Economy
Two important unanswered questions about the gold monetization scheme
The first question is of course about the interest rate, and how much will a bank be willing to give
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Economy
Yash Birla has a Swiss Account, what next?
PTI reported today that industrialist Yash Birla, along with four other lesser known businessmen hold Swiss bank accounts as confirmed by the Switzerland
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Economy
What is the definition of a heat wave and how do people die of it?
The heat has been particularly merciless in the last few days, and the reports of hundreds of people dying due
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Economy
Details of the Draft Gold Monetization Scheme
The Finance Ministry published a draft on the Gold Monetization Scheme that the finance minister had spoken about during the
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Economy
Thoughts on the India – China MOUs
The China pitstop has perhaps been the most interesting in our globe trotting PM’s itinerary. The beginning wasn’t as exciting for
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Economy
Can the Black Money Bill affect you directly?
Rajya Sabha cleared the Black Money Bill today, which is officially Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015, and
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Economy
What is the BRICS Bank that K V Kamath just became the president of?
Mr. K V Kamath was named the first head of the BRICS Bank or officially the New Development Bank today,
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Economy
What is full convertibility of the Rupee?
The RBI Governor, Dr. Raghuram Rajan has brought up the subject of full convertibility of Rupee again recently, and it
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Economy
How do you get anything done?
Reading and writing about the land acquisition bill has made me somewhat gloomy, and question how you can get anything
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Economy
Do States have large amounts of unused land already?
I wrote about some of the sticking points in the Land Acquisition Amendment yesterday, and a related question to that
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