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Praneta Jha
Modi Govt Paving Way for Foreign Control of Insurance Sector?
15 Dec 2019
The government plans to increase the overseas investment cap in insurance companies to 74% from 49%, and IRDAI is at the stage of seeking suggestions from stakeholders.
Praneta Jha
3 Retail Deals in 3 Years for Amazon: Deal With Future Group to Close Soon
07 Nov 2019
With the world’s largest retailing companies setting their sights on Indian retail market, domestic traders fear demise as sector appears headed towards an oligopoly.
Praneta Jha
WTO Wants India to End Exports Subsidy, Will Modi Government Comply?
04 Nov 2019
The crisis in WTO’s Appellate Body means the diktat is unlikely to have legal standing, as long as India appeals in time and does not willingly cede its ground — the way it was reported earlier in…
Praneta Jha
After Crushing Ordeals, Millions Await Final NRC List in Assam
29 Aug 2019
While it remains to be seen what happens after the final NRC list is published on August 31 — estimates peg the exclusion numbers around 20 lakh — people have already suffered untold misery, and the…
Praneta Jha
‘Privatise or Lose Funding’: Power Engineers Oppose Ministry’s Arm-Twisting Ultimatum
28 Aug 2019
Union Power Minister RK Singh has asked state power distribution companies to privatise the supply of electricity or else grants and loans to the discoms will not be sanctioned.
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LIC Public Listing: From Cash Cow to Sacrificial Lamb?
06 Aug 2019
Given the role played by LIC in keeping the Indian financial markets stable, it is anybody’s guess how advisable it is to dilute the public financial character of the company.
Praneta Jha
Jet Airways’ Wind-up Is Windfall for All — Except Air India
29 Jul 2019
Jet’s closure created an unprecedented opening for other airlines, but with no standard procedure for interim allocations, the allotments and the gains have been arbitrary.
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GST: Tax Cut from 28% to 18%, A Desperate Way for BJP to Woo Voters?
20 Dec 2018
GST hurt the poor much more than the rich and had a significant impact on the manufacturing sector, especially small scale and informal sector.
Praneta Jha
‘An Ever-Accessible, Go-To Person for Those Writing on Health Sector’
29 Nov 2018
A reporter’s personal tribute to Dr Amit Sengupta, a crusader for people’s right to universal healthcare, who passed away in an accident in Goa on Wednesday.
Praneta Jha
Modi Government Continues Sucking Out Cash from Profitable PSUs through Share Buybacks
27 Nov 2018
A number of companies owned by the central government have recently announced they would buy back some proportion of their shares from the central government, because they are being forced to do so…