Regulatory Policy

Govt likely to introduce bills to amend competition, insolvency laws

The government is likely to propose amendments to the competition and insolvency laws as it seeks to further strengthen the regulatory regime as well as address the needs of new age markets.

Facing regulatory roadblocks, SoftBank drops sale of Arm to Nvidia

Arm named a new CEO on Tuesday who it said would help the British firm seek a public listing before March 2023

Political economy of regulatory reform

Dynamic markets call for periodic reform of regulatory agencies-notwithstanding their reluctance to keep pace with developments

Coronavirus impact: Sebi extends regulatory filing deadline for AIF, VC

The regulator said a need has been felt to further extend the timelines for regulatory filings for such entities

Govt mulls faster drug approval process, regulatory system overhaul

The industry, which has been lobbying for faster approvals for quite some time now, says the current pandemic should help expedite the reforms process

Is regulatory friction really unintended?

The real agenda of the government became clear in 2014 itself, even as businessmen, financial sector experts, and most of media continued to live under a mass delusion

Regulatory checks help fund houses tide over credit and liquidity crises

Holders of IL&FS papers would have faced more pain if the sectoral cap norms were not revised

Somasekhar Sundaresan: Rule by men - not the rule - of law

Governments have repeatedly ceded ground to judges - first, by not working on social issues that scream for attention, and second, by not legislating despite judicial attention being drawn to the issues