New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- Persistent foreign selling of Indian equities has revived demands to reduce or abolish long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax. Another proposal is to keep the tax but impose it only o... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- When a government, the biggest borrower in the system, spends 40% of its revenues on interest, monetary tightening has serious consequences. It affects the government's capacity ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Robert Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University. Their research helps explain how decisions o... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Two recent warnings deserve to be read together. Chief economic advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran has cautioned that the second half of this fiscal year will be tougher, despite first... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Gandhi's birth anniversary this year is an appropriate occasion to examine his idea of trusteeship. The dispute involving Tata Trusts and Tata Sons has made it a live question: ho... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- The dispute engulfing Tata Sons has several dimensions: disagreement over the reappointment of its chairman, differences between its board and Tata Trusts and the interests of t... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- Much has already been said about the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) abrupt closure of its special foreign currency non-resident (bank) scheme, a facility to attract dollar deposit... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is one of India's most successful pieces of economic infrastructure. In July, it handled nearly 24 billion transactions worth almost Rs.30 tri... Read More