Three decades Licence Raj was dismantled, Inspector Raj persists . Businesses must navigate 26,134 compliances hosting the threat of imprisonment. Enabling employment and wealth creation at the grassroots demands a recast of laws. By Shankkar Aiyar |Published: 13th February 2022 07:13 AM | ‘Useless laws weaken the necessary laws’. The…

A week is a long time not just in politics. Events of the past seven days challenge the use of safety and banks in one sentence — globally banks lost $459 bn in market worth. This week Putin meets Xi Jinping and the US Fed meets to decide if its…

The collapse of SVB has implications for the start-up ecosystem. The end of easy money is unravelling fault lines in investment and business models. Gordon Gekko immortalized “greed is good” in the cinematic avatar of Wall Street. Fear is just as primordial and has no bottom. By Shankkar Aiyar |…

The value of promised investments has migrated from thousand crores to lakh crores. The big IF is how many will materialise into actual investments. India’s GDP grows in the states. The global context makes it imperative that stats rise above showboating, push reforms and convert intent into investment. By Shankkar…

Thanks to the failure of language, for a year humanity and the world economy are paying the price in lives and livelihoods. The notion of the ‘end of history’ is now lying in the rubble of war. …

The January CPI print defied RBI’s optimistic outlook. It underlines the debate on prices of essentials at bazaars and in homes. For sure the data will be tortured in coming weeks to derive reasons. …

Shorn of the optics, Budget 2023 is a “no harm done budget” with measures for an “Atmanirbhar GDP”. Beyond numbers allocations must catalyse change. What happens to ideas to nudge better outcomes? The ideas are stalled by political indigestion caused by electoral interests. By Shankkar Aiyar | Published: 05th February…

Government websites list hundreds of schemes. DBT Bharat lists 310 schemes run by 53 departments. NPCI lists 8976 user codes for schemes on direct benefit transfers. How many schemes do the Centre and states manage, what is being spent and what is the quality of outcomes? By Shankkar Aiyar |…

Free trade was, effectively, never free. The idea of mutualism and shared prosperity is being upended by economic, demographic and geopolitical factors. The fear of competitive deficiencies is finding expression in new rules on trade and investment. By Shankkar Aiyar | Published: 22nd January 2023 01:12 AM | Twenty-seven is…