Page 5 - Interviews

India will get frictionless access to a major trading hub: Thani Al Zeyoudi

'The UAE welcomes a wider India-GCC trade deal', said Zeyoudi

We will be looking at surety bonds biz: Bajaj Allianz General Insurance CEO

Overall Covid claims constituted 20 percentage points (ppt) of the claim ratio movement, said Singhel

We shouldn't restrict our ability to respond: External member of RBI's MPC

The Ukraine situation is a shock both to growth and to inflation, and it is too early to say which of these two shocks will be bigger, says Jayanth R Varma

How does Naushad Forbes see India becoming one of the top 3 economies?

In an interview with Business Standard's Indivjal Dhasmana, Co-Chairman of Forbes Marshall Naushad Forbes, shares how India can become one of the world's top three economies. Listen in

Extending GST compensation period may push back rate rejig: CBIC chairman

In a Q&A, CBIC chairman Vivek Johri talks about if revenues are to reach the levels where compensation would perhaps no longer be an issue, then GST rate structure, exemptions too need to be reviewed

Auto PLI will foster Rs 2.3-trn additional investment over 5 yrs: Arun Goel

In a Q&A, Heavy Industries Secretary breaks down the nitty-gritty of the selection process

Introduce another slab to tax the super-rich, says C Rangarajan

In a Q&A with ex-governor of RBI and Former chairman of Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council C Rangarajan says that the Budget 2022-23 has erred on revenue projections on the lower side

Fuel prices will be raised a day after election results, says P Chidambaram

'A finance minister under Manmohan Singh would in 2022-23 have crafted a Budget emphasising the three Ws - work, welfare and wealth', he said

It's clear a country can't regulate crypto on its own, says Sanjeev Sanyal

'There are a lot of claims about how important the sector is, but nobody really knows. So it's only when we begin to tax it will we get the scale of it', he said

DIPAM Secretary on the disinvestment road map

Soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2022 presentation, Business Standard caught up with DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey for a perspective of the govt's disinvestment road map

Want to push new exemption-less tax regimes further: Revenue Secretary

'This year we should have got Rs 60,000-80,000 crore as capital gains tax', said Tarun Bajaj

Budget 2022: Gati Shakti to take states on board, says DPIIT Secretary

'Through Gati Shakti, land-related problems can be resolved to a great extent', said Anurag Jain

Working group monitoring back-end tech readiness for LIC IPO: DIPAM Secy

In a Q&A, Tuhin Kanta Pandey that as crores of applications are expected, testing to that scale is needed to avoid hiccups in the application process and movement of funds

We have been studying crypto sector for the past five years: JB Mohapatra

We now have sufficient working knowledge as to how the sector works, and in what manner surplus is being generated, says Mohapatra

We will ensure borrowing programme in FY23 is smooth: DEA secy Ajay Seth

In a Q&A, he asserts nothing, including a ban on crypto currency, is off the table since the concerns of the financial market are for real

Budget opted for lasting benefits, not temporary relief: TV Somanathan

I still hold the view that except for the poor, what is restraining consumption is activity restriction, which is not financial in its origin, says finance secretary

Cryptocurrency tax doesn't give legitimacy to private digital currency: FM

We are not taxing a currency (digital rupee) that is yet to be issued

Economy in stagflation; Budget must tax the wealthiest: Jayati Ghosh

Economy faces 'massive problem' of poor demand and corporations acknowledge that, says the economist.

Govt has settled Rs 61,000 cr debt, liabilities of Air India: DIPAM Secy

In a Q&A, Tuhin Pandey also said govt plans to list LIC in this financial year

Greater political commitment to health care now: K Srinath Reddy

'We've had enough warnings as our health sector has been challenged in many ways during the different waves of the Covid-19 pandemic', said Reddy