With the global crypto industry in a state of total disarray, the collapse of crypto giant, FTX, points to the grim future of an industry premised on decentralisation, albeit with no underlying asset to safeguard its value. The implosion on November 10 of one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world, FTX, valued...
A change in the narrative to an I-want-to-be-rich one has the potential to drive the next few decades of economic growth If you have ever found yourself wondering why the accelerator pedal is not doing its thing, and then looked down to see that if handbrake was on, you know exactly what India’s young are...
Budget 2022 should lend a helping hand -Published in The Hindustan Times Give workers a two-year PF contribution holiday; extend the ₹5 lakh health insurance to the ‘missing middle’; and make the buying of government securities under RBI’s direct scheme tax free The political view is that Budget 2022 will be an election budget...
A new-found confidence over the well-handled Covid-19 crisis found its way into Budget 2021. This is reflected in three aspects of the budget. One, the finance minister ignored suggestions to tax the rich with a higher surcharge or a Covid-19 cess. Two, the government has gone for growth with a large push on capital spending....
How long is long term?
RBI is trying to get banks to lend. Banks prefer safety and no risk. Transmission remains a problem across the world.
Don't take the immidiate market reaction to an election result very seriously.
Nothing much has changed in the Indian home when it comes to women and work. The home likes the income but not the work. My oped in Mint
Modicare can transform not just the lives of the poor, but also improve the behaviour of the insurance and healthcare sectors It is not often that Indian residents want to on-board a scheme for Bharat. If the Rs 5 lakh sum insured under Modicare for 500 million Indian poor reaches its potential, middle India...
Though finance minister Arun Jaitley’s budget has significant schemes in healthcare and the standard deduction for salaried class, the only middle class cohort to truly benefit is the senior citizen. There were few happy faces in India after the Budget speech got over, except for the senior citizens. Since we don’t have representatives of...