Minutes of Monetary Policy Committee meeting show that several members felt debt-fuelled consumption could become a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ to boost overall growth.
States worried over Centre slashing their funds, which could be used for capital creation, by considering liabilities of state entities while determining net borrowing capacity.
Reserves to external debt ratio increased to 101.2% from 85.6% during the same period, consolidating India's position as a net creditor to the world, the finance ministry said.
India's debt markets have been reeling under the coronavirus lockdown, prompting risk-averse investors to dump assets and worsening liquidity in some corporate bond trading.
RBI has to improve monetary policy transmission & undertake reforms like setting up public debt management agency & boosting bond market infrastructure.
Liberty is not accepted in India as the ultimate goal of political systems. This is why, for instance, there is so much paranoia about foreign investments, wrote economist Ashok V Desai in 1995.
RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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