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Budget 2025: What Nirmalaji Needs To Fix

Budget 2025: What Nirmalaji Needs To Fix

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Jan 26, 2025 IST 19:29:43

Beware! Markets Headed For Downturn

Beware! Markets Headed For Downturn

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Bibek Debroy: A Guru I Could Look To

Bibek Debroy: A Guru I Could Look To

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Monetary Policy's Strong Message To NBFCs

Monetary Policy's Strong Message To NBFCs

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How We Can Create Millions Of Jobs

How We Can Create Millions Of Jobs

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How To Curb Speculation In F&Os

How To Curb Speculation In F&Os

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Extraordinary Story Of EPFO Digitisation

Extraordinary Story Of EPFO Digitisation

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Investors In India Needs Red Carpet, Not...

Investors In India Needs Red Carpet, Not...

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What to make of sharp GDP variations in election year

What to make of sharp GDP variations in election year

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New Challenges Facing Banks

New Challenges Facing Banks

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Is It Time To Smile, Nirmalaji?

Is It Time To Smile, Nirmalaji?

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Bank Liable For Employee Oversight

Bank Liable For Employee Oversight

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Is India's Government Too Bloated?

Is India's Government Too Bloated?

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Ban Loss-Making Companies' IPOs!

Ban Loss-Making Companies' IPOs!

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Bad loan recovery process can get worse

Bad loan recovery process can get worse

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Clearly, RBI is not worried about growth

Clearly, RBI is not worried about growth

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RBL Bank: Strange Corner Office Changes

RBL Bank: Strange Corner Office Changes

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Sebi And Phenomenon of Confusing Rules

Sebi And Phenomenon of Confusing Rules

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NSE's Colo Case: Will CBI Do What Sebi Didn't?

NSE's Colo Case: Will CBI Do What Sebi Didn't?

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The Pension Challenge Confronting India

The Pension Challenge Confronting India

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As office reopen for business, REITs may be a draw

As office reopen for business, REITs may be a draw

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Nirav Modi has been dethroned!

Nirav Modi has been dethroned!

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Economy is recovering, not Employment

Economy is recovering, not Employment

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Beware Zohnerism!

Beware Zohnerism!

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When will Modi cut high taxes on fuels?

When will Modi cut high taxes on fuels?

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Budget 2021: No evidence of an economic strategy

Budget 2021: No evidence of an economic strategy

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Budget: Nothing but Housekeeping

Budget: Nothing but Housekeeping

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SCARY! Huge increase in unemployment

SCARY! Huge increase in unemployment

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How economies changed in 10 years

How economies changed in 10 years

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Markets are sending clear message

Markets are sending clear message

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What I got when I flew Air India for Rs 169,613

What I got when I flew Air India for Rs 169,613

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Corporate-run banks: Will depositors benefit?

Corporate-run banks: Will depositors benefit?

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Reimagining Industrial Era GDP measures

Reimagining Industrial Era GDP measures

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How RBI can prevent frauds

How RBI can prevent frauds

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Virus has done for Modi what IMF did for Rao

Virus has done for Modi what IMF did for Rao

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Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

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Why is Vistara making such huge losses?

Why is Vistara making such huge losses?

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5 reasons why economic recovery will be slow

5 reasons why economic recovery will be slow

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When Pranab clashed with Manmohan, twice

When Pranab clashed with Manmohan, twice

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The 5 wise men who will decide corporate loan recast

The 5 wise men who will decide corporate loan recast

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The looming banking crisis no one's talking about

The looming banking crisis no one's talking about

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When an American professor worked at the RBI...

When an American professor worked at the RBI...

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Why are our banks so secretive?

Why are our banks so secretive?

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Economy will determine Modi's political future

Economy will determine Modi's political future

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What every investor must know about the bull run

What every investor must know about the bull run

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Want to know what India's top bankers are up to?

Want to know what India's top bankers are up to?

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India's 1st smart city is set to take off in a big way

India's 1st smart city is set to take off in a big way

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Bankers are COVID Warriors too!

Bankers are COVID Warriors too!

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Unlock 1: 3 challenges facing India

Unlock 1: 3 challenges facing India

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122 million jobs have been lost in the lockdown

122 million jobs have been lost in the lockdown

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Petrol, diesel prices depend on govt, not crude rate!

Petrol, diesel prices depend on govt, not crude rate!

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India's tweaking of FDI norms aimed at only China

India's tweaking of FDI norms aimed at only China

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The economy is in crisis

The economy is in crisis

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5 MUST-DO actions for the Modi government

5 MUST-DO actions for the Modi government

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How the world will change after coronavirus

How the world will change after coronavirus

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Has Modi given up on the economy?

Has Modi given up on the economy?

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I just called to say I love you

I just called to say I love you

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India has 76 million entrepreneurs!

India has 76 million entrepreneurs!

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Should India hike duty free allowance?

Should India hike duty free allowance?

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India, you have a problem

India, you have a problem

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Coming soon! The end of public sector banks

Coming soon! The end of public sector banks

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Let's stop making cash the villain

Let's stop making cash the villain

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Nirmalaji, time has come to modernise Budgeting

Nirmalaji, time has come to modernise Budgeting

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2020 will see fresh challenges for banking

2020 will see fresh challenges for banking

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2019: Year of reality check

2019: Year of reality check

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How has the RBI governor fared in Year1?

