Page 35 - Economy Interviews

We hope to light up 35 mn households by Dec: Power secy Ajay Kumar Bhalla

The Prime Minister has asked us to advance the target from March 2019 to December 2018

Fiscal deficit likely to be bigger than what Budget says: Kaushik Basu

He says if a full-scale tariff war breaks out, there will be a global economic slowdown and growth in the United States will be slower than in China

Criminal proceedings for data privacy violation too harsh: Rama Vedashree

She says data protection should be done through a combination of processes, technology, capacity building and strong enforcement

Criminal proceedings for data privacy violation too harsh: Rama Vedashree

She says data protection should be done through a combination of processes, technology, capacity building and strong enforcement

After Aadhaar dare boomerang, Trai chief R S Sharma putting up a brave face

Good to have consolidation in telecom, says Trai chief R S Sharma

Indian economy has gone through an industrial recession: Pankaj Murarka

Pankaj Murarka, the founder of India Next Fund, says manufacturing, engineering, capital goods and media are sectors witnessing change

Normalise trade ties, but keep Kashmir on table: Imran Khan

From the Archives: Interview with Chairman, Tehreek-e-Insaf Party, Pakistan

'We need to buffer up criminal justice system to suit a growing population'

With the new law, you really are creating a new area which the police have to learn and execute, says senior advocate Sidharth Luthra

Healthy credit growth will boost performance, says Federal Bank MD & CEO

Shyam Srinivasan, Federal Bank's managing director and chief executive officer, said the bank has shed bulk deposits worth Rs 25 billion in the first quarter and that will boost performance.

E-way bill has to be generated prior to commencement of transport of goods

In the case of shut out shipment, the RBI instructs that certain procedures given in Para B.10 of FED Master Direction no. 16/2015-16 should be followed.

Centre must not micro-manage Finance Commission: Kerala FM Thomas Isaac

Development does not mean that the expenditure requirements have reduced, said Kerala FM

More freedom, flexibility given to bank boards now, says Ravi Venkatesan

In that sense, BoB and SBI has a clear run way with less competition, says Venkatesan

We should not take our eyes off IBC, says CEA Arvind Subramanian

In MSP increases, the distributional benefits and the macro economic consequences are directly correlated, said CEA

Overall war on bad debt is in the right direction, says Taimur Baig

India's external funding cover ratios are a little better than what they were in 2013

One year of GST: After teething troubles, GSTN has stabilised, says Pandey

We are working on the final version of the simplified form... It will simplify the life of taxpayers, says GSTN chairman Ajay Bhushan Pandey

We are trying to create a bot economy: Automation Anywhere's Ankur Kothari

Automation Anywhere is a robotic process automation software company founded by four Indians - Ankur Kothari, Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta, and Rushabh Parmani- in 2003.

Break even or little profit will help us run NHPS efficiently: G Srinivasan

G Srinivasan talks about NHPS, reinsurance market and how technology has improved efficiencies at NIA, as the company expands to Myanmar and the Dubai financial centre this year

There is no credit crunch in India, says DBS managing director Taimur Baig

In the present context, there isn't a whole lot that a rate hike can accomplish other than being a signaling device

One year of GST: Rationalisation of slabs would be on agenda soon, says CEA

Certainly, easing of disruptions has been way faster than it was expected, said outgoing Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Subramanian

We commission more from India than anywhere else: Netflix's Ted Sarandos

The $11.7 billion Netflix Inc reaches 125 million subscribers across 190 countries. It is among the world's largest subscription-driven streaming services