Page 14 - Interviews

Govts tend to suppress data when it is on shaky grounds: Joseph Stiglitz

"The data that I have seen reinforces very strong concerns about the Indian economy," says Stiglitz

India's RCEP foray may prove disastrous for domestic industry: Expert

The limited number of industries that have called for India to join RCEP need to address their own structural issues.

We will not see repeat of elevated slippages: YES Bank's Ravneet Singh Gill

I think we were in consolidation mode for two quarters; it is important now to get on foot, says Ravneet Singh Gill

Economy could grow at over 6% in 2019-20: CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian

A country like India, at the stage it is in its economic cycle, the key driver is investment, which eventually does affect consumption. And consumption is a force multiplier

Inflation isn't a bad thing; it keeps labour demand up: Abhijit Banerjee

Given that the wages don't fall, you have to do something to make the real wages flexible, says Banerjee

Worst is yet to come in residential real estate: Xander founder Sid Yog

Sid Yog, founder of Xander speaks about the investor's strategy in new asset classes such as warehousing and how the group is navigating in NBFC space

Re-measure deferred tax assets, liabilities for tax rate changes: EY India

MAT credit is recognised as a deferred tax asset

If GDP growth is down, GST mop-up will be hit: Ajay Bhushan Pandey

In September, the collection was a little lower, as we are aware that a few sectors of the economy are posting lower growth, says Ajay Bhushan Pandey

REPLUG | We don't ask real questions: Abhijit Banerjee

Economist Abhijit Banerjee has won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize along with two others. Here is an interview he gave Business Standard in January.

We want to strengthen our political dialogue with India: Mexican minister

Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico Julian Ventura Valero is currently on a visit to India

My focus was always under-promise and over-achieve: Raghuram Rajan

Mandating Aadhaar for deposit accounts is an important step forward, said Raghuram Rajan

Rajan's note advising against note ban should be made public: Montek Singh

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, talks about note ban, GST, jobs, the bullet train and more

Shortfall due to corporate tax cut can be made up by other sources: Das

The RBI will not allow any cooperative bank to collapse, said Das

There is no economic slowdown in Punjab, says CM Amarinder Singh

Punjab is unaffected by the crisis, because for some reason people are looking at us and money is coming into the system

India should keep the doors open for data flow: Facebook's Ajit Mohan

India has benefited from those who have been open - the first wave of information and technology companies

Tax cut will give much more in long run than revenue lost: Revenue Secy

In an interview with Indivjal Dhasmana, Revenue Secretary A B Pandey tells that the crucial parameter is whether the deficit number reflects disciplined fiscal behaviour of the central government

Industry should not expect any more big-bang GST rate cuts: Assam FM

We are working on simplifying the return filing process, but as for rates, (there will be no decision) before we see the report by the Finance Commission, he said

Centre is looking at cutting import duties: BJP's Gopal Krishna Agarwal

Now, banks are sitting on a lot of liquid cash. Similarly, our corporate houses have liquidity in their systems. They have to invest, he said

Serious revenue issues to arise for states after FY22: Bengal FM Amit Mitra

States' developmental expenditure has gone up from 40 per cent to 60 per cent. There is a huge burden on states

The slowdown is for real and will not go away quickly: JSW Energy

Power demand has been very good for the last two-three years and for this year as well, says Prashant