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India’s megacities—Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune—are all suffocating under the weight of their own success. Poor infrastructure, unplanned development, inadequate roads, crumbling public transport,...

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Sucheta Dalal 14 Feb 2025
When aiming to protect investors by eliminating fraudsters, what approach should one take? Should the focus be on pursuing the crooks, or imposing additional regulations and tracking requirements on legal, registered intermediaries...

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Sucheta Dalal 07 Feb 2025
As India gears up for the Union Budget on 1st February, the lofty slogans and promises of ‘Viksit Bharat’ (developed India) are looking increasingly hollow. After a decade of ‘rapid progress,’ the middle class,...

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Sucheta Dalal 24 Jan 2025
An article on Justworks.com begins with a powerful statement, “Work-life balance isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a critical factor in attracting, retaining, and inspiring top talent around the...

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Sucheta Dalal 17 Jan 2025
At a time when the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has itself come under a cloud, an ex-parte order, issued on 2nd January against Ketan Parekh (KP) and 21 associates, makes for fascinating...

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Sucheta Dalal 10 Jan 2025
It is perhaps fitting that we are starting 2025, which marks the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, with serious introspection, triggered by the passing of former prime minister (PM) Manmohan Singh in India and President Jimmy...

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Sucheta Dalal 03 Jan 2025
If there is one area where the government and its regulators cannot be faulted, it is their tireless effort to warn citizens about cybercrime and fraud. All regulators, banks, stock exchanges, depositories, financial intermediaries and...

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Sucheta Dalal 27 Dec 2024
Many of us missed this 22nd November report, where the securities appellate tribunal (SAT), once again, imposed a penalty of Rs1 lakh on the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for passing a ‘mechanical order’...

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Sucheta Dalal 20 Dec 2024
Shaktikanta Das, the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), demitted office on Monday, leaving an impressive legacy of navigating several crises during his six-year tenure. Taking charge after his predecessor Urjit Patel’s...

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Sucheta Dalal 13 Dec 2024
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has received an explosive new whistle-blower letter that may call into question the merger valuation of ICICI Securities with ICICI Bank, which is already subject to contentious litigation....

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Sucheta Dalal 06 Dec 2024
Amid the uproar surrounding the indictments and arrest warrants in the sprawling Adani bribery scandal, the glaring silence of a central player—Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)—stands out.   The policies of SECI,...

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Sucheta Dalal 29 Nov 2024
Asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) were designed to clean up the banking sector by resolving non-performing assets (NPAs). Consequently, people outside the banking, finance and investment world had nothing to do with them nor had they...

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Sucheta Dalal 22 Nov 2024