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Down the pipeline: India's struggle with asset monetisation

Govt plan to raise Rs 6 trillion by offering roads, railway stations, airports and other assets could be hard to achieve

BS Number Wise: How common are ten-baggers in Indian markets?

As Indian stock markets hit all-time highs, Business Standard looked at how often such winners are to be found

BS Number Wise: The politics of coronavirus vaccine distribution

Opposition-ruled states are doing better in inoculating people after vaccines were made free of cost

BS Number Wise: The name's bond, oil bond!

Do you think the government will bite the bullet and cut excise duties?

BS Number Wise: Can user experience deliver Voda-Idea from its mess?

While Vi has lagged in spectrum addition and infrastructure augmentation, its 4G data experience has performed well at times

BS Number Wise: Throttling innovation due to speculation may harm Bitcoin

Bitcoin is easily influenced by governments and whims and wishes of famous personalities and companies

BS Number Wise: Tax mop up shines through fragile recovery

Direct-tax-to-GDP ratio in the first quarter of 2021-22 increased to 5.14 per cent, compared with 3.29 per cent over the last two years

BS Number Wise: How efficient is India's Covid-19 vaccination programme?

India averages 109 vaccinations per site and the UK 126. It has fully vaccinated only 6 per cent of its population, as against 53 per cent in the UK

BS Number Wise: One litre petrol takes 30% of Indians' average daily income

Fuel taxes give a bonanza to the government, but also dent the affordability for low income earners

BS Number wise: Indian power distribution companies' Ides of March

This March, discoms cleared Rs 34,150 crore worth of debt owed to power-generating companies

BS Number Wise: How good is Sebi at recovering money?

The value of notices Sebi has sent out since getting recovery powers in 2013 is more than twice Mumbai's annual municipal budget

BS Number Wise: How many years have we lost to coronavirus?

One measure is the change in gross domestic product (GDP). The pandemic chipped away 7.3 per cent of India's real GDP in 2020-21

BS Number Wise: Not enough doctors, nurses amid India's medical crisis

India had 1.16 million doctors, of whom only 80 per cent, or 0.9 million, were working, the health ministry told Parliament in late 2019

BS Number Wise: What happened to ambulance sales during the pandemic?

A reliable ambulance service is often a luxury in the subcontinent, and it has been so for some time

BS Number Wise: Cash is king, once again. Should you be worried?

A BS analysis shows that a crisis leads to a higher demand for money, which is complemented by an increase in currency in circulation