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In search of risk capital

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Did a shortage of equity capital in India contribute to banking stress? What happens in the next investment upturn?Neelkanth Mishra | Last Updated at May 2, 2018 05:56 IST (This was published in the Business Standard: link) Were the banking problems that India is in the middle of inevitable? Is there more to this situation … Read more

A Premature tightening: No reason for bond yields to stay at elevated levels

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But waiting for the market to self-correct could be costly for the economyNeelkanth Mishra | Last Updated at March 7, 2018 05:57 IST (This was published in the Business Standard: link) At just about the same time that India’s economic growth has started to pick up from the recent trough, monetary conditions have begun to … Read more

Options for income transfer: Agri exports appear to be a sustainable path

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Agricultural exports appear to be the only sustainable and non-inflationary path to improving agricultural incomesNeelkanth Mishra | Last Updated at February 7, 2018 05:58 IST (This was published in the Business Standard: link) Hard indicators of consumption in India point to a two-speed economy. Upper-end consumption appears steady: Growth in sales of cars and consumer … Read more

Economic Survey 2018 may not shape Budget 2018, but it’s a treasure of insights

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Since demonetisation, 10.1 mn new taxpayers have filed returns, versus an average of 6.2 mn in the prior 13 monthsNeelkanth Mishra | Last Updated at January 30, 2018 12:47 IST (This was published in the Business Standard: link) The Economic Survey 2018 (ES) is not really a precursor to the Union Budget 2018; that is, … Read more

Encouraging trends in DBT for fertilisers

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Fertilisers are the largest component of non-labour farming costs, accounting for a third or more, on average, for both kharif and rabi cropsNeelkanth Mishra | Last Updated at January 1, 2018 22:48 IST (This was published in the Business Standard: link) That the Indian farmer is in distress is among the few remaining certainties in … Read more

The GST joystick

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As the GST subsumed taxes that added up to 40% of India’s total tax take, achieving ‘revenue neutrality’ is criticalNeelkanth Mishra | Last Updated at December 4, 2017 23:24 IST (This was published in the Business Standard: link) It is now obvious to most that getting the goods and services tax (GST) started was only … Read more

Crowd control in GST

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Giving money away is not easy, even if it is to the government in lieu of essential servicesNeelkanth Mishra | Last Updated at November 6, 2017 23:28 IST (This was published in the Business Standard: link) Crowd control is as much about psychology as it is about hard policing. If 5 per cent of the … Read more

A change of stance on PSU banks

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The transition to IFRS, which Indian banks are required to comply with starting 1 April 2018, is also likely to front-load loan losses for banksNeelkanth Mishra | Last Updated at October 2, 2017 23:17 IST (This was published in the Business Standard: link) Until recent months, most policymakers seemed to be convinced that PSU banks … Read more