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Why UPI Should Be Kept Free

Why UPI Should Be Kept Free

7 min read

3 months ago

Software Takes the Wheel in Modern Cars

Software Takes the Wheel in Modern Cars

3 months ago

How Bank Staff Exploit Depositors' Trust For Fraud

How Bank Staff Exploit Depositors' Trust For Fraud

3 months ago

Your KYC Is More Important Than You Think

Your KYC Is More Important Than You Think

3 months ago

Time To Make India Attractive To...

Time To Make India Attractive To...

4 months ago

Why Such Fuss About Tata Sons Listing

Why Such Fuss About Tata Sons Listing

4 months ago

Why FPI Selling Hasn't Hurt Markets

Why FPI Selling Hasn't Hurt Markets

4 months ago

Why Banks Prefers Retired Bureaucrats...

Why Banks Prefers Retired Bureaucrats...

4 months ago

Gulf Crisis: How India Avoided Economic Turmoil

Gulf Crisis: How India Avoided Economic Turmoil

4 months ago

Time To Choose Growth Over Rupee Fear

Time To Choose Growth Over Rupee Fear

5 months ago

Why Rupee's Pain Is Self-Inflicted

Why Rupee's Pain Is Self-Inflicted

5 months ago

Fragile Truth Behind India's Bull Market

Fragile Truth Behind India's Bull Market

5 months ago

India Is Now A Reverse Goldilocks Economy

India Is Now A Reverse Goldilocks Economy

6 months ago

Arvind Subramanian: Be Wary of China Bashing

Arvind Subramanian: Be Wary of China Bashing

6 months ago

Iran War May Push Markets Into Bear Cycle

Iran War May Push Markets Into Bear Cycle

6 months ago

How RBI Fights Rupee Fall

How RBI Fights Rupee Fall

6 months ago

West Asia Crisis To Hit India's Growth Hard

West Asia Crisis To Hit India's Growth Hard

6 months ago

Why Gold Loan Boom Needs Caution

Why Gold Loan Boom Needs Caution

6 min read

6 months ago

West Asia Conflict Can Create Havoc With Budget Nos

West Asia Conflict Can Create Havoc With Budget Nos

7 months ago

West Asia War Clouds RBI Outlook

West Asia War Clouds RBI Outlook

8 months ago

India Is In The Doghouse At The Moment

India Is In The Doghouse At The Moment

8 months ago

Why Capital Expenditure Needs Monitoring

Why Capital Expenditure Needs Monitoring

9 months ago

Why India-US Trade Deal Is Key For Growth

Why India-US Trade Deal Is Key For Growth

9 months ago

Equity Markets' Challenges:Weak Demand, High Valuation

Equity Markets' Challenges:Weak Demand, High Valuation

9 months ago

Is AI Really Boosting India's Economy?

Is AI Really Boosting India's Economy?

9 months ago

Budget 2026: What The Fiscal Numbers Show

Budget 2026: What The Fiscal Numbers Show

9 months ago

Why Budget 2026 Deserves 8.5/10

Why Budget 2026 Deserves 8.5/10

9 months ago

Will Budget 2026 Fix The Customs-FTA Disconnect?

Will Budget 2026 Fix The Customs-FTA Disconnect?

10 months ago

Budget 2026: Time To Fix Weak Link In R&D Ecosystem

Budget 2026: Time To Fix Weak Link In R&D Ecosystem

10 months ago

Can This Budget Deliver Strategic Growth and Jobs?

Can This Budget Deliver Strategic Growth and Jobs?

10 months ago

Budget At Economic Crossroads

Budget At Economic Crossroads

10 months ago

Lessons To Learn From The Tatas

Lessons To Learn From The Tatas

10 months ago

Can Budget Balance Growth And Fiscal Discipline?

Can Budget Balance Growth And Fiscal Discipline?

10 months ago

Tiger Global: SC rewrites rules of cross-border taxation

Tiger Global: SC rewrites rules of cross-border taxation

10 months 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

12 PSBs Post Profit Of Rs 256.85 Billion

12 PSBs Post Profit Of Rs 256.85 Billion

3 years ago

Are We Witnessing A Silent Bull Market?

Are We Witnessing A Silent Bull Market?

3 years ago

e-Rupee: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

e-Rupee: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

3 years ago

Is India's Government Too Bloated?

Is India's Government Too Bloated?

3 years ago

Don't Make It A Pre-Election Budget, Nirmalaji

Don't Make It A Pre-Election Budget, Nirmalaji

3 years ago

Term Deposits: Banks Must Offer Higher Rates

Term Deposits: Banks Must Offer Higher Rates

3 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

4 years ago

RBI Norms Don't Tackle Illegal Apps Menace

RBI Norms Don't Tackle Illegal Apps Menace

4 years ago

India 2022: Huge Economic Challenges

India 2022: Huge Economic Challenges

4 years ago

Bad loan recovery process can get worse

Bad loan recovery process can get worse

4 years ago

Why is Sebi hesitant to ban retail algos?

