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India has just overtaken Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, with nominal gross domestic product (GDP) clocking in at US$4.19trn (trillion). Yet, behind this headline triumph lies a serious contradiction. Nearly 65%...

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Sucheta Dalal 11 Jun 2025
Despite multiple warnings and committee recommendations, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continues to evade the core issue: issuing clear, enforceable directions to banks on resolving the continued harassment of customers over...

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Sucheta Dalal 06 Jun 2025
In a candid interview with The Indian Express, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, the newly-appointed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), acknowledged a significant lapse in the regulator's transparency standards. He noted...

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Sucheta Dalal 30 May 2025
Unchecked fraud in initial public offerings (IPOs), especially listings by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should set off loud alarm bells for retail investors, especially those hunting for multi-bagger in this segment. As many as...

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Sucheta Dalal 23 May 2025
At a time when most of us were riveted on Operation Sindoor, a decision by judges of the Supreme Court of India (SC) to voluntarily declare their assets went largely unnoticed. The disclosures are a step forward from the sporadic and...

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Sucheta Dalal 16 May 2025
On 29 April  2025, the Supreme Court of India (SC), issued a landmark order directing the central bureau of investigation (CBI) to register seven preliminary enquiries and set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe, what it...

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Sucheta Dalal 09 May 2025
The customer is king—a much quoted business mantra coined by Harry Gordon Selfridge a century ago—is more of a hollow slogan today. Instead, customers of giant organisations are forced deal with ‘systems’ that work...

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Sucheta Dalal 02 May 2025
Just under a year ago, I reported (Moneylife Exclusive: Serial Fraudster Dinesh Dalmia Strikes Again: Dupes Lenders of Nearly Rs200 Crore) that Dinesh Dalmia, serial fraudster and founder of the now-defunct DSQ Software group, had...

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Sucheta Dalal 25 Apr 2025
Air travel remains unrivalled as the preferred mode of long-distance transportation globally, with 4.7bn (billion) passenger trips logged in 2023, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).    Its allure...

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Sucheta Dalal 17 Apr 2025
At the grandly titled Start-up Mahakumbh last week, Union minister for commerce and industry Piyush Goyal delivered yet another controversial speech—one that swiftly turned into a lightning rod for criticism. This was not his first...

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Sucheta Dalal 11 Apr 2025
Brazen price manipulation, stock cornering, fabricated financial disclosures and social media influencers fuelling pump-&-dump schemes—this is the alarming new reality of India's capital markets. A growing network of...

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Sucheta Dalal 04 Apr 2025
Three months into his tenure as the 26th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Sanjay Malhotra delivered a hard-hitting speech at the annual conference of bank ombudsmen, on 17th March. His words raised hopes of a much-needed...

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Sucheta Dalal 28 Mar 2025