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Rajiv Shastri

Rajiv Shastri

Rajiv Shastri

Rajiv Shastri

The coming turmoil in the capital markets

In part one of a series, the author says the capital markets and the securities ecosystem have remained broadly untouched by the progress in India's payment infrastructure

The coming turmoil in the capital markets
Updated On : 15 Mar 2020 | 9:51 PM IST

What next for India's MF industry?

The industry needs to innovate for the risk-focused, liquidity-preferring, return-agnostic masses

What next for India's MF industry?
Updated On : 30 Jan 2020 | 12:07 AM IST

Rajiv Shastri: Rajan, Modi & the supply side conundrum

To suggest that an inflation-focused RBI will dampen the government's focus on growth is to misread the problem in the economy

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Updated On : 02 Jun 2014 | 10:12 PM IST

Rajiv Shastri: Transforming policy from good to great

The new government is showing encouraging signs of fresh thinking in economic policy but it is innovation that will make the difference

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Updated On : 29 May 2014 | 9:47 PM IST

Rajiv Shastri: India's non-solutions for reducing inequality

Or, why our subsidy and tax policies have been almost exactly wrong

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Updated On : 15 May 2014 | 10:14 PM IST

Rajiv Shastri: Hard truths about QE

The RBI governor was right to question the benefits of the US Federal Reserve continuing with quantitative easing now that the financial system is back to a modicum of health

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Updated On : 09 May 2014 | 12:29 PM IST

Rajiv Shastri: Inequality is a taxing business

Altering the manner in which labour and capital are taxed in India would go a long way towards righting income inequality

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Updated On : 27 Mar 2014 | 9:59 PM IST

Rajiv Shastri: Why India's subsidies are inflationary

Instead of rationalising the harmful ones, policymakers compensate with more subsidies, each with its own unintended consequences

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2014 | 10:46 PM IST

Timing the market or time in the market?

Data show that the chances of loss lessen with more time spent in the market

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Updated On : 18 Jan 2014 | 9:41 PM IST

Rajiv Shastri: How 'Arthakranti' taxes the system

The Bharatiya Janata Party's proposed banking transaction tax is ill-conceived and inadvisable but it is disruptive enough to raise questions about the perverse nature of India's current tax regime an

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Updated On : 14 Jan 2014 | 10:01 PM IST

Rajiv Shastri: India's self-created fiscal cliff

A closer look at deficit and accumulated debt suggests that, contrary to claims, the fisc is not under control

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Updated On : 08 Dec 2013 | 11:48 PM IST

Rajiv Shastri: The subsidy devil is in the detail

Expenses such as employment guarantees and loan waivers are, in effect, subsidies that are classified differently in government accounts

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Updated On : 25 Nov 2013 | 12:24 PM IST

GDP numbers show why all is not well with the economy

As significant portion of GDP growth is caused by increased subsidies, the impression that things are worse is a fact

GDP numbers show why all is not well with the economy
Updated On : 14 Nov 2013 | 10:03 AM IST