Page 9 - Economy Interviews

Investments worth Rs 14 trillion in the works for rail overhaul: Vaishnaw

We are increasing the passenger capacity to 10 billion. By 2030, waiting lists will not exist, said Ashwini Vaishnaw

'Closer to where rates have to be cut to avoid excessive real interest'

Varma says that since monetary policy acts with lags of three to five quarters, rate actions must be based on projected inflation rather than past inflation prints. In an interview with Manojit Saha

Need to keep real rates at level to sustain virtuous cycle: Ashima Goyal

Ashima Goyal tells Manojit Saha in an email interview that the inflation rate does not necessarily have to fall to 4%, but it is essential to be confident that it will stay below 5%

India, US reaffirm pledge to fight illicit risks in global financial system

India and the US recently co-chaired the 'US-India Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Dialogue'

RBI raises limit of e-Mandates for recurring online transactions to 1 lakh

The move is believed to further encourage transactions through the digital payment channels in the country

Pvt investment to pick up from second half of FY24: CII President R Dinesh

'Headwinds are majorly all macro-economic and global issues. The larger challenge is the volatility'

Our aim is to be affordable global 6G tech leader: Ashwini Vaishnaw

On standards, India played a pivotal role in crafting 5Gi and its integration with 3GPP 5G standards, said Vaishnaw

Younger travellers driving tourism rebound: Thomas Cook India's Menon

Madhavan Menon speaks to Akshara Srivastava about the drivers behind this growth and what lies ahead for the Indian travel and hospitality landscape

Long way to go in terms of Indian engagement with global mkts: John Lipsky

Lipsky said that there's still a long way to go in terms of Indian engagement with global markets

CBAM should consider where country is going, not just where it is: Stern

For emerging markets and developing economies outside China, the total flow of climate-related investment should be $2.4 trillion, said Stern

India's going back to import substitution is wrong way to go: Anne Krueger

Anne Krueger, First deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund spoke on India's growth prospects

Will work with India on import of laptops, says Arun Venkataraman

United States wants to make sure that the India Middle- East Europe Economic Corridor moves forward as much as possible

India is in world's top three 5G ecosystems in just a year: Vaishnaw

BSNL has started deploying 4G towers and the speed will pick up after Diwali. Once the 4G rollout stabilises, we will enable 5G on the BSNL network next year, said Vaishnaw

'Malaysia, Korea are preferred to India as global clinical trial sites'

There is intense competition to have these studies on advanced or complex unmet medical needs in a country

MDBs need to be bigger and better, but donor money is constrained: ADB's Um

Woochong Um in a virtual interview said that they need to double, triple and quadruple what they can do and bring in private capital

Telcos need to adopt segmented use cases to monetise 5G: Ericsson official

The ConsumerLab has more than 20 years' experience of studying people's behaviors and values, including the way they act and think about ICT products and services

Recurring criticism of GDP methodology: Here's what experts have to say

Business Standard interviewed former Chief Statisticians Pronab Sen and T C A Anant and former Acting Chairman of National Statistical Commission P C Mohanan, to seek their views

This is last clear chance for MDBs: Ex-US Treasury secy Lawrence Summers

Nothing important is ever easy but we are increasingly seeing a coming together of the world. I am encouraged by the way the shareholders have come together

MDBs need to be bolder, bigger: 15th Finance Commission chairman N K Singh

The Delhi declaration which came after the submission of volume one was very positive

Rising GST mop-up an outcome of improved compliance: CBIC chairman

'When drawing up Revised Estimates in January, we are confident of exceeding projections based on overall collections'