Why is Sebi hesitant to ban retail algos?

4 years ago

What Was The Secret Of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Success?

What Was The Secret Of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Success?

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?

4 years ago

What Zomato, Ola, Paytm Need To Learn

What Zomato, Ola, Paytm Need To Learn

4 years ago

Want Stronger Rupee? Manage The Economy

Want Stronger Rupee? Manage The Economy

4 years ago

RBL Bank: Strange Corner Office Changes

RBL Bank: Strange Corner Office Changes

4 years ago

Both Customers And Banks To Feel Pain

Both Customers And Banks To Feel Pain

4 years ago

Capex Has Taken New Turn Under FM

Capex Has Taken New Turn Under FM

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

4 years ago

Revealed: Our Banks' Financial Health

Revealed: Our Banks' Financial Health

4 years ago

At 38.2 mn, unemployed would be largest in any year

At 38.2 mn, unemployed would be largest in any year

4 years ago

NSE's Colo Case: Will CBI Do What Sebi Didn't?

NSE's Colo Case: Will CBI Do What Sebi Didn't?

4 years ago

Jugaad An Insult To Indian Innovation?

Jugaad An Insult To Indian Innovation?

4 years ago

Why RBI Announced Rate Hike In May

Why RBI Announced Rate Hike In May

4 years ago

Too Early To Cheer Up On Economy

Too Early To Cheer Up On Economy

6 min read

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

Stock Markets Unconcerned About Inflation

Stock Markets Unconcerned About Inflation

4 years ago

Why Are FPIs Bailing Out From India?

Why Are FPIs Bailing Out From India?

4 years ago

Post-Ukraine, Nirmalaji Must Revisit Budget

Post-Ukraine, Nirmalaji Must Revisit Budget

4 years ago

As office reopen for business, REITs may be a draw

As office reopen for business, REITs may be a draw

4 years ago

'Auto is an extremely attractive bet'

'Auto is an extremely attractive bet'

4 years ago

India Wants To BUY At Last!

India Wants To BUY At Last!

4 years ago

Who Are India's 'Unemployed'?

Who Are India's 'Unemployed'?

6 min read

4 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

Covid will have long-term effect on economy

Covid will have long-term effect on economy

5 years ago

Diesel at 100!!!

Diesel at 100!!!

5 years ago

When will EC ban loan waiver poll promises?

When will EC ban loan waiver poll promises?

5 years ago

Economy is recovering, not Employment

Economy is recovering, not Employment

5 years ago

India's BIG BREAKOUT Moment

India's BIG BREAKOUT Moment

5 years ago

What is the RBI governor up to?

What is the RBI governor up to?

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

Will the real Mr Modi please stand up?

Will the real Mr Modi please stand up?

5 years ago

Is Modi stepping onto a minefield?

Is Modi stepping onto a minefield?

5 years ago

Netflix-ication of print media in India?

Netflix-ication of print media in India?

5 years ago

When will Modi cut high taxes on fuels?

When will Modi cut high taxes on fuels?

5 years ago

Why households are unhappy with the Budget

Why households are unhappy with the Budget

5 years ago

Services will steer India's future economy

Services will steer India's future economy

5 years ago

All hail Modi's 1st BJP Budget

All hail Modi's 1st BJP Budget

6 min read

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

India Inc has no RISK APPETITE for UNICORNS

India Inc has no RISK APPETITE for UNICORNS

5 years ago

Why does the FM ignore JOBS issue?

Why does the FM ignore JOBS issue?

5 years ago

India's growth story is over

India's growth story is over

5 years ago

Budget: Nothing but Housekeeping

Budget: Nothing but Housekeeping

5 years ago

Will this Budget be a 'Game Changer'?

Will this Budget be a 'Game Changer'?

5 years ago

20-somethings account for 80% job losses

20-somethings account for 80% job losses

5 years ago

Will the Bull keep running?

Will the Bull keep running?

6 min read

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

5 years ago

What to make of this bull market?

What to make of this bull market?

5 years ago

2021 will be under 2020's shadow

2021 will be under 2020's shadow

5 years ago

How economies changed in 10 years

How economies changed in 10 years

5 years ago

Rana Kapoor: Banker gone Rogue

Rana Kapoor: Banker gone Rogue

5 years ago

Why are govts out to de-fang FAANG?

Why are govts out to de-fang FAANG?

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

COVID fallout: Markets crowded, but malls empty

COVID fallout: Markets crowded, but malls empty

5 years ago

Why be afraid of businessmen owning banks?

Why be afraid of businessmen owning banks?

