Page 31 - Economy Interviews

Scope for stimulus despite fiscal consolidation target, says Ashima Goyal

It is necessary to take prompt action against the ongoing stress in the NBFC sector and its spillovers in the short term, says EAC-PM Ashima Goyal

Good economics is good politics, NDA won't give doles: Gopal Agarwal

It is wrong to say that the country is facing a challenging economic situation, says Gopal Krishna Agarwal

GDP likely to grow at around 7% in FY20: CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian

The government should work on the three factors of production, which are capital, land and labour, says CEA Subramanian

Indian firms are most optimistic about trade, economic growth: Stuart Tait

The fact is China still drives intra-Asia trade and Asia is a more important market than Europe and North America

Our statistical machinery needs serious repair, says Meghnad Desai

Desai told Business Standard that India must get the data issue sorted out on a priority as it is giving the country a bad name

Modi is derailment master, Rs 2 trn gone forever: West Bengal FM Amit Mitra

In a rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's repeated "speedbreaker Didi" jibe, West Bengal Finance, Commerce & Industries Minister, Amit Mitra, has called him "derailment master"

Anti-BJP movement has weakened due to Congress arrogance: Pinarayi Vijayan

It is quite surprising that a national party claiming to be fighting the BJP has decided to field its national president in Wayanad, says Vijayan

India working to improve its data provision, says IMF's Ranil Salgado

India can grow in the 7-7.5 per cent range, based on its underlying policies, says Salgado

India's potential growth is definitely 7.5% plus: Shaktikanta Das

The growth-focused governor, under whose chairmanship the MPC executed two back to back rate cuts of 25 basis points each since February, said India needs to grow at 8% to eliminate poverty

NDA govt will have to atone for the note ban: Anand Sharma

Interview with the former Union minister and Congress leader Anand Sharma

We want capping of GST rate in law: Anand Sharma

Interview with Deputy Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha

Powers of the RBI are not in doubt at all, says governor Shaktikanta Das

"It is the right of any person - individual or legal corporate entity - to challenge the decision of any authority in the court of law. The RBI cannot be an exception to this"

Expecting good growth in next 2 quarters: Bank of Baroda MD & CEO Jayakumar

There was no difference between pre-merger numbers of BoB and ratios after the merger, P S Jayakumar, MD and CEO Bank of Baroda says

Opposition picks up only fake issues, and speaks on it: Arun Jaitley

The Opposition abuses the Election Commission and criticises the Supreme Court, says Jaitley

We will claim 2nd or 3rd spot among superpowers, says Nitin Gadkari

'When we fight with Pakistan, we should fight as one nation and we should not politicize the issue', said Gadkari

Absence of law on social media an issue: Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa

'So far, nobody has been able to prove tampering of EVMs', said Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa

Blanket rewards during polls not a good sign for economy: Neeraj Aggarwal

I think public sector banks have come out of the highs of NPAs, says Aggarwal

Financial crises often stem from the unseen, not the seen: Kenneth Rogoff

In a Q&A, professor of economics at Harvard University and former chief economist at IMF says that the best of central banks could be hobbled by lack of political backing

'Move to increase the tenure of BEd courses a demonetisation in education'

The country doesn't require another education policy. What it needs is a clear cut action plan, said, Anil Swarup, former coal secretary

'Income support better than loan waivers': How to alleviate farm distress

In an interview on agriculture-related policies in India, Sukhpal Singh speaks about the need to make institutional credit available to small farmers, who are often tenants and hence without a title