-MoneyControl.com In post-DeMo Q4 2016-Q3 2021, sales of approximately 10.37 lakh units outstripped new launches that were at approximately 9.04 lakh units Cash transactions in the housing market have reduced by at least 75-80 percent since demonetisation five years ago. Buyers no longer buy homes to get rid of black money - they now buy them because they want to own homes. But the component is still finding its way into property...
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Demonetisation left RBI’s reputation in tatters. What could future policy makers learn from this? -TR Bhat
-Scroll.in There must be consultation and greater co-ordination between the Reserve Bank as the regulator of Money Supply and the government as the sovereign. While the entire Indian economy was disrupted by the demonetisation exercise announced on November 8, 2016, removing high-value currency notes overnight, it simultaneously stirred a serious controversy on the role of Reserve Bank of India as the principal regulator of Money Supply in India. In understanding the controversial conduct...
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-The Hindu Unless policy action ensures higher demand and growth, India will continue on the path of a K-shaped recovery In recent times, right-leaning economists have been arguing that the Government does not need to do anything with the economy and that it will revive by itself. They call those who disagree with them, doomsday merchants. These economists reason that, like after the Great Depression, the economy rebounded worldwide, and so will...
More »Global Fashion Brands Caused Humanitarian Crisis in 6 Asian Countries During Pandemic, Says Report -Ditsa Bhattacharya
-Newsclick.in Nearly 93% of the Indian garment workers were pushed below the international poverty line of the World Bank in April and May, 2020 Garment workers lost a significant amount of wage during the pandemic in six Asian countries including India. Workers’ wages were at poverty levels even before the pandemic, and were pushed further below the International Poverty Line in their countries by the pandemic, according to a recent report titled...
More »200 Plus Days - Farm Laws, Farmers and Food -SG Vombatkere
-TheCitizen.in The Farmers’ agitation starting November 26 2020, was against three Farm Laws. The Essential Commodities Amendment Act, 2020, (ECA Act) is one of them. ECA Act amends the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, (EC Act) enacted “in the interest of the general public, for the control of the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce”, and more precisely, “for controlling the rise in prices or preventing the hoarding of any...
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