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Letter to BS: Budget 2019 likely to be a good indicator from Modi govt

Politicians get popular by creating more opportunities and get stronger through more funding from those who gain from those reforms

Brazil's new populism

Jair Bolsanaro's agenda has implications for India

A welcome quota

Reservation for general category should not breach the 50% cap

MSEs in car rentals fare better than tour and travel peers

Car rentals-focussed MSEs earned an average operating profit margin (OPM) of 20 per cent in the three years 2016 to 2018, compared with 14 per cent for those focussed on ticketing and hotel bookings

Letter to BS: West Bengal govt denies permission to BJP's 'rath yatra'

The Calcutta High Court has gauged the agenda of the organisers of the yatra and has rightly refused permission for the same

Letter to BS: Overall NPA situation improves, but what of MSME lending?

The pressure of bad assets is hampering the growth of the returns on the assets and restricting the lending activities

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to join protest for minimum support price of paddy

A worried Congress has accused Patnaik of being in a secret deal with the BJP

Unfair levy

UP's cow cess penalises people for govt's faults

Starting trouble

Fund allocations under Start-up India falter

Letter to BS: Bank recapitalisation no different from farm loan waiver

The recapitalisation is done by equity participation from where the government gets dividend

Will Jitendra Singh replace Gehlot to become Rahul's most trusted advisor?

To be sure, Singh lacks Gehlot's experience and connect with the masses

Eyeing major role in central politics, TRS to build party office in Delhi

The cost is expected to be around around Rs 25 crore

People laughing at us, image of Parliament taking a beating: Venkaiah Naidu

Rajya Sabha chairman Naidu said that the House's inability to function was causing a loss of image

Enforced patriotism

Mechanically intoning 'Jai Hind' makes little sense

Two steps forward, one back

Overall NPA situation improves, but what of MSME lending?

Another non-starter

Higher MSPs for minor forest products won't help

Oppn leaders put up a show of strength at Praful Patel's new year event

Those from the Opposition leaders who attended Praful Patel's lunch were Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah, Ahmed Patel, Sitaram Yechury, Misa Bharati, Jaya Bachchan, Dinesh Trivedi and M K Kanimozhi

Letter to BS: Payments bank is falling foul of RBI's guidelines so early

Coming weeks and months are likely to see clearer demarcation between urban and rural oriented payments banks

Nearly 23.3% of total Jan Dhan accounts lay inoperative in 2018, shows data

Till December 12 last year, 335 million accounts were opened under the scheme, with an average deposit of Rs 2548 in each bank account

Investments in 2018: A snapshot of PE activity, deals in 7 charts

2018 saw 209 exits. In the largest exit this year, Accel, Naspers, SoftBank and others sold their stake in Flipkart to Walmart for approximately $7.3 billion