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Subhomoy Bhattacharjee is an author and Contributing Editor at the Business Standard. He works on public policy, primarily finance, maritime and energy issues. He comments 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 OP Jindal Global University. He has read Economics at Delhi School of Economics and Shri Ram College of Commerce. He has worked in Govt of India as part of Indian Information Service & has since moved to The Economic Times, Indian Express & Financial Express newspapers.
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee is an author and Contributing Editor at the Business Standard. He works on public policy, primarily finance, maritime and energy issues. He comments 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 OP Jindal Global University. He has read Economics at Delhi School of Economics and Shri Ram College of Commerce. He has worked in Govt of India as part of Indian Information Service & has since moved to The Economic Times, Indian Express & Financial Express newspapers.
Fair market regulator is getting more powers as its new leadership settles in at work
The central government sought from the Supreme Court time till November to file an expert committee's report recommending reforms in the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996
India's initiatives have already laid some of the groundwork for the proposed infrastructure corridor
Combining the two issues would have created a burden for Global South
State-owned lender aims to use its experience in facilitating trade with Iran
As the heads of G20 states come together for a meeting in Delhi in September, it is useful to know why the Modi government was keen on being the bloc's president and if it has succeeded in the role
Second edition of the Vivad Se Vishwas scheme nudges government officers not to pursue adverse arbitration orders endlessly
Recent laws opening critical minerals to private mining raise hopes that the lessons of privatisation of coal and iron ore have been learnt
Countries rarely agree on global policy, causing differences that have lingered on
A critical way to serve this need is to create a "third funding mechanism". That means drawing in money from the private sector in addition to the corpus that signatory governments and trusts provide
The neighbours need each other and their cooperation will benefit the wider region
Taiwan has also decided to set up its third consular office in Mumbai as demand from the region grows
Prabhat Barnwal, co-author of a study on discom finances, speaks to Subhomoy Bhattacharjee
The emphasis for these discoms is to only ensure power supply reaches to the farthest corner of their grid. Quoting Power Finance Corporation data, Barnwal notes
'Credit growth is picking up. Banks are now in a lending mode'
A complex and unwieldy regulatory and monitoring process could raise the costs for Indian companies
The schemes-Modi promotes them as examples of his commitment to the poor-address four distinct bands of voters: artisans, street vendors, women in rural households, and farmers
The dissonance will be the most glaring in the role of the Competition Commission of India, or CCI
For a government opposed to freebies, ensuring that benefits of its schemes come early will be politically crucial
Increasing discussions between India and US on the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology has the potential to alter the dynamics of collaboration