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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. ...
Sindhu Bhattacharya-January 6, 2021, 15:45 IST Business
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....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-January 4, 2021, 17:23 IST Business
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. ...
Sindhu Bhattacharya-December 18, 2020, 12:18 IST India
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. ...
Sindhu Bhattacharya-December 16, 2020, 08:47 IST Business
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....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-December 8, 2020, 12:27 IST Business
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?...
Sindhu Bhattacharya-November 28, 2020, 15:48 IST Business
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....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-November 24, 2020, 16:41 IST Business
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....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-November 2, 2020, 18:24 IST Opinion
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....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-October 28, 2020, 13:00 IST Opinion
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....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-October 24, 2020, 16:43 IST Opinion
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. ...
Sindhu Bhattacharya-October 17, 2020, 11:21 IST Business
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....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-October 6, 2020, 17:39 IST Business
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....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-September 27, 2020, 09:37 IST Business
At Daily Loss of Rs 28 Crore in Q1, Air India Struggles to Stay Afloat as Govt Keeps Pushing Deadlines

While we are continuously assured of multiple bidders being in the fray for buying out this loss-maker, the government has been postponing the Air India selloff date month after month. Now, a raging pandemic and resultant disinterest among potential bidders is being cited to push deadlines further....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-September 20, 2020, 10:54 IST Business
Covid-19 Has Shoved India Down Deepest Economic Contraction on Record, But There's More Bad News

It is very likely that the GDP numbers could get revised further downward going forward due to challenges in data collection during the lockdown months....
Sindhu Bhattacharya-September 1, 2020, 09:50 IST Business

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Sindhu Bhattacharya

V-Shaped Recovery? Indian Economy Not Out of the Woods Yet, All Eyes on Union Budget

India Inc’s Budget Wish List Takes a Lesson From Covid-19 With Rare Health Spending Demand

Anaemia in Women Rises in Modi Govt’s First Term, Domestic Violence Rate Doubles in Karnataka

Air India Sale: Govt Sets Sweeter Terms, Lower Expectations to Avoid Another Flop Show

Inflation Numbers Are Worrying, But Aam Aadmi to Get No Major Relief in Next Few Months

Slower GDP Contraction for India in Q2, But Economic Pain will Linger on for Several Quarters

RBI May Well Be Cautious With Renewed Corporate Push to Banking Sector as Experts Raise Concerns

As 2-wheeler Sales Pick Up, it's Yet Not Time to Cheer as Covid-19 Peak May Impact Recovery

Unemployment Rate Double, Per Capita Income Third of National Avg: Will Bihar Vote on Economic Front?

As India Faces Dual Trouble of Virus & Rains, Onion Tears Fuel Fears of Sustained Inflation this Winter

Smart Arithmetic: Centre Agreeing to Take on GST Debt Should Help States' Finances

GST Compensation Quandary: States Ruled by BJP Rivals Need to Soften Stand and See Reason

Labour Code 2020: Overwhelming Majority of Workers Remain Vulnerable

At Daily Loss of Rs 28 Crore in Q1, Air India Struggles to Stay Afloat as Govt Keeps Pushing Deadlines

Covid-19 Has Shoved India Down Deepest Economic Contraction on Record, But There's More Bad News

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