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Minhaz Merchant is the biographer of Rajiv Gandhi and Aditya Birla and author of The New Clash of Civilizations (Rupa, 2014). He is founder of Sterling Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. which was acquired by the Indian Express group
Overall, India’s Pakistan policy under Modi has been inconsistent and incoherent
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Democracy, while priceless, carries a cost. India has paid that price. It is time now to reap the benefits
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In India, economic reforms begin with good intent only to flounder in the quicksand of corporate rivalry. The IBC is too important a reform to be held hostage to the darker forces that inhabit India's legal and corporate world
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Will the government, taken aback by the withdrawal of interest by both domestic and global carriers, change some of the restrictive conditions?
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China’s long-term mission is to replace the United States as the pre-eminent geoeconomic and military power. It won’t be easy. America’s defence budget is now over $700 billion – more than four times China’s
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To lift corporate India into a higher trajectory of growth, bank lending has to restart. Private investment has dropped precipitously over the past three years. Capital formation is down. The sa vings rate has sagged. All of these point to weak consumer demand and cash-strapped corporates
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India is on its way to becoming the world's third largest economy
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Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) are both a political and financial problem. Humongous NPAs were created during the UPA1 and UPA2 governments. But lax monitoring by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ensured they didn’t show up on bank balance sheets
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There are practical and philosophical reasons why the LTCG tax is a bad idea
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According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), India ranks 139th in women’s participation in the labour force. ... THE WEF survey ranks India a high 15th on the parameter of political empowerment
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