Page 14 - Economy & Policy Analysis

Is the income tax department out to sink the shipping industry?

A new rule proposes to tax all merchant navy seafarers, with retrospective effect going back six years

GST Bill: Who will it benefit the most?

One of the most important benefits of implementing the GST is that it would integrate the economy and provide for a common national market

Commodity prices, construction key for rural economy: Icra

The earnings of rural households over the last few years have been impacted by modest hikes in Minimum Support Prices

After many twists and turns, Monetary Policy Committee to be in place soon

The MPC is expected to be in place before the next monetary policy review by the RBI in August

Analysts feel not all spectrum will be sold in auction

Govt will auction 2,300 MHz of spectrum, from which it expects to garner Rs 5.44 lakh cr

Will the new FDI norms hurt Indian private defence players?

Allowing foreign players to directly compete with Indian players with the latter not equipped with the necessary technology would leave them hobbled

5 ways in which airlines will be impacted by aviation policy

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new aviation policy with wide-ranging changes

For India's surging economy, small is beautiful

The country has more than 45 million SMEs, accounting for nearly 40% of GDP

Why Tamil Nadu's decision to allow unions in IT companies is a bad move

The idea of formal employees union giving more bargaining power to employees is an outdated idea in the current times where we are in

Why India's latest GDP numbers may not be as good as they look

Gross value added and low investment activity by the private sector remain areas of concern

Half of promises made by ministries to Parliament not kept

PMO made one assurance in 2014 and has not yet kept it

Pro-business or aam aadmi: Modi government's tough balancing act

That's one lesson Modi ship's internalised from Vajpayee's exit, that pro-market can proceed if it can be marketed as pro-poor

Indian economy had long stopped following the planned model of growth

With the talk of merging of plan and non-plan expenditure, the need for a plan document already vanished and that will be a reality come FY18

Why cornering oil assets is important to India

Picking up stakes in Middle-East oil companies will have positive effects on the currency as well as on India's energy security

Making India poverty free: Did the Government underestimate GDP growth?

For the government to eradicate poverty by 2032, India will need to grow at 10% nominal GDP, but this will involve radical reform instead of incremental reforms

Assam people 'substantially dissatisfied' with govt's role on promoting entrepreneurship: survey

The finding was part of India Entrepreneurship Report 2015, prepared by direct selling American company Amway, in association with Nielsen India

SC should ensure speedy trials rather than listing defaulters

Naming defaulters will not serve any purpose, nor will it change anything; it might, however, end up hampering any attempts at reviving a struggling business

It's just monsoon euphoria, caution economists

Economists advise caution, say more granular data on monsoon needed before celebrating a bump-up in economic growth

Proposal to jail celebrity brand ambassadors for misleading ads ridiculous, say brand experts

A formal report on the proposal by a Parliamentary Committee to fine or even jail brand ambassadors in misleading ads is expected soon

All you need to know about UPI, the Unified Payment Interface

The UPI technology promises to change the way Indians carry out transactions, and aims to move to a largely cashless economy at the retail level