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The High Cost Of Defending The Rupee

The High Cost Of Defending The Rupee

6 min read

3 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

Your KYC Is More Important Than You Think

Your KYC Is More Important Than You Think

4 months ago

Time To Make India Attractive To...

Time To Make India Attractive To...

5 months ago

Why Such Fuss About Tata Sons Listing

Why Such Fuss About Tata Sons Listing

5 months ago

Why FPI Selling Hasn't Hurt Markets

Why FPI Selling Hasn't Hurt Markets

6 min read

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

Fragile Truth Behind India's Bull Market

Fragile Truth Behind India's Bull Market

6 months ago

India Is Now A Reverse Goldilocks Economy

India Is Now A Reverse Goldilocks Economy

7 months ago

Arvind Subramanian: Be Wary of China Bashing

Arvind Subramanian: Be Wary of China Bashing

7 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

9 months ago

Why Capital Expenditure Needs Monitoring

Why Capital Expenditure Needs Monitoring

10 months ago

Why India-US Trade Deal Is Key For Growth

Why India-US Trade Deal Is Key For Growth

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

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

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

11 months ago

Can This Budget Deliver Strategic Growth and Jobs?

Can This Budget Deliver Strategic Growth and Jobs?

11 months ago

Budget At Economic Crossroads

Budget At Economic Crossroads

11 months ago

Lessons To Learn From The Tatas

Lessons To Learn From The Tatas

16 min read

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

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?

6 min read

3 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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 min read

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

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

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

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

6 min read

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

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

6 min read

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 min read

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

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

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 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

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 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 min read

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

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

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

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 min read

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

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

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

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 min read

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 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

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 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

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 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