 years ago

Why we import what we do from China

Why we import what we do from China

6 years ago

7 out of 12 PSBs made losses in first quarter

7 out of 12 PSBs made losses in first quarter

6 years ago

Modi needs to listen to good advice

Modi needs to listen to good advice

6 years ago

How India can be truly Atma Nirbhar

How India can be truly Atma Nirbhar

6 years ago

India should hike defence spending to 4% of GDP

India should hike defence spending to 4% of GDP

6 years ago

How the RBI's new home finance rules affect you

How the RBI's new home finance rules affect you

6 years ago

Can Indians live without Chinese imports?

Can Indians live without Chinese imports?

6 years ago

Want to know what India's top bankers are up to?

Want to know what India's top bankers are up to?

6 years ago

Sell household gold, revive the economy

Sell household gold, revive the economy

6 years ago

Modi, mines, viprit buddhi

Modi, mines, viprit buddhi

6 years ago

How oil holds the key to India's economic health

How oil holds the key to India's economic health

6 years ago

India's road map for a $5 trn self-reliant economy

India's road map for a $5 trn self-reliant economy

6 years ago

Does Modi Mean Business?

Does Modi Mean Business?

6 min read

6 years ago

EXPLAINED: What is Fiscal Deficit?

EXPLAINED: What is Fiscal Deficit?

6 years ago

Why Modi flunks the economic reforms test

Why Modi flunks the economic reforms test

6 years ago

Death knell for printed books, newspapers?

Death knell for printed books, newspapers?

6 years ago

Bankers are COVID Warriors too!

Bankers are COVID Warriors too!

6 years ago

Andaman & Nicobar can attract Hong Kong investments

Andaman & Nicobar can attract Hong Kong investments

6 years ago

Nirmalaji, junk rating agencies, save the economy

Nirmalaji, junk rating agencies, save the economy

6 years ago

We need more Rajiv Bajajs in our boardrooms

We need more Rajiv Bajajs in our boardrooms

6 years ago

The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics

The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics

6 years ago

India Inc, stop whining!

India Inc, stop whining!

6 min read

6 years ago

Explained: What the RBI is telling banks

Explained: What the RBI is telling banks

6 years ago

What the future holds for the economy

What the future holds for the economy

6 years ago

FDI shifting from China to India? It's a bad joke!

FDI shifting from China to India? It's a bad joke!

6 years ago

122 million jobs have been lost in the lockdown

122 million jobs have been lost in the lockdown

6 years ago

Why it makes sense for banks to lend to MSMEs

Why it makes sense for banks to lend to MSMEs

6 years ago

Modi has become a great reformer

Modi has become a great reformer

6 years ago

Modiji, 7 ideas for a new India

Modiji, 7 ideas for a new India

6 years ago

A better world after Covid?

A better world after Covid?

6 years ago

Unlocking the lockdown will be even tougher

Unlocking the lockdown will be even tougher

6 years ago

How COVID-19 spoilt India's oil bonanza

How COVID-19 spoilt India's oil bonanza

6 years ago

There is simply no escape from printing money

There is simply no escape from printing money

6 years ago

India's tweaking of FDI norms aimed at only China

India's tweaking of FDI norms aimed at only China

6 years ago

Post lockdown, Modi must be bold to revive economy

Post lockdown, Modi must be bold to revive economy

6 years ago

Will RBI's rate cut force banks to lend?

Will RBI's rate cut force banks to lend?

6 years ago

COVID-19 crisis: How small businesses will survive

COVID-19 crisis: How small businesses will survive

6 years ago

The challenge of the lockdown

The challenge of the lockdown

6 years ago

COVID-19: Job loss, salary cuts are BIGGEST worries

COVID-19: Job loss, salary cuts are BIGGEST worries

6 years ago

Can economy recover after COVID-19, lockdown?

Can economy recover after COVID-19, lockdown?

6 years ago

Revisit the reforms process from a new perspective

Revisit the reforms process from a new perspective

6 years ago

5 MUST-DO actions for the Modi government

5 MUST-DO actions for the Modi government

6 years ago

Should govt declare a financial emergency?

