News for 'Uttam Ghosh'

Uttam's Take: The Citizenship Bill

Uttam's Take: The Citizenship Bill

Rediff.com17 Jan 2019

Uttam Ghosh's unique take on the Citizenship Bill.

RBI allows banks to give loans to manufacturers using gold as raw material

RBI allows banks to give loans to manufacturers using gold as raw material

Rediff.com30 Sep 2025

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed banks to grant need-based working capital loans to manufacturers using gold as raw material, extending the provision currently available only to jewellers. Banks are generally prohibited from lending for the purchase of gold/silver in any form, or lending against the security of primary gold/silver.

Uttam's Take: Govt snoozes; SC takes charge

Uttam's Take: Govt snoozes; SC takes charge

Rediff.com11 May 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Supreme Court constituting a national task force to ensure that allotment of medical oxygen to the states and Union Territories is done on a 'scientific, rational and equitable basis'.

Uttam's Take: Assam and the NRC

Uttam's Take: Assam and the NRC

Rediff.com4 Sep 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the NRC.

Uttam's Take: What should Modi do?

Uttam's Take: What should Modi do?

Rediff.com27 Jun 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how the Government, the opposition eyes the Galwan valley.

Uttam's Take: The Jobs Mess

Uttam's Take: The Jobs Mess

Rediff.com2 Apr 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his unique take on the No Jobs-Agrarian Distress state of the economy.

Average cost of data breach in India rises 13% in 2025

Average cost of data breach in India rises 13% in 2025

Rediff.com7 Aug 2025

The average cost of an organisation for a data breach has risen 13 per cent to Rs 22 crore in 2025 from Rs 19.5 crore in the year-ago period, according to a report released on Thursday. However, despite the surge in costs, the security in artificial intelligence is still lacking, the report by global tech major IBM said.

Uttam's Take: Does Didi Want Congress Mukt Bharat?

Uttam's Take: Does Didi Want Congress Mukt Bharat?

Rediff.com3 Dec 2021

Uttam Ghosh asks if Mamata Banerjee plans to make the Congress redundant in the run-up to the 2024 elections.

Joblessness slowed to 5.2% in Q2: PLFS data

Joblessness slowed to 5.2% in Q2: PLFS data

Rediff.com11 Nov 2025

India's labour market in the second quarter (July-September/Q2) of 2025-26 (FY26) showed resilience, with the jobless rate easing even as more people entered the workforce. However, a rise in youth unemployment and a fall in the share of salaried workers remain areas of concern.

Uttam's Take: Maharashtra poll mood

Uttam's Take: Maharashtra poll mood

Rediff.com18 Oct 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Monday's assembly election in Maharashtra.

Uttam's Take: Attack JNU!

Uttam's Take: Attack JNU!

Rediff.com7 Jan 2020

Masked goons attacked the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Sunday evening, wounding many students and at least one lady faculty member.

Uttam's Take: The New Quotas

Uttam's Take: The New Quotas

Rediff.com11 Jan 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his unique take on the 10% quotas proclaimed by Narendra Damodardas Modi's government.

Uttam's Take: And Didi gets hurt...

Uttam's Take: And Didi gets hurt...

Rediff.com11 Mar 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the alleged attack on Mamata Banerjee.

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: Jharkhand: Another BJP debacle

Uttam's Take: Jharkhand: Another BJP debacle

Rediff.com24 Dec 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the election result in Jharkhand where the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party failed to recpture power.

Uttam's Take: Who is internationalising Kashmir?

Uttam's Take: Who is internationalising Kashmir?

Rediff.com21 Oct 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's accusing the Congress of internationalising the Kashmir issue.

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.

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: Why 2070? Why Not Earlier?

Uttam's Take: Why 2070? Why Not Earlier?

Rediff.com3 Nov 2021

Uttam Ghosh -- like most leaders at the COP26 summit in Glasgow -- is surprised at India's pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2070.

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: Star wars and elections...

Uttam's Take: Star wars and elections...

Rediff.com28 Mar 2019

Uttam Ghosh reacts to the pradhan sevak's election-space-missile continuum declaration.

Uttam's Take: Bringing Migrant Indians Home

Uttam's Take: Bringing Migrant Indians Home

Rediff.com2 May 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the government's decision to transport migrant workers, stranded during the lockdown, to their villages.

Uttam's Take: Kahan Gaye Vaccines, Modiji?

Uttam's Take: Kahan Gaye Vaccines, Modiji?

Rediff.com13 May 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on India's Vaccine Crisis.

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: BJP vs Nitish?

Uttam's Take: BJP vs Nitish?

Rediff.com29 Oct 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Bihar 2020.

Uttams Take: Does the PM Care?

Uttams Take: Does the PM Care?

Rediff.com25 Aug 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Prime Minister Modi feeding peacocks when hundreds of millions of his countrymen have been savaged by the lockdown-ravaged economy.

Uttam's Take: Meditating Amidst The Ruins

Uttam's Take: Meditating Amidst The Ruins

Rediff.com4 Nov 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi traveling to Indonesia to meditate at a time when his party is in severe disarray.

'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.'

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.

Uttam's Take: Petrol price erupt

Uttam's Take: Petrol price erupt

Rediff.com8 Dec 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the latest hike in fuel prices at a time when the economy is in its worst condition ever.

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: What will Modi2 bring?

Uttam's Take: What will Modi2 bring?

Rediff.com26 May 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Verdict 2019.

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.

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".

Uttam's Take: Get Lost Coronavirus!

Uttam's Take: Get Lost Coronavirus!

Rediff.com27 Mar 2020

A billion of them could fit on a pinhead, yet this tiny coronavirus has pulverised life on our planet.

Uttam's Take: Your Democracy vs Ours

Uttam's Take: Your Democracy vs Ours

Rediff.com23 Nov 2018

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the turn of events in Jammu and Kashmir.

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.

Uttam's Take: BJP vs Sena

Uttam's Take: BJP vs Sena

Rediff.com11 Oct 2019

On the contentious issue of cutting trees in Mumbai's Aarey forest, the BJP and Sena appears to be on opposite sides, as Uttam Ghosh notes in his take on the Aarey controversy.

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.

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.