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Six years of zero MDR delivered unprecedented digital payments at the price of underinvestment, rising fraud risk, and market concentration.
India has the world’s third-largest renewable fleet, but we remain a coal-based economy. Coal still supplies close to three-quarters of the...
Private institutions are better placed to handle arbitration because their credibility depends on neutrality, speed, and procedural discipline. To be...
India’s financial system stands at an inflexion point. The expansion has created opportunities, but financial deepening cannot be sustained unless...
The new RAINMUMBAI contract covers the monsoon months and makes a payout based on the occurrence and magnitude of predefined weather conditions....
The Maharashtra government must fund activities that can develop, certify, and rapidly multiply climate-resilient mango cultivars, along with other...
The RBI may consider evaluating the structural reasons why banks do not invest in fraud protection.
IOC, BPCL, and HPCL have lost about Rs 20,000 crore due to the fuel price freeze. These losses will accumulate on balance sheets, raise borrowing...
India’s states have vastly different electricity needs. Tamil Nadu has high wind penetration and Rajasthan has abundant solar irradiance. A...
A sound tax system is one based on the ability to pay or economic surplus. But the STT taxes the circulation of capital and not its returns, making it...
Corporate bonds are priced as a spread over the risk-free rate. In India, the reference risk-free rate is unreliable as large institutions are...
The conditions in the tenders of the Solar Energy Corporation of India are a reflection of the larger policy obsession in India to uncover the...