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Debashis Basu
Debashis Basu
Debashis Basu is a Chartered Accountant by qualification with three decades of experience as a journalist and the author of several business books. He has worked with The Times of India, Business World, Business India, Business Today, Financial Express and has written columns for Business Standard and The Economic Times. He now writes a column for Business Standard every alternate Monday. Along with Sucheta Dalal, he has co-authored two best-selling books, "The Scam: From Harshad Mehta to Ketan Parekh" and "Absolute Power: Inside story of the National Stock Exchange's amazing success, leading to hubris, regulatory capture and algo scam".
Debashis Basu is a Chartered Accountant by qualification with three decades of experience as a journalist and the author of several business books. He has worked with The Times of India, Business World, Business India, Business Today, Financial Express and has written columns for Business Standard and The Economic Times. He now writes a column for Business Standard every alternate Monday. Along with Sucheta Dalal, he has co-authored two best-selling books, "The Scam: From Harshad Mehta to Ketan Parekh" and "Absolute Power: Inside story of the National Stock Exchange's amazing success, leading to hubris, regulatory capture and algo scam".
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Want the government to 'act'? Think again
Every serious case of public protests ends with the government agreeing to set up a committee
Demonetisation impact: Did the banks gain or lose?
A wide spectrum of experts believed banks would gain
Debashis Basu: Making remonetisation less painful
According to one calculation, more than Rs 156 crore in new currency notes has been seized so far
Debashis Basu: Black money: The elephant in the room
Demonetisation is really aimed at those who have large stacks of old notes that they can't declare
Debashis Basu: From black money to bullet train
The Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that are not deposited in banks by 30th December will extinguish RBI's liability, and it can declare a big dividend to the government
Debashis Basu:The real Tata issue: Poor capital allocation
In short, the largest investments by the Tatas over any decade happened under Mr Tata between 2000 and 2010, and overall, they have lost big money
Debashis Basu: Will Sebi's investment advisor norms work?
Sebi has just issued a discussion paper on tightening the role of investment advisors
Debashis Basu: Will the new governor look at customer issues?
The global financial crisis finally drove home the fact that savers and investors cannot make rational choices always, faced with complex decisions or too much information
Debashis Basu: Ruling democracy vs serving democracy
The objective and provisions of many of our laws were not designed for democracy
Debashis Basu: Tales from Mint Road
Mr Chakrabarty, who had his feet well-grounded in both business banking and consumer issues, was a rare commodity in the central bank because of his clear thinking, ability to learn, frankness, drive
Debashis Basu: RBI's Luddite licensing
Businessmen too were excited with the payment bank idea, as they always are, when regulators seem to open the cookie jar just a little bit to allow a few hands to dip into it
Debashis Basu: The route to a 'pensioned society'
In trying to ensure a "pensioned society", I assume that the government wants the middle class to be able to retire safely and securely