A reduction in import duty on palm oil will see Malaysia and Indonesia raising prices by about as much. The benefit will flow to their farmers, not our consumers or cultivators
Implementing Universal Basic Income will cost India 14% of its GDP. Distress doles are a better bet. Focus on state-paid healthcare is a must
While the Centre has adopted a hands-free approach to vaccine pricing it has been hands-on in industrial policy with import duty hikes, incentives for domestic manufacturing and policy skews that favour domestic e-retailers
Mohalla Clinics are a far cry from the primary health centres one finds in Kerala and Tamil Nadu
If fund managers have a stake in their schemes and are likely to be financially pinched by their judgments, they might become cautious in the investments they make and be less prone to taking reckless bets.
By leaving the poor to the mercy of impecunious or uncaring state governments and profit-maximising private hospitals, the Centre has failed to live up to its responsibility of putting the public good above all else
With its ‘nationalistic’ credentials established, Citibank was given approval for consumer banking in 1990
Further curbs would mean more economic disruption and aggravate the damage to livelihoods caused by the past year’s strict enforced isolation and the phased easing up thereafter
The goodwill generated by vaccine diplomacy could dissipate if India’s domestic majoritarian push makes it a regional bully and also less of a democracy
Depositors concerned about the health of SFBs would be glad to know that before the pandemic, they reported lower bad loans because of better management and supervision of their credit portfolio.