'The RBI has not allowed any commercial bank to fail in the past three decades.' 'It has always played the role of a matchmaker, but this is the best deal it has stitched,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Kerala Union of Working Journalists decided to boycott the press meets called by the BJP after saffron party workers attacked mediapersons.
While everybody is talking about the vast potential of 5G, the uptake of such services in India depends on operators getting around 100 Mhz 5G spectrum. At the reserve price proposed by Trai, getting this spectrum will cost a telco around Rs 490 billion. Which amount could be difficult for operators to mop up, given the financial stress they are undergoing, says Kiran Rathee.
Nitin Desai suggests some concrete measures to revive investment and boost growth.
Strangely, a few days after filing the charges, the CBI teams arrived in Hyderabad and Mumbai to raid GVK's offices and found incriminating evidence, a reversal of the normal course of events.
'The quick fixes have failed; there is now no alternative to deeper reforms,' says Ajay Shah.
Fix India's real estate sector. Fix India's public sector banks, advises Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Slowdown persists in China. India's GDP estimates for 2015-16 are liable to be pared; projections for 2016-17 are lacklustre.
India's aggregate NPA as a percentage of GDP is far lower than that in Italy, Greece.
The hype surrounding the Budget gives it undue importance.
What's a job got to do with your CIBIL score? Surprised? Well, here's the connection
If the people of Tamil Nadu stop deifying their leaders and start evaluating them more objectively, the political masters too may change their wayward behaviour, argues Sudhir Bisht.
'When bankers are hounded by investigative agencies for credit decisions going wrong and defaulters are treated like outcasts, who will borrow money and who will lend?' asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Investors must be cautious and follow a prudent diversification strategy to mitigate against any risks in case of any unforeseen events.
Despite these advantages consider your options carefully and make a decision based on your abilities and your financial goals, says Abhishek Agarwal.
The ruling by US Judge Steven Rhodes, who cited the city's dismal finances and $18 billion owed to a multitude of creditors in support of his decision, marks a watershed in the history of Detroit.
A time has thus come when state encouragement for rural students led to empowerment of the socio-economically marginalised sections of the population. It included women. Today, with greater exposure and consequent enlightenment, it has gone beyond 'empowerment' to become 'entitlement', says N Sathiya Moorthy.
In a recent lecture, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan dished out some frank advice -- don't get into 'jugaad', instead try for the long haul. Only that will sustain in the long-run.
She needs to find innovative ways to at least match the growth during Gehlot's rule.
Conservative investors and those in the lower tax bracket should opt for these, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh
The panel will also recommend a fiscal consolidation road map for the central and state governments, study the impact of GST on the divisible pool, and propose performance-based incentives for states.
The markets regulator made it easier for banks to acquire control in listed companies.
If we can adhere to those standards, most passengers will be happy.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Janmejaya Sinha lays down Urjit Patel's agenda - cleaning up bank balance sheets, evaluating robustness of CPI and pushing for digitisation in financial services.
The Bankruptcy Bill seeks to ensure predictability of outcome for creditors.
According to the draft, in the northeastern states the threshold is at Rs 500,000.
Firms that should borrow abroad do not do so enough, and those that should not borrow abroad do.
The choice clearly is between prompt corrective action and slow but sure destruction, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka thinks aloud about what Vijay Mallya could or should do to get out of the current mess.
Will Arundhati Bhattacharya be the RBI's first woman governor? Or will Urjit Patel succeed Raghuram Rajanas RBI governor when his term ends on September 4?
Offers 12.60% in revenue share to Cidco, while only other bidder GMR offered 10.44%.
The idea is to boost household savings and turn more of them into growth capital. If the plan succeeds, sustained eight per cent-plus rates of gross domestic product growth should be within reach in a few years.
Managing expectations is a challenge for policymakers.
The amount is around a fifth of the cumulative investment in fixed assets by these companies.
To redevelop cities as 'smart', investment of at least $10 billion is required. For 100 cities, it works out to $1 trillion
One thing is certain: The part-Goan, part-Malayali group CEO of Air Asia is not your usual boardroom CEO, and he cultivates the maverick businessman image, buying race car teams and football clubs and taking off-beat bets with his mentor and now buddy Richard Branson of Virgin.
Markets recorded their biggest single-day fall since August 1 amid growth concerns in the euro zone.
'Favourable treatment to selected areas has been a pattern throughout the state.'
Indian economy about to take-off
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