Page 139 - Economy & Policy Analysis

Gas price hike or no hike? Power sector is doomed

Gas based power plants are commercially unviable at current levels of operation

5 ways a falling rupee makes you poorer

Falling rupee hits household budget on all fronts

StatsGuru: 8-July-2013

Taking stock of the state of financial inclusion in India

What is wrong with PPP in India?

A closed approach towards renegotiating contracts and the failure to understand the meaning of 'partnership' are the main reasons why public-private partnership projects haven't had a smooth run in In

Dark story

Acute power shortage in the South has plunged business into crisis

A splash of green

A few concerned individuals are trying to reverse the tide by restoring damaged ecosystems. The author meets some of them and finds out what they have done

National Food Security Ordinance: Salient points

The ordinance provides for grievance redressal mechanism and penalty for non-compliance by public servants

Analysis:Faulty formula will lead to faulty gas price

Rangarajan wants cheap food to be cooked on costly gas

Fear of state-level politics keeps retail chains from investing

The state-by-state approval requirement seems to be the biggest hurdle and worry for the chains

FM's rate cut diktat:No benefit for banks

Rate cuts unlikely to provide a'powerful stimulus' to the economy

Food Bill Ordinance: Expert Take

SWOT analysis | India as an offshoring destination

North American and European cos will move 750,000 jobs to India and other low-cost nations by 2016

India slips in retail development

Brazil tops for the third consecutive time, India occupies 14th position

'One in five among India's wealthy to give away riches in their lifetime'

Govt on steroids but economy to remain comatose for a long time

There is no doubt that these policy measures are needed and will be good, but they will have an impact only in the long run

Primer | The many faces of DTC Bill

Bill to tabled in Parliament's monsoon session; current rates of 10, 20 and 30% on income tax might not be changed

Currency: A threat to import

Current slowdown is a result of a sharp slowdown in investments and unclogging investments is the only way out

StatsGuru: How has the 20-year-old private MF sector performed?

Promising move to hasten clearances

Dilemma of Development or Devastation

The catastrophe in Uttarakhand may have been unprecedented, but it is not as if the state government wasn't unaware of the looming threat. Government reports had warned of the unchecked dangers of urb