Should govt declare a financial emergency?

6 years ago

Budget, the other casualty of COVID-19

Budget, the other casualty of COVID-19

6 years ago

The financial world is a dangerous place

The financial world is a dangerous place

6 years ago

Why private healthcare is important to fight COVID-19

Why private healthcare is important to fight COVID-19

6 years ago

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

6 years ago

What Modi needs to know about economic problems

What Modi needs to know about economic problems

6 years ago

The Saffronisation of Corporate India

The Saffronisation of Corporate India

6 years ago

Has Modi given up on the economy?

Has Modi given up on the economy?

6 years ago

Public sector banks are not out of the woods yet

Public sector banks are not out of the woods yet

6 years ago

Magic pill to revive growth

Magic pill to revive growth

6 years ago

Why do economists like Raghuram Rajan leave India?

Why do economists like Raghuram Rajan leave India?

6 years ago

Let India's telecom sector bloom

Let India's telecom sector bloom

6 years ago

Are the markets forecasting an economic recovery?

Are the markets forecasting an economic recovery?

6 years ago

Who is Prasanta Pattanaik, Padma Shri?

Who is Prasanta Pattanaik, Padma Shri?

6 years ago

Why the current slowdown is more serious

Why the current slowdown is more serious

6 years ago

India has 76 million entrepreneurs!

India has 76 million entrepreneurs!

6 years ago

Has Nirmalaji's tax plan made India CAs mukt?

Has Nirmalaji's tax plan made India CAs mukt?

6 years ago

If your bank goes bust, how much money will you get?

If your bank goes bust, how much money will you get?

6 years ago

Slowdown: Is there an end in sight?

Slowdown: Is there an end in sight?

6 years ago

It does not look like a 'do or die' Budget

It does not look like a 'do or die' Budget

6 years ago

Does Modi dislike Budgets?

Does Modi dislike Budgets?

6 min read

6 years ago

Being evil pays. Does it pay enough?

Being evil pays. Does it pay enough?

6 years ago

Watch out for Michael Patra at RBI!

Watch out for Michael Patra at RBI!

6 years ago

Budget 2020 has failed to live up to expectation

Budget 2020 has failed to live up to expectation

6 years ago

India, you have a problem

India, you have a problem

6 years ago

The Problem With Budgets...

The Problem With Budgets...

6 years ago

Do Modi's ministers understand business?

Do Modi's ministers understand business?

6 years ago

Return of the Bharatiya 'Baniya' Party

Return of the Bharatiya 'Baniya' Party

6 years ago

The mistakes companies make...

The mistakes companies make...

6 years ago

How will India's telcos survive?

How will India's telcos survive?

6 years ago

Air India's prospects of finding a buyer look bleak

Air India's prospects of finding a buyer look bleak

6 years ago

IBC: A game changer

IBC: A game changer

6 years ago

Let's stop making cash the villain

Let's stop making cash the villain

6 years ago

Coming soon! AI in Indian courts

Coming soon! AI in Indian courts

6 years ago

Will Modi find a buyer for Air India?

Will Modi find a buyer for Air India?

6 years ago

2020 is a critical year for the Indian economy

2020 is a critical year for the Indian economy

6 years ago

Will India Inc separate chairman and CEO roles?

Will India Inc separate chairman and CEO roles?

6 years ago

Modi may shut Air India by June

Modi may shut Air India by June

6 min read

6 years ago

Catching criminals via FASTag? Why ever not!

Catching criminals via FASTag? Why ever not!

6 years ago

4 mistakes Modi made with GST

4 mistakes Modi made with GST

6 years ago

Is India's economy crashing?

Is India's economy crashing?

6 years ago

2020 will see fresh challenges for banking

2020 will see fresh challenges for banking

6 years ago

Arvind Subramanian: How India can address Slowdown

Arvind Subramanian: How India can address Slowdown

6 years ago

Why are banks afraid of trade unions?

Why are banks afraid of trade unions?

6 years ago

How voice & video will dominate in 2020

How voice & video will dominate in 2020

6 years ago

Why Budget 2020 will be different

Why Budget 2020 will be different

6 years ago