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Sindhu Bhattacharya

- India
- January 27, 2021, 16:43 IST
Government's Vehicle-scrappage Policy May Hit Speed Bumps Without Clear Incentives
A good balance of disincentives for older vehicles and incentives for scrappage along with strict compliance can make the scrappage policy effective.
- India
- January 20, 2021, 17:05 IST
Union Budget 2021: Will Nirmala Sitharaman Address India’s Hunger Woes?
On the Global Hunger Index 2020, India ranked 94 among 107 countries – worse than Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.
- Business
- January 06, 2021, 15:45 IST
V-Shaped Recovery? Indian Economy Not Out of the Woods Yet, All Eyes on Union Budget
While there can be no gainsaying the fact that key economic indicators have improved in the last few weeks, this improvement is neither broad-based nor has India outpaced other emerging markets in recovery.
- Business
- January 04, 2021, 17:02 IST
India Inc’s Budget Wish List Takes a Lesson From Covid-19 With Rare Health Spending Demand
The rare emphasis by these two business chambers on hiking health spend follows close on the heels of some MPs ticking off the government for inadequate health infra. A parliamentary standing committee has already underlined the paucity of hospital beds, doctors, nurses and other medical infrastructure.
- India
- December 18, 2020, 12:16 IST
Anaemia in Women Rises in Modi Govt’s First Term, Domestic Violence Rate Doubles in Karnataka
Latest data from the 5th National Family Health Survey show that even today, nearly every second woman in Bihar and every third in Andhra Pradesh is illiterate.
- Business
- December 16, 2020, 08:42 IST
Air India Sale: Govt Sets Sweeter Terms, Lower Expectations to Avoid Another Flop Show
The government has again started the process for selling off AI. This time, all of the airline is on the block, the enterprise value has to be discovered through the bidding process and only 15% of the EV has to be paid upfront by the winner.
- Business
- December 08, 2020, 12:27 IST
Inflation Numbers Are Worrying, But Aam Aadmi to Get No Major Relief in Next Few Months
There is a ‘substantial’ difference between wholesale and retail prices, indicating supply side issues and profiteering by middlemen, and prices of most foods are likely to persist at elevated levels.
- Business
- November 28, 2020, 15:48 IST
Slower GDP Contraction for India in Q2, But Economic Pain will Linger on for Several Quarters
The GDP growth in Q2 (July-September) was -7.5% against -23.9% degrowth in the June quarter, bringing all-round cheer. But this cheer needs to be tempered with caution. The government has asserted the Q2 data point to a V-shaped recovery. Will it hold?
- Business
- November 24, 2020, 16:31 IST
RBI May Well Be Cautious With Renewed Corporate Push to Banking Sector as Experts Raise Concerns
Allowing large corporates/industrial houses into private banks would require an amendment to the Banking Regulation Act of 1949, a time-consuming process.
- Opinion
- November 02, 2020, 18:22 IST
As 2-wheeler Sales Pick Up, it's Yet Not Time to Cheer as Covid-19 Peak May Impact Recovery
The key to broad-based economic recovery has to be sustained growth in most of these metrics – retail vehicle sales, GST, income tax and corporate tax collections and in employment. A new round of fiscal stimulus from the government wouldn’t hurt, either.
- Opinion
- October 28, 2020, 07:47 IST
Unemployment Rate Double, Per Capita Income Third of National Avg: Will Bihar Vote on Economic Front?
Bihar has long struggled with rampant unemployment besides also being at the bottom of the pecking order on other indicators.
- Opinion
- October 24, 2020, 16:40 IST
As India Faces Dual Trouble of Virus & Rains, Onion Tears Fuel Fears of Sustained Inflation this Winter
It is interesting to note that retail price inflation has raised its ugly head in these months despite weak consumption demand due to the Covid-19 fallout and within overall inflation, the spike in prices of fruits and vegetables is the biggest culprit.
- Business
- October 17, 2020, 11:12 IST
Smart Arithmetic: Centre Agreeing to Take on GST Debt Should Help States' Finances
After several opposition states threatened to take the entire matter to court, the Centre has now come up with a plan that makes it appear as if the Centre is retreating from its earlier combative position. But it isn’t.
- Business
- October 06, 2020, 17:39 IST
GST Compensation Quandary: States Ruled by BJP Rivals Need to Soften Stand and See Reason
Politics should not trump economics, particularly in the present scenario, where the states and the Centre are equally hard up, with normal revenue channels drying up for both.
- Business
- September 27, 2020, 09:24 IST
Labour Code 2020: Overwhelming Majority of Workers Remain Vulnerable
It is no coincidence that allegations from both sets of protestors are similar: that the government has leaned towards corporates while abandoning interests of the underdog.

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