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Rebooting Economy 48: Do tax numbers show a healthier economy?
While government claims on tax compliance and GST collections paint a healthier picture of the economy, tax-to-GDP has fallen for two consecutive years and tax collections across the board in the first half of FY21 are nowhere close to FY20, indicating that trouble is far from over
Caution India Inc biggies! Weigh before you say 'I do' to banking licence
For corporate houses, their ability to work under a stringent regulatory watch and to have detailed disclosures and proactive communication will be a test of the toughest order
How stimulus measures, coronavirus woes can help gold prices firm up
Professional fund managers and central banks, aware of the impact of reflationary measures, are looking to hedge their portfolios and reserves with gold - another driver for relatively firm prices for gold
Sleepy drug regulators mute witness to Covid vaccine one-upmanship; leave investors, patients at grave risk
Emboldened, firms indulge in a game of one-upmanship based on alarmingly low number of trials. Sputnik had been tried on only 20 patients before Gamaleya made the claim; Pfizer 120 and Moderna 95
No more 'gaalis', sex, violence on Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime?
The decision to bring films and content shown by online content providers under the I&B Ministry is creating waves. Creators and viewers are eager to see exactly how this will affect them
Rebooting Economy 46: Who is designing India's growth path?
As India marches from one economic disaster to another, policy and planning appear to be victims of whims and fancies as and when they strike
Rebooting Economy 45: What is AatmaNirbhar Bharat and where will it take India?
This is a nebulous idea designed to mean anything and everything under the sun without the burden of economic logic, facts and evidence
New Education Policy 2020: How NEP will help create jobs, entrepreneurs
The objectives that the NEP 2020 consists of can rationally be achieved only by increasing the value and quality of teachers, along with looking at e-learning as a primary mode of learning, and this in itself can be addressed by the creation of more employment opportunities
India's Equalisation levy - The suspense continues!
The Indian government should narrow down the scope ofEqualisation Levy (EL)-2020 in the upcoming Budget 2021 in line with global trends such that businesses are able to take decisions more freely and with greater certainty
India-US bonhomie to only continue under Joe Biden's leadership; here's how
Trade relations and strategic partnership of India and the US have, in the last two decades, received consistent bipartisan support from lawmakers on both sides