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  • newIs ESG here to stay? 
    Whilst there has been progress on reporting the lack of standards continues to pose problems  In the current business landscape, where the ongoing uptake on ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) reporting has grown exponentially across...
    - 5 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 11:04pm -
  • newMiddlemen and a faraway market: Tripura’s livelihood challenges
    Poor transport facilities, limited access to the market, and lack of funding plagues agriculture-based livelihoods in Tripura. Located in northeastern India, the state of Tripura is known for its natural beauty and cultural heritage. Its...
    - 6 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 10:20pm -
  • newONOS is welcome; how about India’s own benchmarking agency?
    ‘One Nation, One Subscription’ scheme launched by the government is a welcome step towards giving a fillip to research activities in the country. It is meant to take the burden off the shoulders of higher...
    - 6 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 10:01pm -
  • newHonouring the bravery of Lt. Col. Narain Singh Sambyal, a hero of Jammu and Kashmir
    Lieutenant Colonel Narain Singh Sambyal, OBE, is a paragon of courage, leadership, and sacrifice in the annals of Jammu and Kashmir’s military history. His distinguished service, from his early military career to his ultimate sacrifice...
    - 6 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 9:51pm -
  • newSix stellar highlights from Gallery Espace’s archival resonance
    Renu Modi’s Gallery Espace unveiled its magnum opus Memory Fields  at Bikaner House curated by acclaimed  author, historian and internationally renown Gayatri Sinha.While Renu Modi celebrates 35 years of selfless service to the artistic discipline of...
    - 12 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 4:02pm -
  • newLove and leeches: A poetic ode to the parasites of success
    Some people believe that there must always be someone by that great person’s side—but what do you do when this someone is a parasite? I am not going for a ‘ Cabin in the Woods...
    - 12 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 3:53pm -
  • newThe key to tackling HRD and career management in the forces
    Social and electronic media are abuzz with ill-informed comments on a demi-official (DO) letter written by a senior corps commander outlining his views on the issue of women officers in command assignments. The issue is...
    - 15 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 1:07pm -
  • newWhining of a defeatist mentality
    Everyone is now interpreting the results of the Maharashtra assembly elections in one’s own way. BJP’s aim and policy was firm and therefore the result was also as expected by BJP which was moving forward...
    - 19 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 9:10am -
  • newAfter amnesty for undertrials, use open prisons to push reform
    Govt’s decision to release undertrials who have served a third of their maximum possible sentence is a landmark for India’s criminal justice system. It’s in line with Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita’s focus on modernisation, decolonisation...
    - 20 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 8:29am -
  • new5.4% after 6 months. What now?
    Economic growth in the first half of this fiscal has surprised on the downside. The story last fiscal was the opposite – at 8.2%, GDP growth had surprised on the upside. To be sure, high-frequency...
    - 20 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 8:05am -
  • newBuilding self-knowledge through consistency
    By GS Tripathi Bhagvad Gita says that those who do not possess self-knowledge are ever doubtful. Doubts, if not cleared, lead to sansayatma vinashyati, self-destruction. Self-knowledge is knowledge that you create for yourself, through a...
    - 21 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 6:54am -
  • newKiller on the road
    India grabbed the global top spot on traffic deaths again. And, again, nothing will change It’s a record high, a shameful one. Yet it is little surprise that India tops the world in the number...
    - 23 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 5:00am -
  • newAloo’s not well…
    Imagine this: farmers in Bengal grow tons of potatoes, but instead of selling them to neighboring states like Odisha and Jharkhand, trucks full of potatoes are stopped at the border. Why? Because the Bengal government...
    - 23 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 5:00am -
  • newAloo’s not well… 
    …if inter-state trade can be curbed on a whim, as Bengal’s doing now. Producers are robbed of the national market  Bengal cops posted on state borders have strict orders: the spud stops here. Seasonal price...
    - 23 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 5:00am -
  • newAussie sweet 16s
    Will a social media ban send them to cricket practice? Australia is in crisis. Raygun’s kangaroo dance moves in the breakdance competition at the Olympics are widely acknowledged to have destroyed Australia’s sporting legacy within...
    - 23 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 5:00am -
  • newKiller on the road
    India has once again earned the sad title of being the country with the most traffic deaths in the world. It’s a record no one should be proud of, but it keeps happening because nothing...
    - 23 hours ago 2 Dec 24, 5:00am -
  • 2023 was very tough for startups and investors, why and where do we go from here?
    Different parts of the world have fared very differently but sitting in Silicon Valley, overall 2023 has been a difficult year for both startups and investors. Three data points: Longer wait time between rounds, partly...
    - 1 day ago 1 Dec 24, 10:18pm -
  • Women in command
    The issue of the performance of women officers placed in command of units was recently in the eye of the storm after a demi-official letter on the subject, written by a Corps Commander to his...
    - 1 day ago 1 Dec 24, 7:33pm -
  • World AIDS day: Women and AIDS in India
    AIDS in women in India is a silent crisis in need of urgent attention. The HIV/AIDS epidemic in India, while showing signs of improvement over the past two decades, remains a significant public health challenge....
    - 2 days ago 1 Dec 24, 2:39pm -
  • Growth must be prioritized while taming inflation
    The data on GDP growth in Q2 of FY25 dips to 5.4 percent against 6.7 percent in Q1 of FY25 and 8.1 percent in Q2 of FY24, affirming the economy’s slowdown. Among many factors, a...
    - 2 days ago 1 Dec 24, 2:21pm -

