About 32.9 per cent employees interviewed have opined that they are not satisfied with the work in the lockdown, with 20.33 per cent stating that work life balance needs improvement

High and middle-income countries that have consistently performed well in PISA, the global test of quality schooling, notably rely on public schooling and public funding of schooling. India, which participated in it once in 2009 and came second last, does the exact opposite

The green deposit will be available in rupee as a fixed tenure term deposit at a pre-agreed return and will offer similar levels of principal protection as a bank deposit.

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ICICI Bank, followed by IndusInd Bank, HDFC, ITC, Asian Paints and Titan were among the top losers today. On the other hand, NTPC, PowerGrid, Sun Pharma and Infosys were among the gainers.

No wonder the quality of education in Indian schools is very poor. The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) says just 16.2% students in Class I and 50.8% in Class III could read Class I text and 41.1% students in Class I and 72.2% in Class III could recognise 2-digit numbers in rural India

From banking and logistics to governance, the public ledger technology is helping cut cost and time, enhancing efficiencies

Fintechs' ties with banks and NBFCs have come under the Reserve Bank of Indias scanner for shoddy practices. Here is the inside story

Without quality education, no economy can progress, at least not in today's technology and knowledge-driven globalised world order. Economists and policymakers know this well yet pay no attention

Solutions to shadow banking risks are well-documented: tightening regulations, extending central banks' cover as lender-of-last-resort, mandating deposit insurance to prevent overnight collapse, controlling trade in highly complex, opaque and high-risk derivatives and changing short-term-funding-long-term-lending business model

That shadow banking was at the core of the financial sector meltdown that led to the Great Recession of 2007-08 is well documented and so is the fact that it remains big and powerful enough to cause serious financial crisis and yet, India and the US continue to promote it

Most governments across the world incentivise debts to drive business even when it leads to over-borrowing, economic instability, tax evasion and adversely impacts investment in public goods. In contrast, equity-driven business has none of these ill-effects, produces better economic outcomes too

The RBI has stated that the benefit of restructuring will be available to corporates classified as standard accounts and not in default for more than 30 days with any lending institutions as on March 1, 2020

India faces a fresh threat of NPAs with RBI warning dramatic rise in loan default rate from 8.5% in FY20 to 14.7% in FY21. A global study shows the Indian corporate sector was most debt-stressed with 43% of long-term loans vulnerable to default even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit

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

HDFC Bank CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan takes over the reins from Aditya Puri at a difficult time when COVID-19 outbreak has created uncertainty in the market

Global studies show ownership does not make enterprises efficient, factors like competition, autonomy, regulation and institutional development do. Evidence also shows that private sector thrives on public hand-outs in normal times and public bail-outs in crises

Urjit Patel also says that the government is responsible for ensuring adequate capital for banks that are under its ambit on a durable or sustainable basis

Contrary to popular belief, private sector efficiency vis-a-vis public sector is a neoliberal construct for which there is little evidence or lived experience but is pushed, nevertheless, for private gains

A slowing economy and widespread stress in India Inc. are creating opportunities for promoters and strategic investors to ink M&As, buy back shares and delist

Economic fugitives Mehul Choksi's Gitanjali Gems and Jatin Mehta's Winsome Diamonds are among the top 10 defaulters which also includes ABG Shipyards, Rei Agro and Ruchi Soya