[ad_1] INS Vikrant during sea trials on September 06, 2021; image credit: WikimediaSynopsisIt took 13 years and INR23,000 crore to indigenously develop INS Vikrant. Even before its commissioning, preparations for building another indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vishal, at a cost of INR50,000 crore have already...
[ad_1] SynopsisLay-offs may be inevitable even when there is a professionally competent management, good fundamentals, and focus on building value. But the critical aspect is how they are executed once the decision is taken.“Massive lay-off at a highly funded startup.” Waking up to such headlines...
[ad_1] SynopsisLaw is already a part of fiscal and monetary policy, but too little attention is being paid to its effects on the success and failure of macroeconomic policy. Hence, it is worth testing the benefits of novel legal instruments — and innovative use of...
[ad_1] Indian rupee registered the worst weekly decline of the financial year amid worries over surging current account deficit, capital outflows, risk-averse sentiments, and dollar demand. Let’s look at narrated factors one by one.Trade Balance:India’s trade balance for the month of June came at $26.18bn,...
[ad_1] SynopsisMoney is on the threshold of momentous change. Digital currencies may replace the very nature and capabilities of money. But rather than leading to a proliferation of private and official currencies that compete on a level playing field, the digitisation of currencies could make...
[ad_1] Workers demand unpaid wages in Rieti, Italy, in April 2022.SynopsisEurope is staring at a lost decade. While the Russia-Ukraine war has resulted in higher food and fuel prices, the delay in labour-market reforms is hampering job creation. Consequently, the euro area has witnessed a...
[ad_1] Workers work on a speaker production line at Luyang Electronics Co., LTD in Linquan County, Fuyang city, East China's Anhui province, June 30, 2022. SynopsisCovid policy disruptions have added to China’s pressures from rising labour costs and worsening Sino-U.S. trade tensions. With low labour...
[ad_1] The exclusion of healthcare from the goods and services tax regime is leading to stranded input tax credit (ITC) according to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. In a letter to Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, the industry body has batted for...
[ad_1] Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 9 paise to 79.03 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday, as persistent foreign funds outflows weighed on investor sentiments. Forex traders said the weakness of crude oil prices is supporting the local unit. However, inflation and growth...
[ad_1] Hasmukh Adhia, former Union finance secretary, argues that extending compensation to states will mean increased laxity in state tax bureaucracies. Here are edited excerpts of an interview to Shantanu Nandan Sharma:Do you believe that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was hurriedly implemented?For a...