'My immediate objective is to start thinking about research once again. Start understanding the world we are in which has changed quite a bit.'
DBS called Rajan's decision not to seek an extension as a 'negative surprise'.
China's Xiaomi to unveil its first India-made phone on Monday
Kaushik Basu, whose stint at the World Bank ends on July 31, was being looked at as a serious contender, the sources said
In fact, since 2013, China has become the largest market for robots.
Progress on several parameters creates a tipping point situation.
A number of significant linkages between rainfall and economic outcomes have policy implications.
India's macroeconomic situation has benefited from oil prices' decline.
Upcoming payment banks will lift lower income groups in distant villages.
Data used for the graph and cited elsewhere in the column were obtained from various publications of the RBI.
The assumption clearly was that project execution timelines would be adhered to and revenues would flow in as scheduled.
First, there has been a significant softening in commodity prices - most notably oil.
The first stage of the inclusion strategy was focussed on opening bank accounts, logically seen as creating the last-mile channels for financial access.
55% of cultivable land still doesn't come under irrigation.
The WTO toolkit provides various instruments to deal with such situations - anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties and safeguard measures.
The goal of the Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low-Income Households, a panel chaired by Nachiket Mor that submitted its report to the Reserve Bank of India last week, is truly a BHAG.
Ahead of his government's first full year budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sought ideas from economists to attract investments, create jobs and finance infrastructure to put India back on high growth path.
In a meeting with the commerce minister, India Inc hammered Sharma on the collapse of investments, structural nature of the current account deficit and stagnant growth in agriculture.
Assocham told Modi policy makers needed to act fast to "bullet proof" India from global jitters.
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?
The government's critics say that the Prime Minister failed to rein in vicious and unprecedented personal attacks on the central bank chief by the likes of Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy.
The friction with the political class is not only about interest rates and monetary policy. While the government often spoke freely about its discomfiture, the RBI had to be careful even in its response to the government as any loose statement would affect the markets.
The agricultural supply system has to be able to respond to this increasing demand, which it is not able to do.
Capital flows have become much more skittish and volatile during this period, with short-term horizons dominating allocations.
The last thing the country needs in a globalising and technologically advancing international business environment is a poorly educated workforce.
India is set for decent growth in 2015.
Time is running out: Will India manage to attain goals set by the UN.
There is a link between objectives and commitments.
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