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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Why Stock Markets are Booming Despite Economic Decline
10 Jul 2021
Inequalities of income and wealth have widened sharply in India in recent times.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
'Economic Crisis Has Spread to Rural India This Year'
07 May 2021
Unlike in 2020 when much of rural India was spared the worst ravages of the lockdown, the ongoing second wave of the pandemic will have a harsh impact on livelihoods in the country's villages and…
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Shakesperean Tragedy at Yes Bank Continues at Public Expense
13 Mar 2020
The story of the rise and fall of Rana Kapoor has laid bare the rot in India's banking sector and exemplifies the manner in which government and regulatory authorities have allowed crony capitalism…
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Questionable Track Records of R C Bhargava and Shikha Sharma
14 Jan 2020
Two of India’s leading corporate captains have been ‘rewarded’ despite their questionable track records in governance.
Prabir Purkayastha
Tax Benefits for Corporates But What About People?
20 Sep 2019
The government has doled out new benefits for corporate houses while the economic slowdown continues to squeeze the common man.
Prabir Purkayastha
The Big Decline: Sales of Biscuits, Briefs and Bikes Have All Dropped
13 Sep 2019
Economists and business heads are wondering if it’s time to use the dreaded R-word: Recession.
Ajay Kumar
A Reality Check on 100 Days of Modi Govt and the Economy
12 Sep 2019
The Modi 2.0 government, which recently completed 100 days in office, has come out with a document called '100 Days of Bold Initiatives and Decisive Actions', which is being used for campaign and…
Prabir Purkayastha
RBI Surplus Transfer: Moving People's Money from One Pocket to Another
29 Aug 2019
In order to disguise financing of government spending that does not appear in the formal Budget, the government is moving Rs 1.76 lakh crore from Reserve Bank of India to its own pocket.
Prabir Purkayastha
Is Revocation of Art. 370 a Distraction from the Country's Economic Crisis?
07 Aug 2019
Auto sales and capital goods have taken a dip and unemployment is on the rise, industry leaders are being asked by the government to refrain from talking about the economy.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Is Subhash Garg a Scapegoat for the Government's Economic Mismanagement?
27 Jul 2019
The Finance Secretary's "demotion" to the post of Power Secretary was not on account of the decision to issue sovereign bonds, argues A K Bhattacharya, Editorial Director, "Business Standard," in an…