Subhomoy Bhattacharjee
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Subhomoy Bhattacharjee
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee is an author and contributing editor to Business Standard. He works on public policy, primarily finance, maritime, and energy issues. He writes on current economic issues at On Point with Subhomoy Bhattacharjee. He is also a Professor of Practice and director, Centre for Regulatory Governance at Jindal Global Law School at the OP Jindal Global University. He has degrees in economics from the Delhi School of Economics and the Shri Ram College of Commerce. He has worked in the Indian government as part of the Indian Information Service. He has also written for the Economic Times, Indian Express, and Financial Express newspapers.
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee is an author and contributing editor to Business Standard. He works on public policy, primarily finance, maritime, and energy issues. He writes on current economic issues at On Point with Subhomoy Bhattacharjee. He is also a Professor of Practice and director, Centre for Regulatory Governance at Jindal Global Law School at the OP Jindal Global University. He has degrees in economics from the Delhi School of Economics and the Shri Ram College of Commerce. He has worked in the Indian government as part of the Indian Information Service. He has also written for the Economic Times, Indian Express, and Financial Express newspapers.
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Apart from INX Media case, here are 2 other FIPB clearances that made noise
Right from the early days of liberalisation, there have been political controversies surrounding several cases that landed on the FIPB table and which, in turn, have often led to court battles
 "Apart from INX Media case, here are 2 other FIPB clearances that made noise")
Learning the wrong lessons from the coal experience for renewable energy
Why India's weak budget support for RE could be hurting now
 "Learning the wrong lessons from the coal experience for renewable energy")
Fact and reality: Why India dropped in global competitiveness ranking
WEF's latest global competitiveness report shows that the global business community's opinions are often at variance with the facts
 "Fact and reality: Why India dropped in global competitiveness ranking")
Soon, you may track live status of private and public sector infra projects
This is the first time that the government will list out specific projects from the private sector as part of its responsibility to get them going
 "Soon, you may track live status of private and public sector infra projects")
Insurance brokers battle for survival as they lag behind in the tech race
The challenge for everyone is how to fend off competition from insurance companies and the sweep of technology, making their business models irrelevant
 "Insurance brokers battle for survival as they lag behind in the tech race")
FM's tax cuts may give more elbow room to govt to sign the RCEP deal
Key pain point of Indian industry, of being a high-cost producer of goods, substantially reduced; Indian tax on companies now slightly below average Asian level
 "FM's tax cuts may give more elbow room to govt to sign the RCEP deal")
China would want India to be one of the countries to sign RCEP: Economist
Song Hong's comments are significant given his standing in the Chinese Communist Party which gives him an influential voice in the trade negotiations of the country
 "China would want India to be one of the countries to sign RCEP: Economist")
The largest rewrite of the banking history and merger's cultural traps
Govt's focus on technological compatibility over cultural is set to make the largest rewrite of the banking history a complex job
 "The largest rewrite of the banking history and merger's cultural traps")
Technology underlay FM Nirmala Sitharaman's bank mergers decision
Numbers of officers now more than other workers in PSBs
 "Technology underlay FM Nirmala Sitharaman's bank mergers decision")
Meet Bimal Jalan, the go-to advisor across the political spectrum
One of the reasons Jalan can afford to be forthright is that he has seen it all in his 78 years
 "Meet Bimal Jalan, the go-to advisor across the political spectrum")
Explained: Why RIL-Aramco deal could be a template for refinery sector
The big question is how far India has become a favoured destination for the oil refineries to uproot their investments from Europe and elsewhere to plug and play here
 "Explained: Why RIL-Aramco deal could be a template for refinery sector")
Budget 2019: Centre's capex projected to rise to Rs 3.38 trillion in FY20
So the heavy lifting in public investment has to be shouldered by the 257 operating central public sector enterprises
 "Budget 2019: Centre's capex projected to rise to Rs 3.38 trillion in FY20")
Budget 2019 should not affect value of rupee: Government to emissaries
Government emissaries had met a spectrum of foreign investors in the past couple of months to figure out ways to draw in more capital into the economy
 "Budget 2019 should not affect value of rupee: Government to emissaries")
Events since January show banks were not keen to drag Jet to bankruptcy
Gyrations in its share prices last week show that the airline had erased investor wealth with the passive support of the banks
 "Events since January show banks were not keen to drag Jet to bankruptcy")
Taxing digital imports: US-China trade war, G-20 may stymie India agenda
India's agenda could be limited by the US-China trade war and advanced countries' reluctance to tax digital imports
 "Taxing digital imports: US-China trade war, G-20 may stymie India agenda")
SEZs return to tepid welcome; govt has no winning formula for their success
The sole advantage of the Indian SEZ Act still remains tax arbitrage, where most of the provisions are, in any case, on the sunset route
 "SEZs return to tepid welcome; govt has no winning formula for their success")
Pragati meetings fix priorities for new Modi govt with ministers on board
The main issues flagged in the first meeting by Modi were about drought relief and directions for quick project implementation, which were more of immediate priorities than medium term targets
 "Pragati meetings fix priorities for new Modi govt with ministers on board")
How Delhi's free ride plan may kill a national transport integration goal
Prospects of complete privatisation of commuting in Delhi and nearby areas is a bad enough scare; the larger issue is the killing of a plan to integrate public transport systems across the country
 "How Delhi's free ride plan may kill a national transport integration goal")
Global natural gas prices drop, but policy blocking India from making gain
One of the first things the new government should do now is revisit the five-year-old formula determining the price of domestic natural gas
 "Global natural gas prices drop, but policy blocking India from making gain")
Data conundrum: Is NSO really the answer to India's statistical confusions?
India already has a National Statistical Commission as the nodal agency for core statistical activities. Will a new National Statistical Office do that better? Experts differ in their views
 "Data conundrum: Is NSO really the answer to India's statistical confusions?")