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Uttam's Take: Waiting For The High Command

Uttam's Take: Waiting For The High Command

Rediff.com10 May 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on a strange regurgitation of history.

GST revamp to see rates of 5%, 18%; 40% tax on 7 items

GST revamp to see rates of 5%, 18%; 40% tax on 7 items

Rediff.com15 Aug 2025

The central government has proposed just two tax rates of 5 per cent and 18 per cent in the revamped Goods and Services Tax (GST), slated to replace the current indirect tax regime by Diwali this year, highly placed sources said.

Uttam's Take: Boom! Boom! time for BJP

Uttam's Take: Boom! Boom! time for BJP

Rediff.com19 Mar 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on politics post the air strikes.

Uttam's Take: Uncertain America

Uttam's Take: Uncertain America

Rediff.com6 Nov 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the US poll presidential election.

LIC drags new business premiums of life insurers by 5.2 %

LIC drags new business premiums of life insurers by 5.2 %

Rediff.com10 Sep 2025

New business premiums of life insurance companies dropped 5.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in August to Rs 30,959 crore, owing to a double-digit decline reported by state-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), data from the Life Insurance Council showed. LIC recorded a 17 per cent YoY fall in new business premiums to Rs 16,023 crore during the month, while private life insurers reported a 12 per cent YoY increase to Rs 14,936 crore.

No changes in FDI policy for Pak, China and few others

No changes in FDI policy for Pak, China and few others

Rediff.com4 Jun 2025

The government has not made any amendments to the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy for countries sharing land border with India, sources said on Wednesday. In 2020, the government issued Press Note 3 under which investors from these land bordering countries have to mandatorily take prior approval of the government for making investments in any sector.

Uttam's Take: UP's Andha Kanoon

Uttam's Take: UP's Andha Kanoon

Rediff.com11 Jul 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Vikas Dubey's arrest and mysterious death in a police encounter.

Uttam's Take: Speedbreaker Kaun?!

Uttam's Take: Speedbreaker Kaun?!

Rediff.com4 Apr 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Modi's jibe and Mamata's retort.

Factors that will drive the markets this week

Factors that will drive the markets this week

Rediff.com28 Sep 2025

Stock markets will be driven by RBI's interest rate decision, tariff-related developments, global trends and trading activity of foreign investors in this holiday-shortened week, analysts said.

Uttam's Take: Indian politics in 2018

Uttam's Take: Indian politics in 2018

Rediff.com1 Jan 2018

Uttam Ghosh on how Indian politics may play out in 2018.

Uttam's Take: Hail the Myanmar Resistance!

Uttam's Take: Hail the Myanmar Resistance!

Rediff.com19 Mar 2021

Uttam Ghosh salutes the Myanmarese People's resistance to Tyranny.

RBI to infuse Rs 3 trn liquidity via OMOs, buy-sell swap after rupee defence

RBI to infuse Rs 3 trn liquidity via OMOs, buy-sell swap after rupee defence

Rediff.com24 Dec 2025

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced a fresh round of liquidity measures through open-market operations (OMOs) and a foreign exchange buy-sell swap, under which it will inject close to Rs 3 trillion into the banking system. The central bank said it would purchase Government of India securities worth Rs 2 trillion through OMOs, spread across four tranches of Rs 50,000 crore each to be conducted on December 29, January 5, January 12 and January 22.

Uttam's Take: Bengal beckons

Uttam's Take: Bengal beckons

Rediff.com18 Dec 2020

Uttam Ghosh wonders if the farmers's concerns will be addressed now that the BJP has embarked on Mission Bengal.

Kerala couple flees Bengaluru after duping investors of Rs 50 cr

Kerala couple flees Bengaluru after duping investors of Rs 50 cr

Rediff.com9 Jul 2025

A couple from Kerala, running a chit fund company in Bengaluru, has allegedly fled after cheating over 1,300 investors of more than Rs 50 crore. Police have launched a manhunt and are investigating the extent of the fraud.

Balanced advantage funds tilt towards equities, again

Balanced advantage funds tilt towards equities, again

Rediff.com23 Sep 2025

Balanced advantage funds (BAFs), which adjust between stocks and bonds depending on market conditions, have increased their equity holdings over the past year, with most schemes now predominantly invested in equities.

Electronics to chemicals: Govt identifies critical sectors to boost FDI

Electronics to chemicals: Govt identifies critical sectors to boost FDI

Rediff.com4 Aug 2025

The government has identified critical sectors, including electronics, chemicals, leather and footwear, and toys, where value chains can be strengthened to facilitate and drive foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country. Invest India, the investment promotion and facilitating agency under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), has been actively identifying key value chains to focus on.

Uttam's Take: Toxic Trump's wonder drug :(((

Uttam's Take: Toxic Trump's wonder drug :(((

Rediff.com26 Apr 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on US President Donald J Trump's startling suggestion to study the possibility of injecting disinfectants into COVID-19 patients.

Uttams Take: EC gets a spine

Uttams Take: EC gets a spine

Rediff.com17 Apr 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Election Commission finally taking action against hate election speeches.

Uttam's Take: We mourn them all

Uttam's Take: We mourn them all

Rediff.com9 May 2020

Uttam Ghosh pays homage to these martrys for India.

Uttam's Take: Trump likes walls!

Uttam's Take: Trump likes walls!

