Editorial Comment

A Knight Frank study shows that India will face an affordable housing shortage of 31.2 million units by 2030. There is already an existing shortage of 10.1 million units

Agricultural reforms should, therefore, not remain limited to factor-market reforms, but should also include efforts to liberalise constraints to marketing

The IDR focuses specifically on external debt and classifies countries by income level

According to the Sebi circular, the T+0 cycle will be available on an optional basis for the top 500 companies by market capitalisation from January 31, 2025

Mr Das' term over the past six years was fairly challenging for both the Indian economy and the RBI, largely because of the pandemic

al-Assad's overthrow was the result of the distractions of his chief backers, the Iran-sponsored Hezbollah and Russian President Vladimir Putin

The regulator had in May 2010 prescribed a revised framework for setting up a stock exchange or a trading platform (by the existing stock exchanges) with terminals across the country for SMEs

Ensuring a level playing in arbitration is critical, given the rapidly expanding involvement of the private sector in the government's infrastructure programme

Higher tariffs and tax cuts will benefit American companies but will increase inflation and the Budget deficit. This explains the different positions of the debt and equity markets

The market for education loans in India has evolved significantly over the years, with the outstanding portfolio under education loans growing by 17 per cent to Rs 96,847 crore in 2022-23

In the context of US elections and possible uncertainty, Mr Das said the Indian economy and the financial sector were well placed to deal with any spillover impact from global economy

On monetary policy, Mr Das categorically noted that a rate cut would be premature and could be "very, very risky"

Among Indian firms, the paper finds smaller non-agricultural firms are more exposed to flooding and heat than larger firms

The bigger danger implicit in the extremist approach in the Aparajita Bill, as with similar Bills passed by other states, is a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the crime of sexual assault

To be fair, the RBI or the MPC on its own cannot change the target or stop taking into account one part of the consumer basket without appropriate amendment to the RBI Act

High food inflation can lead to the unanchoring of inflation expectations, which could significantly complicate overall inflation management

Doing so, especially given their constrained fiscal space, would help states ensure the subsidies are better aligned with their intended objectives and public funds are used more efficiently

As the fiscal space tightens, it will be important for private investment to pick up to sustain economic growth over the medium to long term

Unlike selfies, self-portraits are celebrated as works of art and are rarely mentioned in the same breath, even though both stem from the same basic human impulse

Sheikh Hasina's position seemed unassailable - until, suddenly, it wasn't