Soumya Kanti Ghosh

Demonetisation: Cash withdrawals decline; are Indians turning cashless or bank ATMs running out of money?

Main reason for the downward trend in cash withdrawals in March appears to be that there is simply not enough lower denomination notes available in the banking system (one likely reason why the RBI is now thinking of introducing Rs 200 notes) to fill the ATMs

India's unemployment rate sees sharp decline: SBI research report

The report further noted that the decline was also explained by household demanded/allocated work under MGNREGA, which increased from 83 lakh households in October 2016 to 167 lakh households in February 2017.

Cracking the GDP puzzle: How data revisions helped the govt show a better number

Doubts surrounding India's GDP number just refuse to die down. With every new GDP number there is a chain of suspicions and denials

IIP flop show: With investments tepid, training guns at Urjit Patel for growth pill is a joke

Forced rate cuts can increasingly impact savers rather than benefit the borrower since banks will use this opportunity to quickly cut their deposit rates and go slow on lending rate cuts.

Business gives thumb-up to Trivedi, but will Mamata?

Industry has welcomed the decision to raise passenger fares as the right step. But the targets set by the railway minister may be over-ambitious

Unpleasant surprises over, Budget 2013 may please capital mkts: Ficci

The government has already postponed the implementation of the General Anti Avoidance Rules and finished unpleasant announcements like diesel and railway fare hikes. Some other sops such as a reduction in the securities transaction tax (STT) could be announced.