China was able to reap the benefits of its demographic divided on the back of rapid industrialisation, with manufacturing and exports leading the way. Its population was also more skilled and educated. Without ample...
After two decades of the New Pension Scheme, many states are going back to the Old one. Union Government warns of the financial crisis. Political parties accuse each other of political gimmicks. The employees...
Why are banks allowed to be grown into such big entities that they become тАШtoo big to fail?тАЩ And their failures become a burden on public money! Is the government hand in glove with...
Since the Hindenburg report is out, LICтАЩs share exposure in AdaniтАЩs portfolio has come under scrutiny. LICтАЩs total purchase value of equity in the Adani firms, purchased over many years was around Rs. 36000...
Greed has made the US banks crash again. This time Bond markets failed them. Indian banks are also more into markets while discouraging the public with hefty bank charges, closing rural branches and denying...
Everybody except the poorest of the poor were kicked out of LPG subsidies. Then the subsidy was limited to Rs. 200 irrespective of the market price. And then the price was allowed to rise....
In the Budget 2023, the finance minister highlighted the importance of digitalisation and announced several initiatives to support this objective. Launched in 2015, this is the 8th year of the тАШDigital IndiaтАЩ mission. This...
Ignoring warning signs, whistle-blowers and clear visible facts and acknowledging them later when a disaster strikes is human nature. But even that reckoning will be limited to the extent of the disaster, and not...
At a time when the poor majority of the country needs the most support, the government has abandoned them. Cutting down almost all the social welfare schemes and reducing allocation to some key sectors,...