Page 96 - Economy & Policy Analysis

A tale of two commodities

A glut in crude oil & dairy supply chain affects entire globe.

'EOUs must demand consistency in customs, excise rules'

Director General of Foreign Trade must clarify the matter

11 key questions on FATCA answered

The Indo-US deal on the Act will help both fight coountries tax evasion. Here's a primer on how you could be affected

Questions linger as India's first smart city takes shape

Some experts believe building new cities may not be the answer to swelling urban population

Power generation: More is not merrier

Power cos are still reeling under subdued demand and regulatory hurdles. Third in a five-part series

Surviving the milk deluge

The challenge before India is to boost milk production and find an outlet for surplus milk in sub-regions while being linked with the global dairy supply chains.

Coal India goes on a production overdrive to fuel economy

Core data for May show many sectors have reported good growth. First of a five-part series, beginning today, looks at the reasons for this turnaround and its sustainability

Good enough for China, but India spurns Arjun

For some inexplicable reason, the army prefers to use Russian armour; Arjun is deployed in only two of its 63 armoured regiments

States to get report card on business friendliness

To start with, it will issue report cards on the progress made by the states on their investment friendliness

Has Greenpeace jolted the tea industry?

The industry began to upgrade its practices even before the NGO alleged Indian tea contained harmful pesticides

All you need to know about the Greek crisis

'Authorisations with different value addition criteria cannot be clubbed'

Is Bihar in midst of second green revolution?

Courts can skip empty formalities: SC

Delhi: A socio-economic profile

Delhi has witnessed an unprecedented rise in prosperity over the past decade. At a per capita income of Rs 2.4 lakh in 2014-15, up from Rs 1.2 lakh in 2009-10

Mass medicine scheme needs a booster dose

Despite several attempts, the Jan Aushadhi Scheme, initiated in 2008, continues to face an uphill task in making generic and cheaply priced medicines easily accessible

Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Towards a strategy for climate change talks

As a growing economic power, but lagging behind China does not mean India should not set targets for carbon emissions: only that our targets must reflect the difference in our situations

Plan to leapfrog emission norms fuels a debate

The stringent BS VI norms could help bring down pollution levels further but car makers argue they would escalate cost and compromise safety

Tax sops for card payments is targeted at the wrong end

Though the idea is laudable, the government needs to incentivise the consumer who pays cash instead of the receiver

Finance Ministry's 'compliance window' is an amnesty scheme for black money hoarders

Clever wordplay does not change the fact that the government is going pretty easy on some tax offenders