How has the RBI governor fared in Year1?

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Why it's still difficult to do business in India

Why it's still difficult to do business in India

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Modi must oversee India's trade policy

Modi must oversee India's trade policy

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Time is running out for Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Time is running out for Lakshmi Vilas Bank

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How to get out of the Great Indian Slump

How to get out of the Great Indian Slump

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Why does Dr Banerjee provoke BJP ire?

Why does Dr Banerjee provoke BJP ire?

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Influencing the influencer

Influencing the influencer

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Does China have much to celebrate these days?

Does China have much to celebrate these days?

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How the BoB-Vijaya-Dena merger was executed

How the BoB-Vijaya-Dena merger was executed

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A bit of economic history from Indira's time for Modi

A bit of economic history from Indira's time for Modi

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Will US-China trade conflict lead to a currency war?

Will US-China trade conflict lead to a currency war?

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4 trade reforms that India urgently needs

4 trade reforms that India urgently needs

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Economy is the elephant in the room

Economy is the elephant in the room

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Why Indian banks keep missing the bus

Why Indian banks keep missing the bus

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Death of India's telcos

Death of India's telcos

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Even Pakistan's growth rate is ahead of India's

Even Pakistan's growth rate is ahead of India's

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Manufacturing vs services imbalance at tipping point

Manufacturing vs services imbalance at tipping point

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The big GST puzzle
Why interlinking of rivers is a dangerous idea

Why interlinking of rivers is a dangerous idea

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Why we need Jal Chaupals in our water-greedy cities

Why we need Jal Chaupals in our water-greedy cities

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2019 shaping up as a summer and winter of discontent

2019 shaping up as a summer and winter of discontent

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3m contractual workers in auto industry are vulnerable

3m contractual workers in auto industry are vulnerable

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Essar Steel: A perverse bankruptcy judgment

Essar Steel: A perverse bankruptcy judgment

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Why it doesn't feel like economy is growing at 7%

Why it doesn't feel like economy is growing at 7%

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Budget an exercise in hiding bad government finances

Budget an exercise in hiding bad government finances

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English Cricket, Bank of England: The Great Revival

English Cricket, Bank of England: The Great Revival

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'Fresh start', a big challenge facing the MFI industry

'Fresh start', a big challenge facing the MFI industry

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Two major tasks for Sitharaman

Two major tasks for Sitharaman

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Why I stopped being my bank's 'priority' customer

Why I stopped being my bank's 'priority' customer

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Can Project Insight end tax evasion?

Can Project Insight end tax evasion?

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Giving wings to startups

Giving wings to startups

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Can India evade US's Iran oil sanctions?

Can India evade US's Iran oil sanctions?

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The dark side to 100% electrification of India

The dark side to 100% electrification of India

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The 4 factors that will revive India's growth story

The 4 factors that will revive India's growth story

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The mighty fall of India's business czars

The mighty fall of India's business czars

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Why is Modi wooing the aam aadmi?

Why is Modi wooing the aam aadmi?

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Why political class is betting on welfare spending

Why political class is betting on welfare spending

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Why are our passports so shabby?

Why are our passports so shabby?

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Shaktikanta Das's biggest challenge

Shaktikanta Das's biggest challenge

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What 2019 holds for the banking sector

What 2019 holds for the banking sector

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NBFCs are not banks!

NBFCs are not banks!

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The year in four faces

The year in four faces

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Does RBI's board have the skill to handhold the management?

Does RBI's board have the skill to handhold the management?

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3 major factors that will drive the rupee in 2019?

3 major factors that will drive the rupee in 2019?

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RBI-govt tussles are not new

RBI-govt tussles are not new

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5 proposals govt will discuss with RBI on November 19

5 proposals govt will discuss with RBI on November 19

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What 2018 Economics Nobel means for growth-hungry India

What 2018 Economics Nobel means for growth-hungry India

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Why the rupee loses more than other currencies

Why the rupee loses more than other currencies

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Explaining the why of algorithmic conclusions

Explaining the why of algorithmic conclusions

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Billionaires have always called the shots in India

Billionaires have always called the shots in India

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GST and anti-profiteering: Can it work?

GST and anti-profiteering: Can it work?

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What will the next generation of Indian leaders look like?

What will the next generation of Indian leaders look like?

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GST: One crucial lesson India can learn from Singapore

GST: One crucial lesson India can learn from Singapore

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Government is playing poker with banks

Government is playing poker with banks

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Time ripe for structural changes in banking sector

Time ripe for structural changes in banking sector

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Real reason behind the tension between Mint Road & North Block

Real reason behind the tension between Mint Road & North Block

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Ayushman Bharat may help patients access life-saving drugs

Ayushman Bharat may help patients access life-saving drugs

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How to provide 24x7 electricity for all Indians by 2027

How to provide 24x7 electricity for all Indians by 2027

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I'm willing to bet there is no case against Chanda Kochhar

I'm willing to bet there is no case against Chanda Kochhar

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Public sector: Perform! Else die or be sold

Public sector: Perform! Else die or be sold

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The US is in decline, China is on the rise

The US is in decline, China is on the rise

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The one mythology lesson everyone in marketing must learn

The one mythology lesson everyone in marketing must learn

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7% growth may shut the door on banking reform

7% growth may shut the door on banking reform

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Bite the bullet! Privatise banks like PNB

Bite the bullet! Privatise banks like PNB

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