Page 71 - Economy & Policy Analysis

Ease of doing business ranking may not be reflecting ground reality

States with higher ranking are found to lag others in terms of converting project proposals into actual investments

StatsGuru: Taking stock of indebtedness in the Indian corporate sector

The combined debt of India's top family-owned groups has grown faster than their revenue and operating profits

Trade facilitation measure taken

The government issued two notifications last Wednesday, both titled 'Deferred Payment of Import Duty Rules, 2016'

This is how New Delhi ruins a good monsoon to create food inflation

Abundant rains show little correlation to food prices that are more likely to be decided by politicians.

Aditi Phadnis: Season of deal-making in Uttar Pradesh

Amid chatter of an Akhilesh Yadav-led SP and Congress forging a pre-poll alliance, and BJP battling heavy odds in the Dalit space, Mayawati seems to have an edge

Donald Trump as US President: India should feel good and uneasy

The implications for India if Trump decides to walk the talk on his 15 point election agenda.

Here's why Indian government is wrong in cribbing about rating upgrade

Instead of complaining, Indian government and bureaucracy should be focussing on the reasons the agencies are pointing at for not raising the rating

India has 47,000 crorepatis, most I-T return filers earn Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh

Among those who filed I-T returns for 2014-15, more people in the Rs 5.5 lakh to Rs 9.5 lakh bracket than those in the Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 5.5 lakh bracket

Betel vine workers lose livelihood as Posco scraps Odisha project

In the second of a three-part series on land acquisition, Business Standard visits Nuagaon, one of the project sites for Posco

Land acquisition: Why Singur is a lost cause

In the past decade, the fight for land rights has tripped many industrial projects. In a three-part series, we find out how the land losers are faring long after the battle has been won

India bounces back on Nielsen consumer index

India topped the list of countries with a score of 133, a point lower than the nine-year high of 134 in Q1 CY16

Rooftop solar projects need additional $50 billion to meet 40 GW by 2022 target: Report

India plans to generate 175 GW of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2022 requiring an investment of nearly $100 bn

StatsGuru: Doing business in India

Haryana proves small states work better

Independent India's first experiment with carving out smaller states has been a success overall

Diwali firecrackers: The chokehold of tradition

Despite a renewed conversation on air pollution, there was no impact this Diwali on the use of firecrackers, which create the most dangerous pollutants

Seasonal call for positive stock!

In the World Bank report on 'Ease of doing business', India is static at 130 out of 190 countries but this is what they have to say on our Customs

Shuma Raha: Lure of family feuds eye culture

That's the thing about family feuds - they're such irresistible stories usually

Improve data collection

The inconsistencies are large enough to merit an overhaul

Highway contracts hit a rough patch in first half of FY17

Official says, the shortfall is because the government was not ready with the detailed project reports

Ajai Shukla: Land of lost chances

New Delhi has repeatedly missed opportunities for political engagement in Kashmir in the past. It must seize the next one