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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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In numbers: Have mid-sized companies been job creators during the Modi years?

Economy

08 February, 2019

In numbers: Have mid-sized companies been job creators during the Modi years?

Jobs data has created a flutter in India over the past couple of weeks. The government has been accused of suppressing ......

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Does Amazon's stake rejig in JV with Narayana Murthy pass FDI test?

TMT

07 February, 2019

Does Amazon's stake rejig in JV with Narayana Murthy pass FDI test?

E-commerce giant Amazon is said to have more than halved its stake in Cloudtail, one of the largest sellers on ......

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How budget proposals on stamp duty will affect PE and VC funds

Finance

04 February, 2019

How budget proposals on stamp duty will affect PE and VC funds

On Friday, acting finance minister Piyush Goyal delivered what is perhaps the most populist budget in the five years that ......

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Could doubts over India's economic and jobs data erode investor confidence?

Economy

31 January, 2019

Could doubts over India's economic and jobs data erode investor confidence?

Earlier this week, two of the country’s top statisticians--PC Mohanan, the chief of the National Statistical Commission...

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Policy Tracker: Why India may not meet its ambitious renewable energy targets

Infrastructure

30 January, 2019

Policy Tracker: Why India may not meet its ambitious renewable energy targets

In early 2015, less than a year after winning a landslide election victory, the Narendra Modi government dramatically increased...

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Ahead of polls, does Modi govt have room to offer sops to large firms, investors?

Economy

25 January, 2019

Ahead of polls, does Modi govt have room to offer sops to large firms, investors?

In February 2015, finance minister Arun Jaitley had said in the second budget of the Narendra Modi government that the ......

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In Charts: Are small and mid-sized private banks grossly overpaying their CEOs?

Finance

22 January, 2019

In Charts: Are small and mid-sized private banks grossly overpaying their CEOs?

There has been talk of late that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may impose limits on the pay packets ......

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How bonus shares, buybacks and dividends by PSUs are propping up govt's coffers

Finance

18 January, 2019

How bonus shares, buybacks and dividends by PSUs are propping up govt's coffers

From 2009-10 to 2013-14, when the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in the saddle, only one state-run company...

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In Charts: How top agri companies have outperformed a growth-challenged sector

Consumer

09 January, 2019

In Charts: How top agri companies have outperformed a growth-challenged sector

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), a government agency, earlier this week released some encouraging growth numbers about the...

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In an election year, could commodity prices define the Indian economy?

Economy

02 January, 2019

In an election year, could commodity prices define the Indian economy?

Global crude oil prices nosedived in December, hitting their lowest mark in the last 16 months before rising to a ......