Page 90 - Economy & Policy Analysis

Restructuring should precede PSU disinvestment

The disinvestment target of the government for 2013-14 is Rs 58,000 cr

'Duty credit scrips can be used to pay customs duties in cases of default'

More SC rules on bouncing cheques

Any misrepresentation in prospectus is treated as fraud

Sugar mills face bitter reality at festival time

The Supreme Court has upheld the Allahabad High Court's directive to mills to sell sugar pledged with banks to pay cane farmers. This might make things worse for the industry, which is already mired i

What Arvind Subramanian's June report card said about govt reforms

Leading economist and now chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian had graded the Modi govt's early reform measures

Rajiv Mehrishi: Key tasks await Raje's right-hand man in Delhi

The new economic affairs secretary believes that doing more of the same cannot help; you must do things differently

Falling crude prices redefine the new normal in oil markets

Thanks to a supply glut, it now looks like 100-110/bbl will be the ceiling rather than the floor in the oil markets.

Modi mantra: Lean Cabinet, not so lean PMO

Four Nobel-winning insights that matter for the Indian economy

Jean Tirole's insights are very relevant to India

When a huge discount is not anti-competitive

Allegations of predatory pricing may not hold ground in the high-pitch turf battle for consumers' pocket between e-tail and retail

PSUs in fratricidal legal battles

Denying Cenvat credit for export untenable

Zero-rating in case of exports means that the duty on input and output will have to be refunded, or not charged

Maharashtra fares well

It, however, lags other states on crucial parameters such as health care and rural poverty

In e-commerce world, let the consumer be king

Instead of punishing e-tailers like Flipkart, the government should find ways to treat the consumer right rather than the traders and middlemen

Has Asean opened the floodgates to Indians?

The agreement on services, if ratified by all member countries, could prove to be a game changer for Indian professionals in education, healthcare & IT

Modi's welfare reforms may need to be bigger and bolder

The Prime Minister has launched an ambitious plan to streamline a bloated and inefficient welfare system but many challenges remain

'Manufactured goods and trading goods should not get mixed up'

What plagues India's disaster management authority?

Under politically appointed members, the National Disaster Management Authority is merely duplicating the efforts of other agencies

Despite climb to price parity, diesel still risky for retailers

For any price change, oil companies still have to seek government permission. Unless this system is dispensed with, their precarious situation will continue