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Economic Times Blogs

  • View: Sitharaman's announcements make a revival in investment look likelier than ever
    Import duties have been tweaked for manufacturing exports that are being pushed through production incentives. Small enterprises that are yet to see an uptick in the investment cycle are in for a beneficial tax treatment. The finance minister has tried to cover all the bases for a revival in investment. It is now a matter of when, not if
    - 1 Feb 23, 4:03pm -
  • Economic Survey 2023 underlines development economics
    The Indian economy's medium term growth is predicated on demographics that require synchronised improvements in inclusion. This requires reforms of governance at the grassroots level, the Economic Survey recommends. The Centre and states would do well to heed it.
    - 31 Jan 23, 8:30pm -
  • ET View: India growing back well, but to grow more, faster....
    This is a direct fallout of economic management during and after the Covid outbreak that vaccinated a labour force in time to resume work, pushed-up public sector capital expenditure to generate higher income and employment, brought inflation to manageable levels relatively quickly, and restored consumption through targeted emergency welfare.
    - 31 Jan 23, 4:19pm -
  • ET View: Many a slip before Shinde rebellion succeeds
    BJP and Shiv Sena together have the numbers to form the government in the 288-member Assembly. With 145 being the majority mark, BJP (106) and Shiv Sena (55) add up to 161. Independents are also likely to support.
    - 22 Jun 22, 5:25pm -
  • ET View: HDFC merger spells consolidation in India's private banking space
    HDFC Bank, in turn, can use its heftier balance sheet to write bigger loan cheques. The costs of the merger have been brought down by the recent streamlining of reporting and delinquency provisioning rules for non-bank finance companies and banks. And HDFC’s exposure to affordable housing and micro-lending makes it easier for its loan book to sit within the development finance requirements of HDFC Bank.
    - 4 Apr 22, 2:15pm -
  • ET View: Make budgetary hay while the economy is turning around
    Recent experience with divestment has dictated a more realistic assessment of capital receipts, although 5G spectrum is up for auction in the next financial year.
    - 1 Feb 22, 7:08pm -
  • ET View: A bold move to bury the retro tax ghost
    The Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha, nullifies the tax demand on the indirect transfer of Indian assets on transactions prior to 28 May 2012. The law will apply prospectively: gains from the sale of shares of a foreign company will be taxable in India if such shares, directly or indirectly, derive value from assets located in India. This makes eminent sense.
    - 5 Aug 21, 9:13pm -
  • View: The cost of a rate-cut rollback and how to set it right
    ​​Elections are underway in five crucial states, inflation is rising, and the country facing the second wave of the pandemic that has hurt incomes and livelihoods. A crucial policy decision on cutting the administered interest rate on small savings ought to have been thought through well.
    - 1 Apr 21, 10:55am -
  • ET View: In terms of growth contraction, the worst seems over
    In terms of current prices, GDP for Q3 is estimated to have gone up by a credible 4.3%, over the like period in the previous year. It does reflect higher value addition, read dearer prices, in sectors like agriculture, given rigidities in supply amidst pandemic-imposed restrictions in delivery and logistics.
    - 26 Feb 21, 9:00pm -
  • View: Why doesn't the Supreme Court crack down when lower courts violate its orders with disdain?
    The government should stop trying to suppress the voice of dissent through arrests, charges of sedition or causing enmity between communities and arm-twisting of social media platforms. And the Apex Court should pursue contempt charges, not against those who make open criticism of its rulings, but against the lower judiciary that subverts the constitutional order.