Rediff.com20 Feb 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how Trump -- who wants to build a wall between his country and Mexico -- may react to the Gujarat wall on his visit to Ahmedabad on Monday.

Insurance staff oppose pvt sector entry in top PSU posts

Insurance staff oppose pvt sector entry in top PSU posts

Rediff.com14 Oct 2025

The All India Insurance Employees' Association has opposed the government directive seeking to open up top posts in the state-owned insurers to the private sector, saying this would lead to greater private influence and "eventual privatisation".

'Listing Does Not Alter Our Investment Philosophy'

'Listing Does Not Alter Our Investment Philosophy'

Rediff.com23 Dec 2025

'We operate in an economy that is structurally positioned for long-term growth. As market levels rise over time, our AUM grows in line.'

PSU banks write off loans over Rs 5.82 lakh cr in last 5 years

PSU banks write off loans over Rs 5.82 lakh cr in last 5 years

Rediff.com12 Aug 2025

Public sector banks (PSBs) have written off bad loans of about Rs 5.82 lakh crore in the last five financial years, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. During 2024-25, the loan write-off of PSBs was at Rs 91,260 crore, compared to Rs 1.15 lakh crore in the previous fiscal, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

Uttam's Take: Greta takes on the big shots

Uttam's Take: Greta takes on the big shots

Rediff.com25 Sep 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist, blasts world leaders at the UN over climate change.

Uttam's Take: RBI opens its coffers to government

Uttam's Take: RBI opens its coffers to government

Rediff.com28 Aug 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Rs 1.76 lakh crore being transferred by the Reserve Bank of India to the government.

Uttam's Take: Why did PM CARES ignore migrants?

Uttam's Take: Why did PM CARES ignore migrants?

Rediff.com5 May 2020

Uttam Ghosh asks why the PM Cares fund could not have paid for the train tickets of migrant workers on their way home when the government flew Indians stranded in different parts of the world for free!

Uttam's Take: Good riddance 2018!

Uttam's Take: Good riddance 2018!

Rediff.com1 Jan 2019

Uttam Ghosh's Take on the year just gone by.

Uttam's Take: Elvis is in the Building

Uttam's Take: Elvis is in the Building

Rediff.com1 Oct 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Donald J Trump's comment on Narendra Damodardas Modi: 'They love this gentleman to my right. People went crazy, he is like an American version of Elvis', referring to the Howdy Modi event.

Uttam's Take: India slips in Global Democracy Index

Uttam's Take: India slips in Global Democracy Index

Rediff.com24 Jan 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on India slipping 10 places to the 51st position in the 2019 Global Democracy Index.

India's M&A deals dipped in Q2 amid valuation caution

India's M&A deals dipped in Q2 amid valuation caution

Rediff.com10 Oct 2025

India's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity cooled in the second quarter of 2025-26 (Q2FY26), with deal value falling to $26.26 billion from $29.04 billion a year ago, according to Bloomberg data.

Venture funding slowed in Sep qtr; exit activity at 7-year high

Venture funding slowed in Sep qtr; exit activity at 7-year high

Rediff.com24 Oct 2025

Venture funding in India slowed in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025 amid geopolitical uncertainty, though exit activity surged to a seven-year high, according to Venture Pulse from KPMG Private Enterprise, a quarterly report tracking investment trends globally across major regions around the world.

Uttam's Take: Who is the real fascist?

Uttam's Take: Who is the real fascist?

Rediff.com18 May 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on this week's election violence in Bengal.

H1B Crisis: Rs 85,500 Cr Wiped Out From IT Stocks

H1B Crisis: Rs 85,500 Cr Wiped Out From IT Stocks

Rediff.com23 Sep 2025

'It's better to stay away from large IT stocks until there is clarity on tariffs.'

Credit quality of companies likely to remain stable in H2

Credit quality of companies likely to remain stable in H2

Rediff.com8 Oct 2025

Credit quality of Indian corporate is expected to be stable in the second half of the current financial year (H2FY26), supported by easing monetary cycle, and declining inflation, coupled with income-tax relief and rationalisation of the goods and service tax (GST) rates, among others.

Uttam's Take: What did DeMo achieve?

Uttam's Take: What did DeMo achieve?

Rediff.com8 Nov 2017

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on DeMo: A Year On.

Uttam's Take: A 'Caged Parrot'

Uttam's Take: A 'Caged Parrot'

Rediff.com18 May 2017

Is the 'caged parrot' at work again, asks Uttam Ghosh.

Uttam's Take: Shaheen Bagh's jolt to BJP

Uttam's Take: Shaheen Bagh's jolt to BJP

Rediff.com11 Feb 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Delhi election results.

Rs 2 trn slump in IT stocks hits FPIs' AUC

Rs 2 trn slump in IT stocks hits FPIs' AUC

Rediff.com28 Aug 2025

Global funds' assets under custody (AUC) in India have been flat this year, with a Rs 2 trillion drop in information technology (IT) holdings offset by gains in financial stocks. AUC is the total market value of equities held by FPIs.

Uttam's Take: Trump Calls

Uttam's Take: Trump Calls

Rediff.com24 Jan 2017

Will it be "Donald" and "Narendra" when the American president and Indian prime minister speak on Tuesday evening?

Uttams Take: No Iran-US war?

Uttams Take: No Iran-US war?

Rediff.com10 Jan 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on US President Donald J Trump's tweet 'All is Well' after Iran launched missile strikes on US bases in Iraq, on January 9, 2020.