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Highlights of Business Today January 26, 2020, issue:

How To Steady A Wobbly Economy

Prescriptions from top experts in business, economics, politics and taxation

10+ mins

Government Doesn't Have The Bench Strength To Handle The Economy

The Indian economy is going through one of its longest spells of slowdown — six quarters and counting. Even as government and independent commentators are groping in the dark for possible ways to turn around a decelerating economy, Business Today’s Dipak Mondal and Joe C. Mathew caught up with P. Chidambaram, who has presented eight Budgets as finance minister. Excerpts from his analysis of the crisis:

10+ mins

The Slowing Economy Will Remain So For Some Time

Will the Narendra Modi government announce a populist Union Budget to arrest the economic slowdown? Will Budget 2020 offer tax sops and income tax relaxation to stimulate demand? Unlikely, says Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). Debroy tells Business Today’s Joe C. Mathew that a stimulus is neither feasible nor desirable and a clear and credible roadmap for fiscal consolidation is the need of the hour. Edited excerpts:

8 mins

New Fault Lines in Banking

Even as banks lower their NPAs for the year, new areas of stress are emerging that may create headaches for the financial sector and the RBI.

10+ mins

Knocked Out

PESSIMISM RULES AS CORPORATE LEADERS EXPECT A DULL BUDGET AND BELOW 5 PER CENT GROWTH IN 2019/20, FINDS THE LATEST BUSINESS TODAY-C FORE BUSINESS CONFIDENCE SURVEY

4 mins

GOING WITH THE TIDE

MARKET BUOYANCY LED TO A STELLAR SHOW BY IPOs THOUGH FUNDS RAISED WERE LOW

3 mins

BAYER-MONSANTO POWER OF TWO

HOW THE MERGER OF MNC GIANTS BAYER AND MONSANTO IS LIKELY TO PAN OUT IN INDIA

7 mins

MALLS WITH AIRPORTS

The land of duty-free has grown to such an extent that these stores are now destinations by themselves

6 mins

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