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As the country gets ready to vaccinate the population against the Covid-19 virus, the Centre will need to set aside a substantial amount to finance this. Healthcare allocation in ...

Why equity-happy FPIs are calling off investments in telecom ...

Change in indices behind sell-off in Airtel; market loss makes Voda Idea unattractive

Doubling of farmers’ income: Who will benefit?

The income of agricultural households in Punjab and Haryana would improve drastically compared to the income of farmers’ households in other States if the government of India ...

States’ deficits matter, too

Sharp dip in tax/non-tax revenue and Covid-led expenses, among others, have overstretched State finances

3 reasons why market liquidity will stay robust in 2021

As we step into 2021, investors in Indian equity market have much to be thankful for. While the deep cut in ...

Can growth in GST collections move into double-digits?

Analysis of trends in tax collections of Centre and States shows that indirect tax collections were slowing ...

Covid and the workplace

The year 2020 saw unemployment rates peak across the world, with businesses taking a hit due to Covid-19.

What a greying population holds for India?

The Longitudinal Ageing Study of India, released recently, revealed a sharp rise in the country's aged ...

Start-up funding: China had a clear edge over India in 2020

India and China are two emerging economies that investors are keen to place their bets on. But in 2020, the ...

The Covid vaccine scene in India

Over 13 million doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in 33 countries so far. In India two candidates - Serum Institute of India's Covidshield, the Indian variant of ...

Smaller companies at the forefront in availing moratorium

The RBI's loan moratorium scheme saw a steady acceptance from borrowers with 45.6 per cent of total customers availing it amid the economic uncertainty from Covid-19 pandemic and ...

2020: A sombre year for start-ups

As with the other sectors, the start-up ecosystem in the country also faced a setback because of pandemic. Funding was derailed, many firms shut shop or laid off employees.A few ...

Covid and the workplace

The year 2020 saw unemployment rates peak across the world, with businesses taking a hit due to Covid-19. Companies also transitioned to ...

States’ deficits matter, too

Sharp dip in tax/non-tax revenue and Covid-led expenses, among others, have overstretched State finances

Why India’s unicorn-studded start-up ecosystem is in dire need of a policy push

It lags global peers in terms of infra and market depth

What a greying population holds for India?

The Longitudinal Ageing Study of India, released recently, revealed a sharp rise in the country's aged population in the coming decades.

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao: 55% of the funds remain unutilised

Scheme’s ‘laggard’ States tend to display lower sex ratio at birth

Gautam Adani, Cyrus Poonawala see biggest jump in net worth in 2020

India’s top 10 billionaires see net worth zoom by $76.3 billion in ‘pandemic’ year

Start-up funding: China had a clear edge over India in 2020

India and China are two emerging economies that investors are keen to place their bets on. But in 2020, the start-up ecosystem in China fared better ...

Centre’s healthcare budget may need 50% revision for Covid vaccination drive

As the country gets ready to vaccinate the population against the Covid-19 virus, the Centre will need to set aside a substantial amount to finance ...

The Covid vaccine scene in India

Over 13 million doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in 33 countries so far. In India two candidates - Serum Institute of India's ...

Why equity-happy FPIs are calling off investments in telecom stocks

Change in indices behind sell-off in Airtel; market loss makes Voda Idea unattractive

3 reasons why market liquidity will stay robust in 2021

As we step into 2021, investors in Indian equity market have much to be thankful for. While the deep cut in March 2020 — that made the Nifty50 and the ...

Doubling of farmers’ income: Who will benefit?

The income of agricultural households in Punjab and Haryana would improve drastically compared to the income of farmers’ households in other States ...

The subdued rise of blockchain in India

Lack of knowledge, unavailability of regulatory body among reasons for curtailed growth of blockchain technology

Smaller companies at the forefront in availing moratorium

The RBI's loan moratorium scheme saw a steady acceptance from borrowers with 45.6 per cent of total customers availing it amid the economic ...

2020: A sombre year for start-ups

As with the other sectors, the start-up ecosystem in the country also faced a setback because of pandemic. Funding was derailed, many firms shut shop ...

Visually | Health concerns of the world in 2020

Covid-19 claimed the lives of over 17 lakh people across the world and more than one lakh people in India alone, this year

In 2020, the billionaires became richer, but...

Bounce rate of auto debit transactions remains high amid lenders’ claims of improved collection efficiencies

Is there rising financial stress amongst small and retail borrowers after the end of the loan moratorium, despite banks and NBFCs reporting collection ...

Shrugging off pandemic, margin norms, turnover at bourses peaks

There were fears this year that the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s rules on traders depositing upfront margins for intra-day trades would ...

It’s M.P., not Haryana or Punjab, which reaped the benefits of MSP the most

The protest against the Centre’s newly introduced farm laws is loudest in Punjab and Haryana, where the MSP mechanism is robust, benefiting wheat ...

More firms raised venture debt funding in the wake of Covid-19

The pandemic caused a lot of start-ups to halt operations and run out of cash. Firms began to look for alternative modes of investments to stay ...

Higher excise duty, STT collections to help boost FY21 revenue mop-up

With the Union Budget around the corner, the revenue of the Centre is going to be in focus over the next few weeks. It is widely known that the ...

M&A deals falls over one-third in 2020

M&A activity in India and across the world dipped in 2020, both in terms of the number of deals and the value.

FAO Food Price Index at six-year peak

Global trade slowing down during the pandemic, revival of demand with economies opening up among key reasons

Subdued recovery in microfinance

Microfinance players have seen steady demand for loans since the easing of the Covid-led lockdown, with borrowers across the country restarting ...

Subdued recovery in microfinance

Microfinance players have seen steady demand for loans since the easing of the Covid-led lockdown, with borrowers across the country restarting ...

Fewer companies raised money via IPOs in 2020

The number of companies that raised money through initial public offerings fell by half this year. However, the cumulative value of the announced ...

Why 93-year-old Parliament building needs a bigger, better replacement

Existing structure found inadequate for growing number of MPs

Every day, India loses one person to human-elephant conflict

Encroachment into elephant corridors is the main reason for the heavy toll

Sustained decline in Covid fatalities

Credit cards gain currency again

The credit card business, which is small compared to debit cards in the country, seems to be on an upswing since the Covid-19 pandemic not only in ...