Page 6 - Interviews

PwC's Ranen Banerjee on Budget expectations for MSMEs and more

Ranen Banerjee of PwC India shares his views with Business Standard's Krishna Veera Vanamali on what he expects from the upcoming Budget for the MSMEs and what the govt can do to boost demand

Budget 2022: Farmers in need of a new deal, says ICRIER's Ashok Gulati

'Much of the agricultural policies in the past have focused on production', said Gulati

FM should take growth responsibility away from monetary policy: Pronab Sen

'The robust tax collections give the finance minister a fair amount of headroom for an expansionary fiscal policy', he said

PwC's Sanjeev Krishan on what's on the minds of Indian CEOs

99% Indian CEOs foresee a stronger economy in the coming year, says PwC's Annual Global CEO Survey. Get a better understanding of the sentiment among CEOs from Sanjeev Krishan, Chairman, PwC in India

States should realise urgency in lowering discoms losses: Power Secy

In a Q&A, Alok Kumar says the law, however, will speed up reforms, given a lot of investment is needed to meet the country's net-zero target

Touch services worst hit in all 3 waves, need Budget support: TV Narendran

The Centre and the states need to work together so that we don't have unnecessary disruptions, while at the same time you don't take unnecessary risks, said TV Narendran

Sustainability will be the key driver for growth: AIIB's Erik Berglöf

Countries offering decarbonisation opportunities will be more competitive, says AIIB chief economist Erik Berglöf

2021 saw greater collaboration among pharma, govt, academia: Sudarshan Jain

'Diversified supply chain is a fundamental need', said Jain

Enough demand in India to take care of 5-6 fab plants: Ashwini Vaishnaw

'There is a huge demand for chips from automobiles, electronics, railways, the defence industry, power electronics amongst others', said Vaishnaw

Tepid private consumption holding back investments: Ficci president Mehta

India needs 'virtuous cycle' of demand prompting capital spending that will lead to job creation, he says in an interview.

'Start identifying people who need booster doses': PHFI President to govt

Given that Botswana and other South African countries have a considerable number of HIV-AIDS cases, there's ample opportunity for the virus to mutate substantially, says K Srinath Reddy

Rating assessment of India focused on medium-term debt trajectory: Fitch

"We view the persistent level of core inflation and energy price developments, along with global price pressures, as carrying upside risk for our inflation outlook," said Zook,.

UPA fell back on loosening govt's grip on PSBs: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

In a Q&A, the former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, dwells on the areas where he feels UPA did not meet up to the challenges and the progress made by the BJP on certain fronts

Govt unlikely to meet disinvestment target: Finance Secretary TV Somanathan

'I don't expect a huge uptick in inflation. I think it will remain within the 4 to 5 per cent band', said Somanathan

GST collections may break all records soon: Revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj

Bajaj expects the collections to break the Rs 1.4-trillion record

Must consider shareholder interests: DIPAM secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey

'DIPAM has been advising ministries to carefully evaluate any policy changes which play a larger part in the functioning of PSUs', said Pandey

Only way was to compare job survey with 7-year-old census: S P Mukherjee

In a Q&A, the chairman of an expert group advising the govt, says data in the enterprise-based that which showed a 22% rise in factory jobs in April-June, was misrepresented

Sound fiscal consolidation can boost India's rating outlook: Gita Gopinath

In a Q&A, the chief economist at IMF says that high frequency indicators for the third quarter of Calendar 2021 indicate momentum in India's economic recovery

Ground-handling arm of Air India to be monetised first: DIPAM Secy

In a Q&A, Tuhin Kanta Pandey says govt has started initial investor outreach for the LIC IPO, and investment bankers are working on a strategy

Tatas have liberty to refer new balance sheet to CAG-approved CA: TK Pandey

DIPAM Secretary says rescue missions such as Vande Bharat are on a cost recovery basis. Air India One has been transferred to the Indian Air Force. This will also be on a cost recovery basis