    - 11 Feb 21, 5:29pm -
  • ET View: Negative rates as conscious policy
    The RBI’s policies on maintaining high liquidity to fuel recovery, keeping a Targeted Long Term Repo window open is most sensible. It is unlikely to be used much, though, considering the oodles of liquidity being created by the RBI’s attempt to keep the exchange rate reasonably stable, even as foreign capital floods in, as confidence returns to mature markets.
    - 4 Dec 20, 12:29pm -
  • ET View: Remembering Jaswant Singh, the team player
    While valuing his officers’ inputs on reforms to steer the economy, Jaswant Singh had an ear to the ground – be it putting more money in homemakers’ purses or being responsive to industry’s woes. He was quick at decision making.
    - 27 Sep 20, 5:14pm -
  • ET View: Even before Covid, economy was slumping
    The government needs to fix the banks and create a functional bond market. This alone can raise the rate of investment. Gross fixed capital formation as a share of GDP was down to 26% in Q4 of 2019-20, and 26.9% for the year as a whole. Without raising it by six percentage points of GDP, India cannot shed its low growth trap.
    - 29 May 20, 7:53pm -
  • ET View: Welcome steps by RBI; it can surely do more
    While the monetary policy measures announced today are certainly necessary, they can hardly be deemed to be sufficient, in the face of severely weakened demand conditions economy-wide, following two entire months of severe economic lockdown.
    - 22 May 20, 7:05pm -
  • ET View: A big bang for small and medium enterprises
    Liquidity for power utilities, subject to state government guarantees, will ensure that power generation is not shut down. Of course, the power sector cannot be redeemed without a change in the political culture of patronising power theft and open-ended giveaways.
    - 13 May 20, 7:28pm -
  • Time to junk captive mining policy
    The way forward is to policy design a vibrant market for ore, so that steel and other metal producers face no uncertainty in procuring minerals and other raw materials at competitive rates.
    - 4 May 20, 7:47pm -
  • ET View: Extension of lockdown uncalled for
    The government is making a hash of loosening restrictions while extending the lockdown.
    - 1 May 20, 10:31pm -
  • ET View: Give liquidity directly to companies and state governments, RBI
    All the regulatory measures are welcome and will help companies and real estate developers. The liquidity measures have a more mixed import.
    - 17 Apr 20, 5:09pm -
  • ET View: Normal monsoons good augury
    The IMD projection says rainfall is likely to be 100% of the Long Period Average (LPA) precipitation for the country as a whole, with a model error of plus or minus 5%. But note that over the years there has been wide variability in monsoon rainfall patterns across regions.
    - 15 Apr 20, 7:19pm -
  • ET View: Welcome end to total lockdown
    It is welcome that the Prime Minister has restricted extension of the all-India lockdown to six more days after the original deadline of April 20th. The early lockdown has probably saved thousands of lives and helped contain the spread of the disease.
    - 14 Apr 20, 11:38am -
  • ET View: RBI should better target liquidity injection
    ​The central bank is not directly purchasing corporate bonds of large enterprises and major non-bank finance companies (NBFCs), as is par for the course in the mature markets. Instead, RBI has announced long-term repurchase obligations or repo in government securities with banks, so that the latter can then use the liquidity available to subscribe to corporate bonds or commercial paper or debentures.
    - 27 Mar 20, 8:33pm -
  • ET View: Over to the voters of Madhya Pradesh
    It is for the voters to punish defectors by defeating them, their backers or proxies in by-polls. If voters do not care, and allow such shenanigans to proceed apace, political parties would try to grab power by inducing MLAs to defect.
    - 20 Mar 20, 4:00pm -
  • ET View: Focused, forward-looking water policy needed
