Page 98 - Economy & Policy Analysis

Major firms creating slowdown to hit back at PM: Ambit report

'Sources close to PM says he would not be panicked into generating short-term results at cost of longer-term goals'

Will gold monetisation lead to black money conversion?

While the draft policy is silent on source of the gold, it has multiple benefits for all parties involved

CAG report overlooks Tejas's many triumphs

It fails to capture the risks and uncertainties that are associated with the development of all complex, high-technology platforms

Roads before welfare: PM Modi faces dissent over spending shakeup

Policy to cut subsidies, social expenditure for infrastructure draws flak from states, govt's own cabinet members

Modi govt scores 7 on 10 for first year's performance: Assocham

The macro-economic situation has improved in the past one year with decline in inflation, stability in currency and attractive financial markets, it said

Can Modi govt defy global headwinds?

World trade has been growing slower than world GDP since 2012, hurting India's exports

Time for companies to come clean

Businesses need to spruce up their compliance regimen in line with the government's move to curb generation of illegal money - in India and abroad

Case of absent-minded legal draftsmen

Outsiders cannot be insiders

Insider trading regulations are all about prohibiting someone with asymmetrical access to inside information

'Welcome relief to closely held companies'

WPI inflation to dip further to (-)3% in May: Report

According to a SBI research note, concerns of unseasonal rains, weak monsoon, strengthening crude prices, rupee depreciation are impacting inflation trajectory

Gas supply to stranded projects will help increase generation and grid stability: analysts

In interim period power producers will be able to pay interest

WPI reflects poor pricing power of producers

RBI may cut rate 25 bps by June as deflationary pressures persist

Better but not quite enough

Decoding the new labour code

Proposals in the wage and industrial relation codes could reshape labour-management ties

No notice to directors in cheque bounce cases

Objective function of firms and sustainability

Value of a firm depends on its ability to generate free cash flows over a long period of time

Can Maharashtra's sugar mills bounce back?

The mills have run up arrears of Rs 3,500 crore; inefficiencies and political interference threaten the future of the state's co-operative mills

This GST is no reform, and the Rajya Sabha must not pass it

The current draft of the Goods and Services Tax could kill any hope of economic revival - and you should blame the Congress if it rolls over and lets it pass

India to double LNG imports to 24 mtpa by 2020: Moody's

The finding is part of a just-released report called 'India Infrastructure: India's LNG Import Boom Is Credit Positive for GAIL, PLL'