When NPAs are going to accelerate, ARCs should be a natural choice for meaningful engagement in enhancing their functional effectiveness to deal with growing stress

The major projects completed in the last six years include the 5-km Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge across the Brahmaputra

Koduvally, a small town near Calicut has nearly 100 jewellers within one square kilometre, and most of them deal with illicit or black gold

The Apple dispute is seen by some analysts as a lose-lose situation for Ireland, which has appealed against the Commission's order alongside the iPhone maker

Apart from the roads, priority will also be given to projects related to development of other border infrastructure like power, health, telecom and education

India's solar capacity addition is slowing as viability of projects and host of other issues trouble developers

For a republic at work since 1947, decisions on issues of national importance without prior consultation with experts, opposition parties, state governments and other stakeholders are not only inconceivable but come with consequences that could be easily avoided

The package is completely aligned to self-professed agenda of the IMF of limiting fiscal spending, relying on liquidity and credit to households, privatising government-run companies and more deregulations for private enterprises. This agenda has brought immense grief to a large number of countries to be comforting

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also directed district collectors to conduct a skill gap study with the industries and accordingly impart the required skills among the youth through Skill Development Colleges

FPIs made a strong comeback in May and turned into net buyers as they pumped in net assets worth USD 2.8 billion (till May 12) in the Indian equity markets

For years, India's fiscal practices and numbers have remained under a cloud with CAG red-flagging off-budget financing and window-dressing of accounts. Not putting the house in order now means effectiveness of stimulus 2.0 or deficit financing of a higher order would be unknown and unknowable

India badly needs a stimulus. Here's how to find the money

The state has a programme \"Rythu Bharosa\" to extend investment support to farmers, especially during the kharif and rabi seasons. It is now due in May and stands at around Rs 3,000 crore (for kharif crop)

Even in normal times, private healthcare has played truant. In the current health crisis, its role is neither proportionate to its dominant presence nor call of duty. If public healthcare carries almost the entire burden on its shoulders then it is imperative to nurture it, rather than neglect it

As India tightens FDI norms, Chinese firms and investments may face regulatory and consumer backlash. The friction between Asian giants could be the beginning of an adversarial chapter in trade

Getting the basics right holds the key. This would involve first acknowledging that a large population has lost incomes, savings and jobs and second, consumption drives the economic growth which had already been weakened even before the pandemic hit

Not just in health emergencies, even in normal times, India needs a public healthcare system that can ensure that \"catastrophic\" healthcare expenditure does not routinely drive six crore Indians into poverty every year

The exclusion of CM Relief Fund from the CSR list has evoked sharp reaction from many quarters, especially from non-BJP ruled states

Tax havens have powerful backers; they include big nations including the UK and the US, reputed international bankers, accountants, law firms and many others which makes it difficult to discipline them

An increase of Rs 1 per litre of road and infrastructure cess collected as an additional excise duty and a Rs 2 per litre increase in special excise duty was notified on Friday