Reserves help RBI tide over tough times and should be managed accordingly.

RBI has paid over Rs 50,000 crore every year with the exception of demonetisation year, when its income fell and expenditures rose because of printing of notes etc.

There have been enough pointers since the Budget announcements in February to show that the government's finances are perhaps not in a great shape.

The government believes that the RBI is one of the most highly capitalised central banks in the world and its reserves are excessive compared to global benchmarks.

The issue of leverage is haunting many players in the healthcare sector in India. Leverage to hospitals has rapidly increased and is at an all-time high of around 4.5 times of EBITDA.

RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya compared government's 'myopic' economic policies to a T20 cricket match, in contrast to the long-term planning of a central bank, which he called a Test match.

The oil explorer burnt cash to buy HPCL, pay large dividend and is now being pushed for a share buyback to help meet the governments disinvestment target. Can increase in crude oil prices rebuild market sentiment?

Central government's fiscal deficit reached 95 per cent of the budget estimate for the financial year 2018-19 by the end of first half of the fiscal, on the back of lukewarm revenue collections.