Finally, the Karnataka Micro Loan and Small Loan (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Ordinance, 2025 is in place. It was promulgated by the Governor of Karnataka…
The Phoenix Of India’s Financial System
The mythical phoenix cyclically regenerates itself, combusting to be born again out of its ashes. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames,…
New Flexible RBI, Aware of Cost of Regulations
What Indonesia’s central bank had done in January, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did on Friday — a policy rate cut despite the pressure…
50:50 Chance Of A RATE CUT
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…
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…