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Why UPI Should Be Kept Free

Why UPI Should Be Kept Free

7 min read

5 hours ago

Why Smallcaps Are Winning The Market Battle

Why Smallcaps Are Winning The Market Battle

3 months ago

Banks Make Record Profits, But Worry Because...

Banks Make Record Profits, But Worry Because...

3 months ago

Time To Choose Growth Over Rupee Fear

Time To Choose Growth Over Rupee Fear

3 months ago

Why Rupee's Pain Is Self-Inflicted

Why Rupee's Pain Is Self-Inflicted

3 months ago

Fragile Truth Behind India's Bull Market

Fragile Truth Behind India's Bull Market

3 months ago

India Is Now A Reverse Goldilocks Economy

India Is Now A Reverse Goldilocks Economy

4 months ago

Arvind Subramanian: Be Wary of China Bashing

Arvind Subramanian: Be Wary of China Bashing

4 months ago

Iran War May Push Markets Into Bear Cycle

Iran War May Push Markets Into Bear Cycle

4 months ago

How RBI Fights Rupee Fall

How RBI Fights Rupee Fall

8 min read

4 months ago

When Will India Produce A Trillion-Dollar Company?

When Will India Produce A Trillion-Dollar Company?

4 months ago

Is The World Moving Towards De-Dollarisation?

Is The World Moving Towards De-Dollarisation?

4 months ago

West Asia Conflict: India's Economic Challenges Ahead

West Asia Conflict: India's Economic Challenges Ahead

5 months ago

Hormuz Hopes Drive Market Surge

Hormuz Hopes Drive Market Surge

5 months ago

Is The Tata Legacy Losing Its Shine?

Is The Tata Legacy Losing Its Shine?

5 months ago

Why RBI Should Stop Defending Rupee

Why RBI Should Stop Defending Rupee

5 months ago

West Asia Conflict Can Create Havoc With Budget Nos

West Asia Conflict Can Create Havoc With Budget Nos

5 months ago

West Asia War Clouds RBI Outlook

West Asia War Clouds RBI Outlook

6 months ago

India Is In The Doghouse At The Moment

India Is In The Doghouse At The Moment

7 min read

6 months ago

SGB Tax Jolt to FY27 Budget

SGB Tax Jolt to FY27 Budget

7 months ago

Budget Treats Healthcare As Strategic National Capability

Budget Treats Healthcare As Strategic National Capability

7 months ago

Budget 2026's tax proposals weave a strategic vision

Budget 2026's tax proposals weave a strategic vision

7 months ago

Budget 2026 backs jobs, tech and capital markets

Budget 2026 backs jobs, tech and capital markets

7 months ago

What's Choking India's Capital Markets

What's Choking India's Capital Markets

7 months ago

Three Key Priorities For Government!

Three Key Priorities For Government!

7 months ago

Why Budget 2026 Deserves 8.5/10

Why Budget 2026 Deserves 8.5/10

7 months ago

Will Budget 2026 Fix The Customs-FTA Disconnect?

Will Budget 2026 Fix The Customs-FTA Disconnect?

8 months ago

Five Risks For The Indian Economy

Five Risks For The Indian Economy

8 months ago

The Illusion Of India's 8% Growth

The Illusion Of India's 8% Growth

8 months ago

States Have Thrown Spanner In RBI...

States Have Thrown Spanner In RBI...

8 months ago

How Winter Session Sets Stage For Budget

How Winter Session Sets Stage For Budget

8 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

3 years ago

Don't Miss Signs Of Economic Slowdown!

Don't Miss Signs Of Economic Slowdown!

3 years ago

How Long Will GST Growth Continue?

How Long Will GST Growth Continue?

3 years ago

Ban Loss-Making Companies' IPOs!

Ban Loss-Making Companies' IPOs!

3 years ago

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

3 years ago

Reimagining Venture Capital

Reimagining Venture Capital

3 years ago

India Needs To Shift To Modern Economics

India Needs To Shift To Modern Economics

3 years ago

Are Indian Markets Decoupled From Developed Markets?

Are Indian Markets Decoupled From Developed Markets?

3 years ago

Expect Another Rate Hike In December

Expect Another Rate Hike In December

6 min read

3 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?

5 years ago

Jobs: October has some bad news

Jobs: October has some bad news

5 years ago

Do SBI Cards' bad loans have a deeper meaning?

Do SBI Cards' bad loans have a deeper meaning?

5 years ago

How RBI can prevent frauds

How RBI can prevent frauds

5 years ago

Bangladesh may overtake India this year

Bangladesh may overtake India this year

5 years ago

Digital currency: China leads. India must catch up

Digital currency: China leads. India must catch up

5 years ago

Is this tech bubble like the one in March 2000?

Is this tech bubble like the one in March 2000?

5 years ago

India needs to create 8 mn jobs every year!

India needs to create 8 mn jobs every year!

5 years ago

Meet SBI's new boss

Meet SBI's new boss

5 years ago

Control Covid for economy to recover!

Control Covid for economy to recover!

5 years ago

Why is RBI copying US Fed?

Why is RBI copying US Fed?

5 years ago

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

5 years ago

India's tax regime and the Vodafone problem

India's tax regime and the Vodafone problem

5 years ago

Why Modi chooses protectionism over pragmatism

Why Modi chooses protectionism over pragmatism

5 years ago

Auto industry must do well for economy to do well

Auto industry must do well for economy to do well

5 years ago

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

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

5 years ago

GST payout: Why Centre is avoiding a vote

GST payout: Why Centre is avoiding a vote

5 years ago

Indians' love for things foreign

Indians' love for things foreign

5 years ago

What economic crisis will do to India

What economic crisis will do to India

5 years ago

5 reasons why economic recovery will be slow

5 reasons why economic recovery will be slow

5 years ago

Rs 8 trillion of banks loans will be restructured!

Rs 8 trillion of banks loans will be restructured!

5 years ago

India lost 21 million jobs in the Covid lockdown

India lost 21 million jobs in the Covid lockdown

5 years ago

The truth about India's ease of doing business claim

The truth about India's ease of doing business claim

5 years ago

Has economy de-linked from coronavirus?

Has economy de-linked from coronavirus?

5 years ago

Loss of Salaried Jobs in Lockdown: 17 million

Loss of Salaried Jobs in Lockdown: 17 million

5 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?

5 years ago

Brand Dhoni in 2025: Boom or bust?

Brand Dhoni in 2025: Boom or bust?

5 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