Parliament disappointed in 2017 despite the passage of key bills

A welcome respite

Business Standard

PMFBY, agriculture

Insurance flaws

No upturn soon in ECBs despite new rules

New ECB norms can make India more vulnerable to external shocks

Piling foreign debt

People check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens centre at a village in Nagaon district

nrc, assam, illegal immigrants

Centres to house illegal migrants is a bad idea

Detention deficit

More steps in the offing for timely fraud detection in banks: RBI

Illustration by Binay Sinha

More monetary accommodation can lead to higher risks

Global policy conundrum

~9,400 cr spent on PM Kisan this fiscal year against allocation of ~20,000 cr

farmers, agriculture

Reforming agriculture

15th finance panel gets extension to examine defence funding mechanism

Finance Commission should not carve out a separate fund

Risk to federalism

8 Promising Applications of Blockchain Technology in Education

New questions arise about privacy breaches, data misuse

Behind the FaceApp magic

Telecom sector

Differences in the sector need to be settled swiftly

The telecom divide

Cryptocurrency

Blanket ban on cryptocurrency isn't a good idea

Embracing innovation

Experts say the govt also has to demonstrate a greater understanding of issues that impact the changing nature of employment, the needs of the gig economy in India, use of technology on jobs, among others

Labour, Industry, workers

Govt has made a good start, but glitches remain

Untangling labour laws

sebi

The market regulator needs financial autonomy

Don't tread on Sebi

"Our goal, our path is to connect with the roots. We are not competing with you (Congress)...We will not do anything out of ill will or to take revenge," PM Narendra Modi

Recent decisions have extended govt's reach

Expanding powers

Insolvency and Bankrutcy code IBC

Govt has moved fast to address IBC problems

A swift response

Former RBI governor Bimal Jalan

Transfers from RBI are unlikely to change fiscal reality

No windfall gain

India's first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman carried the Union Budget documents in a red bag, reminiscence of the traditional 'bahi-khata'.

Budget session among the most productive in two decades

Welcome change

banks

Status quo on banks will increase the burden on the exchequer

50 years of nationalisation

India's exports had a disappointing start in the first month of the new financial year as growth crashed to a four-month low of only 0.64 per cent in April

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