5 years ago

What will Nirmalaji's Budget give us?

What will Nirmalaji's Budget give us?

5 years ago

What I got when I flew Air India for Rs 169,613

What I got when I flew Air India for Rs 169,613

5 years ago

How not to be a shoddy manufacturing nation

How not to be a shoddy manufacturing nation

5 years ago

Should we be afraid of corporates entering banking?

Should we be afraid of corporates entering banking?

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

Listed cos increased headcount in a bleak year

Listed cos increased headcount in a bleak year

5 years ago

43,000 cr! That's how much banks fleeced borrowers of

43,000 cr! That's how much banks fleeced borrowers of

5 years ago

Two routes to atmanirbharta

Two routes to atmanirbharta

5 years ago

Reimagining Industrial Era GDP measures

Reimagining Industrial Era GDP measures

5 years ago

How to get banks to restart lending to corporates

How to get banks to restart lending to corporates

5 years ago

A case for raising defence FDI to 100%

A case for raising defence FDI to 100%

5 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

How about a Hammurabi Code for financial offences?

How about a Hammurabi Code for financial offences?

6 years ago

India's electronics manufacturing dream

India's electronics manufacturing dream

6 years ago

Oil levies cushion revenue shock for Modi

Oil levies cushion revenue shock for Modi

6 years ago

Virus has done for Modi what IMF did for Rao

Virus has done for Modi what IMF did for Rao

6 years ago

The good and bad news on jobs

The good and bad news on jobs

6 years ago

Will Modi's second push on economy succeed?

Will Modi's second push on economy succeed?

6 years ago

Does Modi want to FIX the Economy?

Does Modi want to FIX the Economy?

6 min read

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

Lockdown wipes out job gains since 2016

Lockdown wipes out job gains since 2016

6 years ago

What Modi must do to boost growth

What Modi must do to boost growth

6 years ago

How to solve financial sector's $75 bn problem

How to solve financial sector's $75 bn problem

6 years ago

Why is Vistara making such huge losses?

Why is Vistara making such huge losses?

6 years ago

Where will multi-cap funds find small-caps to invest?

Where will multi-cap funds find small-caps to invest?

6 years ago

Loan moratorium: Who will pay interest?

Loan moratorium: Who will pay interest?

6 years ago

PM Modi, you have time on your side

PM Modi, you have time on your side

6 min read

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

GST needs a political fix, not a legal one

GST needs a political fix, not a legal one

6 years ago

Why Tata's buyout of Air India makes sense

Why Tata's buyout of Air India makes sense

6 years ago

What's better about new taxpayer's charter

What's better about new taxpayer's charter

6 years ago

When Pranab clashed with Manmohan, twice

When Pranab clashed with Manmohan, twice

6 years ago

Jobs for youngsters dwindle in slowing economy

Jobs for youngsters dwindle in slowing economy

6 years ago

Faceless assessment and the problem of tax arrears

Faceless assessment and the problem of tax arrears

6 years ago

My Business: Gone with the Covid

My Business: Gone with the Covid

6 min read

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

Why Modi's tax charter reads like a cruel joke

Why Modi's tax charter reads like a cruel joke

6 years ago

Corporatising OFBs: An idea whose time has come

Corporatising OFBs: An idea whose time has come

6 years ago

The Work From Home Revolution

The Work From Home Revolution

6 years ago

The looming banking crisis no one's talking about

The looming banking crisis no one's talking about

6 years ago

How can Modi rescue the economy?

How can Modi rescue the economy?

6 years ago

Should market experts be part of RBI's MPC?

Should market experts be part of RBI's MPC?

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

Why reduce bank CEO to a titular head!

Why reduce bank CEO to a titular head!

6 years ago

How did the Twitter hack happen?

How did the Twitter hack happen?

6 years ago

Modiji, this is your last chance

Modiji, this is your last chance

6 years ago

Why are our banks so secretive?

Why are our banks so secretive?

6 years ago

Let's prepare for coming economic war with China

Let's prepare for coming economic war with China

6 years ago

Is the worst over for the Indian IT sector?

Is the worst over for the Indian IT sector?

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

COVID-19 vaccine: The Need for Caution

COVID-19 vaccine: The Need for Caution

6 years ago

Economy: Why Modi must be on guard

Economy: Why Modi must be on guard

6 years ago

Want to buy a house? Now is the time!

Want to buy a house? Now is the time!

6 years ago

What every investor must know about the bull run

What every investor must know about the bull run

6 years ago

Work has begun in urban India, but, differently

Work has begun in urban India, but, differently

6 years ago

Do you use Fintechs? Read this please!

Do you use Fintechs? Read this please!

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 years ago

Hurrah! Unemployment rate falls as India unlocks

Hurrah! Unemployment rate falls as India unlocks

6 years ago

Are we over-celebrating 'work from home'?