    The way ahead is to step-up recharge of aquifers and groundwater resources, even as we better allocate resources for surface irrigation systems and their maintenance. We are increasingly dependent on groundwater for irrigation, which is clearly unsustainable. But the maintenance and upkeep of surface irrigation systems is also neglected across states.
    - 12 Mar 20, 10:58pm -
  • ET View: On a wing and invocations of ancient India
    Does it hold out the definite prospect of reversing the growth slowdown? It does not. Does it fix the gaps in financial plumbing that prevent finance from being mediated to viable infrastructure projects? Not quite. A market for corporate bonds is India’s prime requirement now, and that remains a work in eternal progress.
    - 1 Feb 20, 5:45pm -
  • ET View: Economic Survey revives an old tale about Microsoft
    Microsoft has come a long way since then and even became the world’s most valued company. The Survey does not hold out a happy story.
    - 31 Jan 20, 5:16pm -
  • ET View: No-fly overkill over Kamra
    Civil Aviation minister Puri advised other airlines to follow suit. Air India, GoAir and SpiceJet followed suit — if the minister had asked them to do likewise, they would have done likewise — no matter Kamra did not misbehave on their flights. Nor did they convene a meeting of their internal committees that are supposed to ponder over a complaint.
    - 29 Jan 20, 5:35pm -
  • ET View: Why the proposal for PM-Yasasvi is a good idea
    At the broader level, the fact that the students will be selected through a national test is likely to help schools across the country to meet certain basic curriculum and teaching standards. The inclusion of senior citizens in the scheme is a recognition of the untapped capacity for contribution of this segment of the population.
    - 17 Jan 20, 5:55pm -
  • View: SC verdict on internet shutdown in Kashmir rightly demands the restoration of ‘reasonableness’
    The Supreme Court’s verdict that the Internet is a part of Article 19 – key to providing India’s citizenry with the ‘basic freedoms’ that include the freedom of expression – finally calls a spade a spade, and has demanded that Internet service be restored in Kashmir for all essential services.
    - 10 Jan 20, 12:09pm -
  • ET View: Time to boost demand, forget the fiscal deficit target
    The time has come for the government to shed its obsession about fiscal deficit targets and borrow more from the market, both to compensate the states for their shortfall in GST collections and to meet its own expenditure commitments. India still has deep reserves of economic resilience and it is necessary to avoid any self-defeating talk of recession.
    - 29 Nov 19, 7:08pm -
  • ET View: Promptly review levies, charges and the high extent of revenue share in Indian telecom
    The levies, charges and mounting dues would essentially financially cripple and may even bankrupt the leading service providers, and have wholly-avoidable negative effects and signals much beyond the telecom sector itself. The Cabinet needs to purposefully rationalise central levies and charges on telecom operators for the greater national good.
    - 14 Nov 19, 10:35pm -
  • ET View: CPI likely to remain elevated for statistical reasons
    The latest inflation numbers suggest that retail headline inflation, read the overall rise in consumer prices, has gone up beyond the 4% target set up Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The MPC is mandated to policy-induce a narrow 4-6% range for the retail inflation rate. The CPI has risen at the fastest rate since June last year.
    - 14 Nov 19, 4:23pm -
  • ET View: Sensible decision in Karnataka, now to let the December 5 bypolls decide the ex-MLAs’ future
    The 14 MLAs who quit from Congress and the three from the Janata Dal (Secular) last July, leading to the fall of the JD(S)-Congress government, may have reasons other than pure disagreement and/or disenchantment with the way their own parties were going about governing and such things. Now, it’s for the bypolls on December 5, to decide the fate of the 17.
