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Eight Years On, The Structurally Flawed GST Has Failed To Achieve Its Goals
By Arun Kumar GST was launched on July 1, 2017 with the promise that it would transform the Indian economy. It was characterized as a second freedom since it would unify the nation. Eight years later, it is time to assess its performance. While the Prime Minister has lauded...
New Turn In Kerala Governor-Government Confrontation
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The standoff between Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar and the State Government over the display of the image of Bharat Mata carrying a saffron flag at functions attended by the former has taken a new turn with the State Cabinet urging him to ensure that only...
Guru Dutt Gave A New Dimension To Film Making By Using Music To Express Melancholy
By Tirthankar Mitra Talk of organising a retrospective of films of Guru Dutt, it will be welcomed. The audience would be all ears, at a proposal to make a show of films of Guru Dutt. And there is good reason for it as here was a man who turned...
India Inc Sitting On Rs 5.09 Trillion Cash, Shies Away From Fresh Investments
MUMBAI: India Inc entered Q1FY26 on a cautious note, holding back on large investments despite strong profits and rising cash reserves. A report by Mint highlights that in FY25, India Inc continued to hoard cash instead of putting it into new investments. While profits improved and balance sheets stayed...
Trump Says US ‘Very Close’ To A Trade Deal With India
President Donald Trump announced Monday evening that the United States is on the verge of concluding a trade pact with India as the deadline for America’s April 2 ‘reciporal tariffs’ was extended to August 1. “We’ve finalised agreements with the United Kingdom and China, and we’re very close to...
OMCs Likely To Report Strong Q1 On Improved Marketing Margins
NEW DELHI: State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) are expected to report a strong beginning to the financial year 2025-26 driven by robust marketing margins in the first quarter of FY26, as per analysts. According to Emkay Global Financial Services, petrol marketing margins of OMCs grew 28% QoQ to Rs...
Debt Securitisation Volume Rises Marginally To Rs 49,000 Crore In Q1 FY26
MUMBAI: Debt securitisation volumes have inched up to Rs 49,000 crore during April-June 2025 as compared to Rs 45,000 crore recorded in the year-ago period, a report said on Monday. The total number of originators in these securitisations, wherein a lender hands over future receivables on a single or...
SEBI Mulls Easing Norms On Mutual Funds’ Business Activities
MUMBAI: The Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday proposed to ease the broad-basing requirement for asset management companies (AMCs) and permit them to serve pooled non-broad-based funds subject to strong governance and regulatory controls. Currently, Regulation 24(b) of the MF Regulations permits an AMC to provide...
India Needs To Raise Defence Spending Substantially
By Nantoo Banerjee It is difficult to believe that India, the world’s fourth largest economy by gross domestic product (GDP) and a major military power, ranks below even the tiny states of Kuwait and Greece when it comes to defence spending as a percentage of GDP. Considering the tricky...
Modi Govt’s Latest Claim On Equality Based On World Bank Data Is Deceptive
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On July 5, 2025, the government of India published on Press Information Bureau’s website “India’s Story on Bridging Inequality”. The story had three key takeaways – India ranks fourth globally in income equality with a Gini score of 25.5; Extreme poverty dropped to 2.3 per...
Crisis In Karnataka Congress Over Chief Ministership Still Remains
By Kalyani Shankar The Karnataka Congress is facing challenges due to a power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Many in the party predict a potential change of guard. The growing speculation about Shivakumar replacing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has created an atmosphere of uncertainty....
Joining Of Hands Of Thackeray Brothers In Maharashtra May Boost Marathi Identity
By Sushil Kutty Maharashtra is easy to roil. Wake up and get set on your mark. Sprint or marathon, hurdles or steeplechase, ‘Hindi imposition’ is readymade to start a quick-fire row! It is also political vehicle for Raj Thackeray and his cousin Uddhav Thackeray, former Chief Minister who would...
RSS Leadership Finally Leaves The Choice Of New BJP President To Narendra Modi
By Arun Srivastava Once again Narendra Modi prevailed upon the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat not to force their decision upon the BJP leadership to replace the current incumbent J P Nadda with a new chief of their choice. Though the general opinion of the delegates, prant pracharaks, which got...
Tax Structure Under New Trump Act Disfavours Salaried American People
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The commonly held belief that the middle class in the U.S. pays more taxes than wealthy millionaires on average is not absolutely incorrect if one looks at the way the tax is structured in favour of investors and against fixed income groups. The...
New Bengal BJP President’s Soft Line For Muslims Angers Party Cadres
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Samik Bhattacharya, the newly nominated President of West Bengal unit of BJP is between a rock and a hard place. Fissures threaten to turn into cracks as his maiden address as state party chief pacifying Muslims about his party’s intent towards this community sounded hollow...
India Is Eating More, But Not Better — Why Our Nutrition Crisis Persists
By R. Suryamurthy India has long prided itself on achieving self-sufficiency in food production. We have warehouses overflowing with grain, a sprawling public distribution system, and a catalogue of welfare schemes promising to end hunger. But behind the façade of abundance lies a quieter, more insidious crisis — one...
Negotiations On With Multiple Countries For Finalising Bilateral Investment Treaties: Govt
NEW DELHI: India is actively negotiating bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with over a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, Oman, European Union, Switzerland, Russia and Australia, a Government official said. Besides these nations, talks are underway with Tajikistan, Cambodia, Uruguay, Maldives, Switzerland and Kuwait. These investment treaties help...
FinMin Directs Public Sector Banks To Evaluate Board Performance
NEW DELHI: The finance ministry has directed public sector banks (PSBs) to undertake a third-party evaluation of their boards’ performance, in the wake of instances of misgovernance at the helm of a few lenders that also raise questions about the scrutiny exercised by their boards, a senior government official...
