A fiscally prudent, consumption-oriented Union Budget is behind us. That was the first act of a two-act drama typically staged every February. The scene now…
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Money In People’s Hands, And More
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s eighth Budget speech, her shortest to date (just one hour and 14 minutes), ticked most boxes. She presented a fiscally prudent…
A Budget Beyond Popcorn
In the Indian economy’s calendar, the two most important events are the Union Budget and the monetary policy of the Reserve of India (RBI). Over…
Greed to Fear, Changing Faces of Cyber Fraud
Retired schoolteacher Eloise Parker has a lonely life but shares a warm friendship with Adam Clay, who lives in her barn and works as a…
What Lies Ahead In The Year Of The Snake?
Going by the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the Snake. The Chinese calendar, which is over 2,000 years old, is based on a…
LOOKING BACK AT 2024…
As 2024 comes to a close, let’s look back at how it has been for India’s financial sector. The policy rate remained unchanged at 6.5…
An Open Letter To Rhe RBI Governor
Dear Mr Malhotra, Congratulations. Welcome to the helm of the central bank of the world’s fifth-largest economy. You didn’t throw your hat in the ring….
It’s Going Down To The Wire
Will he? Won’t he? Once the results of the Maharashtra assembly polls were out on 23 November, everybody was asking this question: Will Devendra Fadnavis…