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The liquidity conundrum

Only credit growth can help banks to get out of this liquidity drag. That can happen when growth is secured (and not through loan melas). But if it takes longer, risk of higher inflation becomes real

Statsguru: Can govt raise Rs 6 trillion under asset monetisation plan?

Now the government plans to raise nearly Rs 40,000 crore each year from roads

India's macroeconomy more healthy, ready for faster growth: Ashima Goyal

Notwithstanding the pandemic severe shock, India's macroeconomy is more healthy and ready for faster growth, eminent economist Ashima Goyal said on Sunday

FSDC meeting on Sep 3; to take stock of economy, financial sector

FM Nirmala Sitharaman has called a meeting of the FSDC on September 3 to discuss the state of the financial sector and a strategy to support the nascent recovery of the pandemic-hit economy

Best of BS Opinion: Ambition in a minefield, Schizophrenic BJP govt & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

The schizophrenic BJP government

The paradox is that BJP's economic policies have been the opposite of its non-economic policies.

Rs 6-trillion monetisation plan: Modi govt's ambition in a minefield

Given the record of past blunders, under-achievements, vulnerabilities and the manifest influence of stigmatised capital, what India might get is yet another school for scandal, cautions T N Ninan

Hiring activity witnesses 4% sequential growth in July: Report

Hiring activity witnessed an overall 4 per cent sequential growth in July and the uptick was mainly spread across metros, according to a report

FM Sitharaman asks PSBs to conduct credit outreach programme across India

The government will look to amalgamate or disinvest in entities in the financial sector after ensuring that it has minimum presence, she said

Port asset monetisation to push up private participation amid TAMP dilution

The total estimated capex towards these projects stands at Rs 14,483 crore between FY22-FY25

Top headlines: FM launches EASE 4.0 for PSBs; 31k new Covid cases in Kerala

Business Standard brings you the top stories this evening

Sharp uptick in blue-collar employment likely in 2nd half of 2021: Report

Maharashtra may be biggest contributor, according to a report

Industry seeks RoDTEP-like scheme for service exports: Check details here

The scheme - Duty Remission of Export of Services Scheme or DRESS - will reimburse the un-refunded taxes and duties embedded in services exports

India's GDP likely to grow at 18.5% in Q1FY22: SBI report

The country's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at around 18.5 per cent with an upward bias in the first quarter of the current financial year, according to SBI research report Ecowrap

The growth path India must take

'The need of the hour is the building up of macro-financial, fiscal, and external buffers', said the authors

Gadkari along with other Union ministers discuss ways to develop infra

Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari along with other Union ministers on Tuesday discussed various issues related to infrastructure development

FM announces plan to monetise assets, realise Rs 6 trillion till 2024-25

The plan covers 20 asset classes spread over 12 line ministries and departments

Recovery tracker: Mumbai traffic 90% back, gains for rail freight

Other indicators show strengthening revival

Piyush Goyal asks India Inc to give feedback on non-tariff barriers

The minister said the Indian economy was on its path of revival, with robust foreign direct investment inflow into the country

Patchy rains send inflation jitters, but not everyone's alarmed

For instance, Crisil Research said though there is stress in a couple of states and crops, there is no big reason for alarm