Page 32 - Economy Interviews

We are on glide path for fiscal consolidation: DEA Secretary Subhash Garg

It appeared that there could be a positive impact on fiscal deficit. But, we need to look at the data more deeply

People will learn from examples, says RICE's Nikhil Srivastav

After 4 years of Swachh Bharat, open defecation down 26 percentage points, but toilet use does not match construction spree

Interim Budget 2019 to be growth-oriented futuristic: Dharmendra Pradhan

We have fulfilled whatever we promised, he said

NDA has had both success & failure with defence industry: Baba Kalyani

The SP Policy is intended to build private sector capability in defence production.

We are not anti-bundling, but want to give consumers choice: Trai chairman

'I don't believe there is no transparency', said Trai Chairman R S Sharma

Secondary steel producers to play big role for 300 mn tonne industry

There is ample scope for global players to set up new plants by buying stakes or partnerships with PSUs. This can happen quickly

Confident farm income will double in FY23 from 2015-16 levels: Ashok Dalwai

In a Q&A, Chairman of the Doubling Farmers Income panel claims the goal is achievable as there is huge potential to reduce food wastage and improve prices via an efficient market structure

UBI good, but likely to be too costly to implement, says Martin Wolf

Remember, only the US Fed is raising the rates. The Europeans, Japanese, and the Chinese are not doing that.

Sewage to beat agri as biggest source of nitrogen pollution: Top scientist

The contribution of untreated sewage, which is the second-largest source of nitrogen pollution, is growing almost 10 times faster than agriculture, says Nandula Raghuram

CSO numbers for 2018-19 are rather optimistic, says Pronab Sen

Manufacturing might weaken in the second advance estimates, says former chief statistician Pronab Sen

Dhaka is eyeing a clean government: Ex-IPS officer Shantanu Mukharji

Mukherji explains the political and geostrategic implications of Sheikh Hasina's victory in Bangladesh

States with fiscal space can go for farm loan waivers, says Arun Jaitley

Jaitley also said there would be no shortfall this year in disinvestment and non-tax revenues

UDAY-II will focus on reducing losses, says power minister R K Singh

Coal supply remains contested, while solar power is growing by leaps and bounds

SMEs remain high on potential, have good absorption capacity: Senthil Kumar

Overall, our NPAs are at 2.6 per cent in the vehicle finance book, which is relatively low. We are not observing any pressure, says executive vice-president of Manappuram Finance

NITI's growth rate target realistic, not wishful thinking: VC Rajiv Kumar

States are best placed to assess where the distress is and what palliatives are given, says Niti Aayog's V-C Rajiv Kumar

Key win at G20 was mention of action on economic offenders: Shaktikanta Das

On trade, G20 has recognised the role WTO has to play; the trade body has got stymied for the past 15 years which needs to end

RBI's supervision of private banks, NBFCs inadequate: Arvind Subramanian

The government and the RBI need to do things together

Decoded: What is the recent amendment in Mauritius' Income Tax Act?

For any Mauritian company to be considered to be tax resident in Mauritius, all its strategic decisions relating to its core income generating activities should be made in the country

Plan to bring down red tape, industrialise Gujarat at a faster pace: Rupani

I am confident that all our efforts and with Modi at the Centre, we will win all the 26 seats in Gujarat, says Rupani

We have used more reliable data to decompose economy: Pravin Srivastava

It is difficult to draw a correlation between some economic indicators and GDP growth, says Srivastava