Madan Sabnavis
 "Madan Sabnavis")
Madan Sabnavis
Madan Sabnavis is chief economist at Bank of Baroda. He completed his M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and B.A. in Economics (Hons) from St Stephen's College. He has been a corporate economist since 1987, and has worked in the fields of development banking, commercial banking, engineering, commodity markets, and credit ratings. He has written over 2,500 pieces for various financial publications since 1988. He has also been chairman and co-chairman of committees at BCCI and IMC.
Madan Sabnavis is chief economist at Bank of Baroda. He completed his M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and B.A. in Economics (Hons) from St Stephen's College. He has been a corporate economist since 1987, and has worked in the fields of development banking, commercial banking, engineering, commodity markets, and credit ratings. He has written over 2,500 pieces for various financial publications since 1988. He has also been chairman and co-chairman of committees at BCCI and IMC.
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'Economy is facing several pools of uncertainty'
Looking forward, it does appear that GDP growth will move towards the 7.5% mark with a downside risk in case the present liquidity crunch affects prospective investment.
 "'Economy is facing several pools of uncertainty'")
Budget 2018: After all the hype, Jaitley delivers fairly balanced outcome
Jaitley's Budget 2018 speech was more on the expenditure side, with higher allocations being announced for infrastructure and social services
 "Budget 2018: After all the hype, Jaitley delivers fairly balanced outcome")
GDP data for April-June: A disappointing growth story
The effect of demonetisation continues to linger, especially on industry and consumption
Primary colours of the Indian stock market
The author believes that the government's huge divestment programme is largely responsible for the monopoly-like situation arising in the secondary issues market because it crowds out private players
Madan Sabnavis: Payment banks - Spot the difference
With post office deposits and Jan Dhan already in place, is there really place for yet another institution for banking inclusion?
Madan Sabnavis: Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15 - We can improve if we want to
Instead of slipping into denial over our poor score, let's look at what we can do better
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Madan Sabnavis: Why we still need the APMC laws
States need to create alternative marketing structures for farm produce since middlemen also provide vital services that are otherwise unavailable to the farmer
Madan Sabnavis: Why 'Post Bank of India' is not a workable idea
The idea is good in theory but a raft of regulatory and logistic issues need to be solved before the postal department can become a bank
Madan Sabnavis: Borrowing a retail concept for agricultural goods
A fixed cap on retail prices of farm products across the country would bring down retail margins
Madan Sabnavis: UPA or NDA - Who did better
The former has been more pro-farmer, and delivered better GDP growth while the latter was steadier on the fiscal and industrial side
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Putting consumers first
A festschrift with contributions from leading global and Indian economists examines the world economy from an unusual angle
Counting the costs of direct cash transfers
The government urgently needs to consider 5 'Ss' before it launches itself into this commitment
Madan Sabnavis: When all theories collapse...
Countries have to carve their own paths to growth because conventional notions no longer hold
Madan Sabnavis: Don't expect any good IIP numbers
Both consumption, investment have taken a backseat this year
Underrating a triple-A story
The story of India's pioneer rating agency Crisil underplays the issues it faced in its development
Poor economics in real time
Respected economic journalist D K Rangnekar's book provides a useful analysis of Nehruvian socialism at its height