Unless something changes, Mr Trump is a huge threat right now, which is perhaps not being recognised fully, cautions Debashis Basu. IMAGE: US President Donald Trump speaks at the US department of......
The climate for 'doing business' remains forbidding, taxtortion is still rife, corruption at state and district levels has increased, oil prices remain extortive with high taxation, and the......
If you think that revenue officials are going berserk, acting on their own, while the government chants the mantra of 'ease of doing business', you would be wrong.These moves appear to have full......
From small restaurants to mighty software companies, it is businesses, not the government, that create jobs.Yet, in a cruel irony, they have to fight extortive and brutal State power every step of......
I am not sure if Modi can ever act as a chowkidar, even if he wants to.But he can surely act as a thanedar, by ensuring a fast resolution of corruption cases once they come to light.Exemplary......
'The danger is that when the music stops, the fall will be sudden, faster, and deeper than anyone expects,' warns Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff America's stock market,......
GST 2.0 may cushion consumers against US tariffs, but like the 2019 corporate tax cut, it risks being another tactical fix rather than a structural growth strategy, expects Debashis Basu.......
Any industrial policy is only as good as how it is applied and the other reforms that support it.This was as true 40 years ago as it is now, points out Debashis Basu. Photograph: Babu/Reuters ......
Account holders of the New India Co-operative Bank woke up to a rude shock on Friday morning, after the Reserve Bank of India's bar on withdrawal of funds came into effect. The order was issued on......
'If weak indicators persist, there is a risk that India could slip into a prolonged slowdown similar to the one experienced between 2014 and 2019,' warns Debashis Basu. IMAGE: Prime Minister......