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Deranged discourse

Not the desired state for a young, aspirational, and vibrant India

Shadow of ITeS contraction over small, medium units: CRISIL SME Tracker

Exports constitute more than 85 per cent of the industry's revenue, and due to Covid-19 induced slowdown around the world, they are at risk

Line of actual conflict

Onus in Ladakh is on military-level disengagement

Regulatory management

Sebi's new circular may lead to an avoidable churn in the market

Collections for pools of retail-loan receivables making a recovery

According to CRISIL Ratings, collections for pools of microfinance and commercial vehicle loan receivables (which had seen the sharpest drop after the lockdown), clawed back above 50 per cent in July

Covid-19 will have a bigger impact on the economy than previously expected

Impact on the economy would be heavier than estimated

Covid-19 has potential to accelerate digital adoption in India: Report

The report found a huge jump in Internet usage, with over 40% of the surveyed population saying they spent more than two hours a day on the Internet in the lockdown months

Increased risks for banks

Changes in priority sector lending should be revisited

Story in numbers: Madhya Pradesh tops missing children's list as cases rise

India is home to more than 400 million children below the age of 18 years, and is considered among the countries where youth and children comprise more than 55% of the population

Copious rains seed hope of bumper harvest: CRISIL's DRIP Index

Agriculture should be the saving grace for the beleaguered Indian economy this year

Mission Karmayogi shouldn't become an exercise of political vindictiveness

Frequent punitive transfers of bureaucrats known for their integrity and/or efficiency point to the ubiquitous political constraints on bureaucratic functioning

Moratorium on loan repayment shouldn't be at the cost of economic recovery

Hopefully, the court will recognise that the legal system should not undermine the financial system

Digitised health care

Draft policy is ambitious but raises privacy concerns

Govt must heed Urjit Patel's warning on NPAs, come up with policy response

The former RBI governor has served a warning on the intractable problem of bad loans

From PMI to auto sales, August numbers send mixed signals on recovery

E-way bills, after showing an uptrend since April, stagnated in August

LAC's frozen turbulence

India's option narrows as tension re-escalates

AGR uncertainty ends

Telecom firms should charge more, improve service

GDP shrinkage: It wasn't just Covid-19 lockdown that brought us here

GDP shrinkage is the cost of continued virus spread

Exports offer hope for specialty chemicals units: CRISIL SME Tracker

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which make up as much as 30-35 per cent of the industry, have been hit particularly hard

The troubleshooter

Pranab Mukherjee's career spanned three phases of Indian politics