Rising crude price is the reason for high inflation, and RBI may choose to ignore this transitory phenomenon. Read more »
The RBI monetary policy committee should hike policy rates gradually from now as doing it later in haste could destabilise the financial system. Read more »
Lesson from Ukraine: A convertible digital rupee can help India mitigate the risks in the international payments systems in the future. Read more »
Sticky inflation will force the RBI put an end to monetary easing cycle despite concerns over economic growth. Read more »
Unemployment in India stood at 8.1% in February 2022. The biggest single driver of growth and prosperity is the movement of people from lower productivity jobs into higher productivity occupations. We have... Read more »
Cuts in excise duties can contain inflation to a certain extent, giving the Reserve Bank of India some headroom to support growth in the monetary policy review next week. Read more »
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has its roots in wasteful investment in infrastructure projects, and overdependence on remittances and service sector revenues. Read more »
The RBI and NPCI launched UPI123Pay in March to enable offline payments on feature phones without internet access. Read more »
Russian oil deals: The West should not have unrealistic expectations from India which imports 85% of its crude requirements. Read more »
A prolonged Ukraine war may warrant fiscal support to the most vulnerable sections of the world population to cope with rising cost of living. Read more »