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Environment Social Governance: India Inc badly needs ESG talent

By Srinath Sridharan The Indian capital market regulator’s ask on ESG from the top 1,000 listed entities (by market cap) is in the form of Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR). This will be an integrated format of sustainability information gathering, relevant to all business stakeholders—investors, shareholders, regulators, and other stakeholders. Based on India’s goal …

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April 12, 2022
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Make haste slowly: Inflation is a concern, but growth worries require adequate liquidity

The significant change in the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC’s) stance on Friday, to one that is less accommodative and accords priority to inflation concerns over growth, was quite warranted. The fact that the pricing of the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF), now the effective floor of the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) corridor, at 3.75% was a …

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April 11, 2022
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Data Drive: A widening gap between small and big companies

With core inflation remaining elevated, big companies have gained pricing power, leading to a further widening of the wedge between small and big companies. A study by Pranjul Bhandari, chief India economist, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Pvt Ltd shows big companies have gotten larger through the pandemic period and have kept prices elevated …

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April 8, 2022
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Policy Call: Inflation queers the pitch for MPC

As the MPC meets to discuss and finalise its call on monetary policy, it would be bracing for a world quite different from its last meeting in early February. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on the former’s trade and finance might have injected layers of uncertainties into the years and decades ahead. …

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Opinion RBI RBI Monetary Policy Review

April 7, 2022
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Strategic subsidising: Desperately needing subsidy reforms

By TV Mohandas Pai & Nisha Holla India’s subsidies system is possibly the largest globally in terms of volume and number of beneficiaries. It has helped sustain the bottom strata of Indian society and continues to provide much-needed relief to millions. On the other hand, the system has become unwieldy with many intermediary layers leading …

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direct benefits transfer food subsidy MGNREGA Opinion

April 6, 2022
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Wrong message: Sebi acted in haste in the Ruchi Soya FPO matter

There have been many unsavoury incidents in the stock markets over the years but the action following events surrounding Ruchi Soya’s follow-on public offer (FPO) has been both swift and surprising. To recap, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) directed late Monday evening that all subscribers to the Rs 4,300 crore FPO, barring …

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March 30, 2022
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Info Weapon: TikTok for war?

By Siddharth Pai Many people are watching snippets of the war in Ukraine on their phones. Social media is deluged with photos, videos, and satellite images. Satellites have photographed Russian bases and shown the destruction caused by Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities. But a satellite can take a picture of a particular place only once …

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March 29, 2022
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Confidence Booster: Covid threat has diminished, but caution should be the buzzword

Though the WHO had earlier this month said that several studies were underway to assess the transmissibility and virulence of Delta-Omicron recombinants, it is best that India errs on the side of caution and stays prepared. The Home Ministry’s decision to stop invoking the provisions of the Disaster Management Act for Covid containment measures should …

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Coronavirus Covid Vaccine Covid-19 Opinion

March 28, 2022
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India and the Economics of Water

The total water demand in India is expected to rise by over 70% by 2025, a huge demand-supply gap is expected in the coming years. Three-quarters of Indian districts with around 64 crore people, are hotspots for water-related disasters. By Nitasha Badhwar Water is a critical part of our environment but the last century saw surface …

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March 27, 2022
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This year’s Indian Premier League has a World Cup subplot. Watch out for the potential hotpicks …

The IPL auction dynamics can defy logic at times and Kishan will have to live up to his price tag. This year’s Indian Premier League has a World Cup subplot. Come October, and 80 per cent of the Indian team would pick itself for the T20 World Cup in Australia. But a few places are …

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Indian Premier League IPL ipl 2022 Opinion

March 27, 2022
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Environment Social Governance: India Inc badly needs ESG talent

Make haste slowly: Inflation is a concern, but growth worries require adequate liquidity

Data Drive: A widening gap between small and big companies

Policy Call: Inflation queers the pitch for MPC

Strategic subsidising: Desperately needing subsidy reforms

Wrong message: Sebi acted in haste in the Ruchi Soya FPO matter

Info Weapon: TikTok for war?

Confidence Booster: Covid threat has diminished, but caution should be the buzzword

India and the Economics of Water

This year’s Indian Premier League has a World Cup subplot. Watch out for the potential hotpicks …

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