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Economic & Political Weekly

LIC Must Adopt Industry Best Practices, May 21, 2022:

Financial Express, India

Securing Upgrade in Sovereign Ratings November 1, 2024 Reducing India’s Ambiguous Fiscal Deficit, October 31, 2024 India’s Effective Sovereign Debt Overstated, October 22, 2024 Optimising PSU Payouts for Fighting Covid-19, May 13, 2020

Mint

CRAs Ought to Revise Their Assessment of India, November 4 2024

The Hindu, India

Financing the Pandemic Rescue Package, April 9, 2020

Dvara Research, India

Improving Outcomes for the Financial System Thro’ Credit Rating Agencies, Part I, December 12, 2019 Improving Outcomes for the Financial System Thro’ Credit Rating Agencies, Part II, December 19, 2019

BusinessLine, India

Why India Merits a Sovereign Upgrade, September 11 2024 Corporate Tax Regime needs a Rejig, January 26, 2023 Creating a Fair Environment for ESG Raters., April 19, 2022 Opaque Valuations Hurt IPO Investors, February 28, 2022 Lessons for India from China Evergrande’s Woes, November 16, 2021 Telecom Reforms Not Sweeping Enough, November 3, 2021 Centre Should Borrow Against Shares, July 24 2020 A Fiscally Prudent Solution to Farm Loan Crisis, January 3, 2019 NDA’s Mixed Economic Report Card, November 27, 2018 PSUs do not get Optimal Returns on Funds, October 23, 2018 States are Staring at Indebtedness, August 21, 2018 The Lopsided Gujarat Development Model, May 30, 2018 Karnataka in Good Shape, Fiscally, May 9, 2018 Maharashtra: Lagging in Social Indicators, April 26, 2018 AP is Losing Sight of Fiscal Prudence, April 12, 2018 Ten Lessons from Buffet for Investors, March 15, 2018 Tamil Nadu’s Finances are Precariously Balanced, Feb 19, 2018 The Slow Decline of State Finances, September 26, 2017 Why are India’s Sovereign Ratings Poor?, May 23, 2017 Taking Stock of Indian Exchanges, March 1, 2017 Who Says Cyrus Mistry has Fared Badly?, Jan 5, 2017 A Sovereign Wealth Fund for India, December 13, 2016