Are we over-celebrating 'work from home'?

6 years ago

India's 1st smart city is set to take off in a big way

India's 1st smart city is set to take off in a big way

6 years ago

Covid-19 is an opportunity for real estate sector

Covid-19 is an opportunity for real estate sector

6 years ago

Is anyone using the loan moratorium?

Is anyone using the loan moratorium?

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 years ago

Work from home forever

Work from home forever

6 years ago

Explained: How P2P lending can help us

Explained: How P2P lending can help us

6 years ago

Unlock 1: 3 challenges facing India

Unlock 1: 3 challenges facing India

6 years ago

How Mukesh Ambani re-invented Reliance again

How Mukesh Ambani re-invented Reliance again

6 years ago

EPS woos investments, but is the environment friendly?

EPS woos investments, but is the environment friendly?

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

Does Modi lack courage about the economy?

Does Modi lack courage about the economy?

6 years ago

Can Modi dig India out of the COVID hole?

Can Modi dig India out of the COVID hole?

6 years ago

Be warned! Dark economic times ahead!

Be warned! Dark economic times ahead!

6 years ago

Petrol, diesel prices depend on govt, not crude rate!

Petrol, diesel prices depend on govt, not crude rate!

6 years ago

New FDI policy may hurt India's start-up dream

New FDI policy may hurt India's start-up dream

6 years ago

12 suggestions to solve India's COVID-19 economic woes

12 suggestions to solve India's COVID-19 economic woes

6 years ago

RBI wants to end lazy banking

RBI wants to end lazy banking

6 min read

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

For many, this is not a lockdown, but a knockout

For many, this is not a lockdown, but a knockout

6 years ago

BIG headache awaits banks this September

BIG headache awaits banks this September

6 years ago

What should the RBI do next, Mr Das?

What should the RBI do next, Mr Das?

6 years ago

The economy is in crisis

The economy is in crisis

6 years ago

Hail the power of networks!

Hail the power of networks!

6 years ago

How India Inc is making the most of PM-CARES

How India Inc is making the most of PM-CARES

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

Fiscal stimulus is not the need of the hour

Fiscal stimulus is not the need of the hour

6 years ago

In India, jobs the biggest casualty of coronavirus

In India, jobs the biggest casualty of coronavirus

6 years ago

Why is the stockmarket reacting like this?

Why is the stockmarket reacting like this?

6 years ago

How the world will change after coronavirus

How the world will change after coronavirus

6 years ago

When will Modi privatise railways?

When will Modi privatise railways?

6 years ago

Why did RBI take this route to save Yes Bank?

Why did RBI take this route to save Yes Bank?

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

Will this RBI plan boost growth? Or dent it?

Will this RBI plan boost growth? Or dent it?

6 years ago

Make in India is not a strategy, it is a logo

Make in India is not a strategy, it is a logo

6 years ago

Why will anyone opt for tax amnesty scheme?

Why will anyone opt for tax amnesty scheme?

6 years ago

I just called to say I love you

I just called to say I love you

6 years ago

Should India allow foreign money to finance deficit?

Should India allow foreign money to finance deficit?

6 years ago

Budget: Government  must explain the numbers

Budget: Government must explain the numbers

6 years ago

Why only 15 million Indians pay tax

Why only 15 million Indians pay tax

6 min read

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 years ago

E-commerce in India: To be or not to be

E-commerce in India: To be or not to be

6 years ago

Redefined in Budget 2020: Who's an Indian resident

Redefined in Budget 2020: Who's an Indian resident

6 years ago

Should India hike duty free allowance?

Should India hike duty free allowance?

6 years ago

How to judge Nirmalaji's second Budget

How to judge Nirmalaji's second Budget

6 years ago

When will Modi's priorities shift to the economy?

When will Modi's priorities shift to the economy?

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 India can return to higher growth rate

How India can return to higher growth rate

6 years ago

A fragile economy can't afford social strife

A fragile economy can't afford social strife

6 years ago

2020: Equities will remain in favour

2020: Equities will remain in favour

6 years ago

Coming soon! The end of public sector banks

Coming soon! The end of public sector banks

6 years ago

Budget 2020: What Nirmalaji must focus on

Budget 2020: What Nirmalaji must focus on

6 years ago

How India can improve quality of data collection

How India can improve quality of data collection

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 years ago

In advertising, to err is human

In advertising, to err is human

6 years ago

Do you know what Modi's AMs are, and what they do?

Do you know what Modi's AMs are, and what they do?

6 years ago

Nirmalaji, time has come to modernise Budgeting

Nirmalaji, time has come to modernise Budgeting

6 years ago

Job losses are inevitable in IT

Job losses are inevitable in IT

6 years ago

Where have all the women bankers gone?

Where have all the women bankers gone?

6 years ago