Page 7 - Economy Interviews

Industry has to heed the environment: UPPCB chairman Ravindra Pratap Singh

Singh spoke about the steps being taken to make people environment-conscious

UP has extensive land bank for industries: UPSIDA CEO Mayur Maheshwari

UPSIDA CEO Mayur Maheshwari spoke about plans to help industries

Investments in UP spread across regions: Minister Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi'

The minister shared details of the steps taken to boost the economy, exports, and industries in UP

Aligning with global audit norms key to Viksit Bharat vision: NFRA Chairman

Ajay Bhushan Pandey says the latest reforms proposed to India's audit standards are historic and long overdue

Forex reserves log sharpest weekly drop; fall $17.76 bn to hit 4-month low

The previous highest weekly fall in foreign exchange reserves was $15.5 billion, recorded for the week ended October 24, 2008, during the global financial crisis

Eyeing level playing field to cater to nation's aspirations: Priyank Kharge

The minister for IT and biotechnology and rural development and Panchayat Raj, government of Karnataka, said the state should get its share of such opportunities as it is a hub for IT services exports

Business & climate are no longer an either-or choice, says Philippe Varin

'Over the next 30 years, we're expected to extract as many resources from the planet as we have since the beginning of human civilisation'

Middle income, affordable housing book is growing fast: TFCI MD & CFO

Bali discussed the huge opportunities in hotel financing in the tier 2 and tier 3 cities

We're now in the era of speed of doing business, says Nara Lokesh

Popular in Andhra Pradesh as the "job creator in chief", the state minister of IT, electronics & communications, and human resource development, says the mantra now is "speed of doing business"

No reason to scale back our domestic targets, says CEEW's Arunabha Ghosh

Expectations from this year's COP are clear on issues, whether we have a ministerial presence or not, Arunabha Ghosh, CEO of Council for Energy Environment and Water, said in his interview

No place as fascinating, interesting as India on development journey: CEA

He talks about issues ranging from the United States election results and growth in gross domestic product to agriculture and his experience of having a ringside view of the Indian economy

BS BFSI Summit: RBI action on some NBFCs warranted, says K V Kamath

Kamath said that the Reserve Bank of India's action on unsecured lending and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) was warranted

BS BFSI Summit: Esma being extra-jurisdictional is RBI's stand, says DG

He also spoke about how the RBI is looking to internationalise the Unified Payments Interface, and the plans for the Unified Lending Interface and central bank digital currency

Privatising banks is essential: Arizona State University Economist Mehra

Mehra said that the bureaucracy is not going to voluntarily do anything that diminishes its influence

Artificial rainmaking still under research, says IMD chief Mohapatra

The IMD chief talked about the improved forecasting system, global warming impact, and the artificial intelligence (AI) applications

Before announcing a big programme, govt should test it: Iqbal Dhaliwal

Dhaliwal spoke about evidence-based policymaking in India, and universal basic income, among other things

RBI policy of not allowing crypto is a good approach: Amiyatosh Purnanandam

He said that the government needs to incentivize good long term risk taking by banks to push private investments

The middle-income trap is a clear potential for India: Kenneth Kletzer

Kletzer said India may be benefitting a little by being non-combatant in an increasingly worrisome world

India's reformist attitude not seen in many countries: OECD Chief Economist

Pereira said that India needs to prioritise education, skilling and take up reforms to improve business climate, reduce informality, ease FDI restrictions in the economy to attract investments

West Asia conflict may create challenges for India: ADB Chief Economist

Park says that if Donald Trump returns as the US president, it could be bad for Asia, including India