    - 13 Nov 19, 12:14pm -
  • ET View: September IIP - Lacklustre capital goods output keeps overall index low
    As for manufactures, which account for over 77% weight in the industrial index, production has contracted and posted minus 3.9% growth. The sharp contraction in automobile production, with the output of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers declining by minus 14.9 % y-o-y has clearly adversely affected production.
    - 11 Nov 19, 10:15pm -
  • ET View: Accept the Ayodhya judgement and move on
    It is the duty of all concerned to not just maintain peace but also to work for sustainable unity.
    - 9 Nov 19, 12:19pm -
  • ET View: Economy, the winner
    For the polity, too, an Opposition staging an extinction rebellion is certainly good news. A healthy democracy needs an Opposition that is not a pushover.
    - 24 Oct 19, 11:38am -
  • ET View: Nobel for Abhijit Banerjee
    While Banerjee got his PhD from Harvard, he did his Bachelor’s in economics from Presidency, Calcutta and his Master’s from JNU.
    - 14 Oct 19, 5:46pm -
  • ET View: It’s not so much Peter Handke, but the Nobel Prize that should be judged by its choice
    What has troubled some critics is that he is a public sympathiser of Yugoslavian and Serbian war criminal Slobodan Miloševic.
    - 11 Oct 19, 1:10pm -
  • ET View: Nobel Prize catches up with discovery that has fuelled the smartphone revolution
    John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
    - 9 Oct 19, 7:05pm -
  • View: Growth not a monetary policy problem, says RBI
    By refusing to cut rate by 35 bps or more the RBI wants to make it clear that liquidity availability is not the binding constraint on growth.
    - 4 Oct 19, 12:48pm -
  • Modi and Trump score from Howdy Modi, but what’s in it for India?
    For Trump, Howdy Modi was a golden opportunity to woo a vital segment of American voters.
    - 23 Sep 19, 1:10pm -
  • ET View: Corporate tax rate cut, the best reform so far
    A lower rate, comparable with Asian peers, and sans any exemptions, will make large Indian cos more competitive.
    - 20 Sep 19, 1:16pm -
  • ET View: Third dose of growth boosters: good but not good enough
    The export sops announced are welcome. But they would take time to kick in and boost exports.
    - 14 Sep 19, 6:42pm -
  • ET View: The Moon is not made of insta-cheese
    Indian Space Research Organisation will analyse the mishap to identify what went wrong and rectify the defect that caused it.
    - 7 Sep 19, 1:27pm -
  • ET View: India needs large banks
    It is in the interest of the Indian economy to have large banks that can lend to large companies, given the greater segmentation of credit now.
    - 30 Aug 19, 8:10pm -
  • ET View: Jalan Panel does a fine balancing job
    Essentially, the committee has decided to keep the RBI’s revaluation reserves out of funds that can be used for transfer to any other account.
    - 26 Aug 19, 10:36pm -
  • ET view: Welcome booster package for the economy
    The reform of taxman-taxpayer interface, deploying technology and eliminating direct contact, is most welcome.
    - 23 Aug 19, 11:32pm -
  • ET View: India must reiterate its status as a 'responsible' nuclear state
    While Singh reiterated India's continuation of the 'no first use' policy, Singh's comment comes at a time when the Indian government has been seen to conduct 'radical' moves.
    - 16 Aug 19, 5:02pm -
  • View: A mellower Modi on Independence Day
    The most notable feature of Narendra Modi’s sixth speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort is an absence: an enemy to attack.
    - 15 Aug 19, 11:26am -
  • ET View: Congress dumps Rahul Gandhi
    Sonia Gandhi values counsel, and patient survival informs her action, rather than impetuous entitlement.
    - 11 Aug 19, 1:09pm -
  • ET View: 3 reasons for RBI's 35 bps rate cut
    RBI shares the general concern about slowing growth and would like to do its bit to lift spirits and get the economy moving.
    - 7 Aug 19, 2:30pm -

