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Demonetisation: Cash withdrawals decline; are Indians turning cashless or bank ATMs running out of money?
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 8 years agoMain 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
• 8 years agoThe 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
Fp Staff • 8 years agoDoubts 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
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 8 years agoForced 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?
Sindhu • 13 years agoIndustry 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
Sindhub • 12 years agoThe 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.