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OPINION | If Demonetisation Were a Success, Govt Would Have Celebrated its 2nd Anniversary

The Congress went to town this morning, with hashtags, memes and data to highlight the ill effects of demonetisation. Former PM Manmohan Singh wrote a strongly worded letter, linking the ongoing NBFC and overall liquidity crisis to demonetisation while several Congress MPs tweeted figures to show why note ban was a disaster....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-November 8, 2018,2:26 pm IST Opinion
Slashing Passenger Fares But Raising Freight Rates Might be of Little to Railways' Delicate Finances

The flexi-fare scheme was launched in September 2016 in a bid to generate higher revenue from premium passengers and contrary to popular perception it affected a minuscule number of trains (less than 1%) across the IR's network....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-November 2, 2018,10:49 am IST Opinion
Govt's Ire Over RBI Restrictions on Stressed Banks Makes Little Sense

RBI’s move to put in place the revised Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework is what has riled the government the most....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-October 31, 2018,9:11 am IST Business
Viral Acharya’s Comments on RBI Autonomy Might Start Another Turf War in a Premier Institution

The perception, that institutions which safeguard the nation, its security and economy, are under threat, is gaining ground and this is what has kept RBI autonomy issue on the boil....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-October 29, 2018,2:03 pm IST Business
17 Died Every Hour in Road Accidents Last Year, But Bill for Stiff Fines Still Awaits Parliament Nod

These shocking numbers continue to pour in year after year, with little effort on the part of the road users, drivers, pedestrians and others to follow safety norms....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-October 12, 2018,1:18 pm IST Opinion
3 Times the Budget of 'Modicare' Needed to Keep IL&FS Afloat, and Your Tax Rupees Will Pay for It

The amount is also more than half the total health budget of the country and about 55% of the funds the Centre allocated to the rural jobs programme, MNREGA, in 2018-19....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-October 9, 2018,9:51 am IST Opinion
How IL&FS Directors Failed And Why Govt Takeover is a Good Thing

Taking over the affairs of IL&FS and selling off assets to claim moneys is the only way to protect the vast number of employees, stakeholders, small investors and others who would be impacted by a collapse....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-October 2, 2018,8:52 am IST Opinion
IL&FS Crisis May Damage Equity and Debt Markets, Govt Can’t Shrug Off Its Role

The government could bail out IL&FS by other means or by nudging state insurer LIC and state-run banks to do the needful. But what matters is IL&FS is too big to fail and it needs rescuing. ...
Sindhu Bhattacharya-September 25, 2018,2:42 pm IST Opinion
Curbing Imports May Not be Such a Good Idea as Demand for Luxury Cars, Mobiles is Unlikely to Drop

Over the weekend, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed measures to cool an overheated economy, the government decided that one of the ways of doing this would be to curb “non-essential” imports....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-September 17, 2018,12:47 pm IST Opinion
Fuss Over GDP Should Push Govt to Release Authenticated Data Faster

The newly released data is a set of calculations to show what the economic growth was during previous years, calculated using the new base year, which was changed by the Modi government in 2015....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-August 20, 2018,1:43 pm IST Opinion
PM Modi Ticked All Right Boxes in his I-Day Speech. The Devil, However, Lies in Details

The biggest announcement PM Modi made during his Independence Day speech was the launch of Pradhan Mantri Arogya Abhiyan. He said India wants to offer health insurance for free to 50 crore people under ‘Ayushman Bharat’....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-August 15, 2018,3:18 pm IST Opinion
Modi Govt Plans to Follow UPA’s Air India Bailout Formula; Turnaround Plans on Hold?

A bailout package for AI does not show any serious application of mind to devising a long term strategy for the airline. This sort of piecemeal approach is unlikely to solve the AI conundrum. ...
Sindhu Bhattacharya-August 8, 2018,2:11 pm IST Business
Why Removing GST on Sanitary Pads May do Little to Make Them Affordable

Now that sanitary napkins are out of GST purview, activists need to ensure that not only are these essential items made widely available, girls are educated about the criticality of using safe hygiene methods. ...
Sindhu Bhattacharya-July 23, 2018,2:52 pm IST Opinion
Govt's Inability to Cut Duties on Fuel Contributed to Inflation Spike, Now Brace for RBI Raising Rates

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation for the month of June was at a near three-year high of 5.77% against 4.43% in May this year and 0.9% in June 2017....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-July 18, 2018,9:24 am IST Opinion
Reliance's Plan of Online-to-Offline Platform Shows Growing Importance of Retail in RIL Universe

Through the deployment of ‘merchant point of sale’ for small shop owners, RIL plans to enable them to do everything that large enterprises and large ecommerce players are able to do....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-July 6, 2018,9:44 am IST Business

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11 Nov, 2018 | West Indies in India

WI vs IND

181/3
20.0 overs
182/4
20.0 overs

India beat West Indies by 6 wickets

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11 Nov, 2018 \| Pakistan and New Zealand in UAE
PAK	vs	NZ
279/8 50.0 overs		35/1 6.5 overs

Match Abandoned

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11 Nov, 2018 | South Africa in Australia

SA vs AUS

320/5
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280/9
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South Africa beat Australia by 40 runs

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09 Nov, 2018 \| Pakistan and New Zealand in UAE
NZ	vs	PAK
209/9 50.0 overs		212/4 40.3 overs

Pakistan beat New Zealand by 6 wickets

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09 Nov, 2018 \| South Africa in Australia
AUS	vs	SA
231/10 48.3 overs		224/9 50.0 overs

Australia beat South Africa by 7 runs

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14 Nov, 2018 \| England in Sri Lanka
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11 Nov, 2018 \| West Indies in India
WI	vs	IND
181/3 20.0 overs		182/4 20.0 overs

11 Nov, 2018 \| South Africa in Australia
SA	vs	AUS
320/5 50.0 overs		280/9 50.0 overs