Drishtikone Blogs

  • The Hindu Genocide in Bangladesh Amidst Global Disinformation and Denials

    The Hindu Genocide in Bangladesh Amidst Global  Disinformation and Denials

    The scale, the ferocity and the disinformation to help the genocidal administration and its jihadi allies is mind-boggling. We go through the history and its links to the present on the greatest Genocide in modern human history. The Hindu Genocide in Bangladesh!
    - 1 day ago 1 Dec 24, 11:54pm -
  • 'Adani Bribery Case': A Complete and Definitive Analysis

    'Adani Bribery Case': A Complete and Definitive Analysis

    America's Justice Department and SEC have targeted India's Adani Group with a bribery case. Using Nationalistic sentiment doesn't help. Yes, law has been weaponized and India's sovereignty compromised but not how they think. A definitive guide to understanding the case.
    - 8 days ago 24 Nov 24, 7:12pm -
  • Has Biden Declared War against Russia?

    Has Biden Declared War against Russia?

    There was a clear warning from Putin on provision of long range missiles that could hit deep into Russia to Ukraine. It would be consider as a direct attack by NATO on Russia. Biden has done just that!
    - 15 days ago 18 Nov 24, 8:38am -
  • Game-playing The Arctic Showdown: The Possible WW3 Battlefield

    Game-playing The Arctic Showdown: The Possible WW3 Battlefield

    While game-playing the future, one of the main flashpoints we came across, where the global conflict can start, was the Arctic. We look at it in complete detail.
    - 15 days ago 17 Nov 24, 9:28pm -
  • Where is the US and the World Headed - Impact of the New Team

    Where is the US and the World Headed - Impact of the New Team

    The premise and the mindset apparent in the new Trump team points to an interesting world out there. Things will not be rosy, but they will be very different. Very, very different.
    - 18 days ago 14 Nov 24, 7:12pm -
  • Why Trump Won and How Will the World Change?

    Why Trump Won and How Will the World Change?

    The US, and indeed the world has seen a watershed event of Donald Trump's victory. It will change the US direction and may have pushed a World War by at least 3-4 years.
    - 22 days ago 10 Nov 24, 10:28pm -
  • Converging Fissures: Gaming the Global Fault-lines

    Converging Fissures: Gaming the Global Fault-lines

    North Korea launched its most advanced monster missile yet. China is readying its 'mysterious' amphibious ship. Russia is advancing in Ukraine while losing men. America goes to poll and civil uncertainty. Global economy is on the brink. What is coming? Let's game plan it.
    - 29 days ago 3 Nov 24, 8:00pm -
  • Happy Diwali - the Night of Transformation

    Happy Diwali - the Night of Transformation

    Diwali or Deepawali is not just a "festival of lights". It cannot and should not be reduced to facetious symbolism. It has Dharmic and spiritual context and underpinning, which must be remembered and emphasized.
    - 32 days ago 31 Oct 24, 6:21pm -
  • American Hubris is Shaping the Geopolitical Chessboard for the Next Century

    American Hubris is Shaping the Geopolitical Chessboard for the Next Century

    Current American establishment's quest for control and "teaching countries lessons" is pushing the geostrategic chessboard in a certain direction. The resultant Indo-China rapprochement may be a watershed moment in this century. A detailed analysis.
    - 36 days ago 27 Oct 24, 5:59pm -
  • Weaponizing Khalistani Terror: How Canada’s Intelligence Fueled Deadly Attacks on India

    Weaponizing Khalistani Terror: How Canada’s Intelligence Fueled Deadly Attacks on India

    Canadian Intelligence and political establishment have played Jekyll and Hyde games while using Khalistanis against India. The stories of omission and strategic misses are so spectacular that only collaboration can explain them.
    - 43 days ago 20 Oct 24, 8:32pm -