Page 40 - Economy Interviews

Note ban, GST made career's last year most eventful: Arundhati Bhattacharya

In an interview, Bhattacharya, who served at the helm of SBI for four years, spoke on a range of issues

I expected more from Sebi panel on corporate governance: M Damodaran

The former Sebi chairman says public shareholders would approve high executive salaries if they see merit

Wish RBI cuts rates, but it may not happen: NITI Aayog's Rajiv Kumar

Interview with, NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Rajiv Kumar

It is too early to go down the path of fiscal stimulus: Piyush Goyal

'No big step can be taken if one is afraid of criticism'

This time, assessees were able to file returns smoothly: GSTN CEO

For the month of August, 3.4 million returns have been filed till 2 pm of September 23

Will use artificial intelligence to nab shell companies: P P Chaudhary

Govt is trying to find beneficiaries of the 209,0000 shell companies that have not filed statutory returns, the minister of state said

Accidents on railway tracks indicate failure of processes: Shanti Narain

He talks about the project, safety aspects and future roadmap of railways

We've written to CBDT to allow one-time funds portability: PFRDA Chairman

In that case, each superannuation fund has to approach the CBDT and seek its approval in each case: Hemant Contractor

Very few infrastructure projects going around for lenders: IIFCL chairman

The pipeline for PPP is completely dry, says Sanjeev Kaushik in a Q&A

One-quarter dip in GDP growth not a disaster: T C A Anant

He says necessity for GST was long felt and it will facilitate much faster growth

It is the right time for 5G in India: Trai Chairman R S Sharma

Said if Trai is entrusted with ensuring quality of service, it should have authority to enforce that

India needs better inflation-indexed savings products: Tarun Ramadorai

Most of the assets are in the form of real estate

I thought EPW would be less susceptible to corporate pressure: Paranjoy

I have never concealed the fact that I am proud of being a reporter, says Paranjoy

Disruption due to GST a temporary blip: Bajaj Electricals CMD Shekhar Bajaj

Said dealers will be ready by September for the festive period because that is a big peak for them

Situation not alarming, monsoon to improve: IMD director general

Interview with K J Ramesh

India has become a talent base for us globally, says Amit Jain

Q&A with chairman-designate, AkzoNobel India, and managing director, North and West Europe

Lower RBI dividend not unexpected: Sanjeev Sanyal

We are trying to move from a patronage-based society to a rule based society, he adds

Indian businesses operate in most liberal ecosystem in world: CII President

Kamineni says we need to build our SMEs so that their productivity levels match up to world's best

I am very hopeful we would get GST exemption for khadi: Kalraj Mishra

In a Q&A, he also says problems under GST are transitory and it will be beneficial in long run

If we implement policies that revive growth, we can go to upper range: CEA

Arvind Subramanian spoke to reporters on a number of issues