All posts tagged "Demonetisation"

Cows happy, people aren’t

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]People are losing jobs all over the country, including in the leather industry, but the streets are awash with happy cows Ranjona Banerji A month away...

Govt plans to change 500 and 2000 notes security features every 3-4 years

Missing link: The informal sector

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Flawed methodology distorts CSO data about the economy By Sindhu Bhattacharya The Government would have us believe that demonetisation has had an almost negligible impact on...

Nothing cheerful in Q3 GDP figures

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]7 per cent growth rate new bottom line By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr It is surprising that anyone should be surprised, shocked, elated, satisfied that that...

APN Mudda: GDP hit by demonetisation

Demonetisation will pull down India’s growth rate to 6%: IMF

Reining in the king

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the US courts trumping his travel ban, The Donald is on the back foot and pondering a fresh executive order. However, even though, on the...

Tax Collection Woes of the Government

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his 2017-18 Budget speech in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday explained the rationale of demonetisation and...

“There is no non-BJP ruled state where CBI is not conducting investigation: Harish Rawat

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Harish Rawat, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, is fighting a lone battle as he takes on an aggressive BJP in the upcoming assembly elections. He spoke...

Growth forecast for 2017: Between 6.75 per cent and 7.5 per cent

Demonetisation casts a long shadow By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr According to the Economic Survey, the India economy is estimated to grow between 6.75 per cent...