Aman Malik

A physicist turned career journalist who has been covering the infrastructure sector for more than a decade and a half, Aman writes on the intersection between business and policy.

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Flashback 2018: Steel and power on the mend, renewable energy sector consolidates

Infrastructure

26 December, 2018

Flashback 2018: Steel and power on the mend, renewable energy sector consolidates

India’s infrastructure story basically continued from where it had ended last year, and rather predictably at that. Even...

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Economy

24 December, 2018

Flashback 2018: Inside the Indian economy's year of extremes

For the Indian economy, the year gone by was defined by extremes. The stock markets rose to record highs by the ......

Finance

11 December, 2018

Pro-demonetisation bureaucrat Shaktikanta Das appointed RBI governor

Former economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India, reported...

Finance

10 December, 2018

RBI governor Urjit Patel quits amid friction with govt over autonomy

Reserve Bank of India governor Urjit Patel on Monday announced that he would be leaving the post with immediate effect. "On...

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Economy

05 December, 2018

Explained: Why market pricing of natural gas may be good economics, bad politics

The central government’s think tank, Niti Aayog, is proposing to free the price of natural gas in a move aimed ......

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Consumer

04 December, 2018

From online to offline, two-horse races emerge in India's organised retail sector

Media reports over the past couple of weeks have suggested that US e-commerce giant Amazon Inc is close to buying ......

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Finance

30 November, 2018

Explained: Why the Centre wants a GST Council-like body for agri, health policies

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has pitched for federal institutions to administer and implement policies in the healthcare...

Economy

29 November, 2018

Explained: Why Modi govt cut GDP growth rates for previous years

Once upon a time only economists and academics fretted over economic indicators like gross domestic product (GDP). But not any...

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Infrastructure

27 November, 2018

Will govt's bid to privatise airports attract investors?

In September, civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu said India plans to construct 100 new airports at a cost of Rs ......

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Finance

20 November, 2018

In numbers: Which NBFCs have the biggest bad-loan problem?

The recent downfall of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS), one of India’s largest non-banking...