Page 3 - Interviews

Electricity Bill will pave the path for privatisation: AIPEF chairman Dubey

"The AIPEF is opposing the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022, in the larger interest of the consumer and the power sector itself," said Dubey

New Zealand seeks trade with India outside FTA, milk: Damien O'Connor

'We are very big in wood logs, which is among the single biggest items of export to India'

Slowdown in West, on balance, would be positive for India: CEA Nageswaran

'Signs are very encouraging' are for the Indian economy, he says in an interview

'Must provide jobs to those not well-educated to go beyond freebies'

Harvard Business School professor Christian Ketels says it isn't useful to think of manufacturing versus services jobs; a range of sectors need to be mobilised for job creation

Growth in credit card spends is here to stay: Rama Mohan Rao Amara

Rama Mohan Rao Amara, MD & CEO, SBI Card spoke on the reasons behind record spends, the company's ideal run rate of issuance of credit cards, impact of RBI's discussion paper on payment charges.

Lesser rate hikes will be needed if CPI falls below forecasts: Ashima Goyal

Liquidity should be in surplus as long as Fed's quantitative tightening continues

'We had two options: Complex law or start with clean slate': MoS IT

'Non-personal data is the raw material for AI. If you start having a regulator sit on top of it, it will impact the growth of the sector', said Chandrasekhar

Looking through supply-side inflation is a flawed approach: Viral Acharya

Financial market dominance over central banks is a huge problem and challenge, former RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya says

Local currency makes trade more efficient, affordable: AfCFTA Secy General

In a Q&A, Wamkele Mene, who represents a free trade area in Africa, dwells on the investment opportunities in pharma, auto and agro processing that the continent has to offer

Martin Wolf on how he rates the performance of the government?

In an interview with Business Standard's Asit Ranjan Mishra, chief economics commentator, Martrin Wolf lists the success and failures of the Indian government on multiple fronts.

Nicholas Stern on India's road to become a developed economy and more

Prof of Economics at the London School of Economics Nicholas Stern spoke to Business Standard's Asit Ranjan Mishra on India's focus areas to become a developed economy and more

India should be broadly aligned with the West: Financial Times' Martin Wolf

In a Q&A, Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at Financial Times warns that big problems are emerging due to relatively weak investment in the private sector

AIIB's Erik Berglof on ongoing economic turmoil and more

In an interview with Business Standard's Asit Ranjan Mishra, AIIB chief economist Erik Berglof talks about the economic turmoil and how the bank played a key role in bringing India and China closer.

India isn't anywhere near a middle income trap, says Nicholas Stern

'We would not have got a Paris agreement without the enthusiastic participation of India'

Govts should mobilise more domestic resources via tax reforms: Albert Park

In an Q&A, ADB Chief Economist Albert Park tells that countries in region may not be able to carry on with large expenditures and social transfers meant for pandemic, given rising debt burden

India can reach 8% sustained growth: Ex-NITI Aayog vice-chairman Panagariya

'I fully support the capex push. I do not believe in sector specific interventions', said Panagariya

A major recession in developed countries is unlikely: AIIB chief economist

We will have inflation at an elevated level for some time, says AIIB chief economist Erik Berglof

Trust between Centre and states intact in GST Council: FM Sitharaman

In an exclusive interview with BS, Sitharaman said the first quarter lethargy is something which the Centre and the states will have to work on

Change in GST rates may generate Rs 15K cr a year: Revenue secy Tarun Bajaj

'Implementing GST was challenging in a country like India, which follows a federal structure'

Don't think today's situation calls for negative real rates: Jayanth Varma

Either inflation has to come down on its own or we will have to raise the rate, or it will be a combination of the two, says MPC member Varma