Ravi Menon

Articles by Ravi Menon

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Where banks fear to tread: NPAs on the rise, RBI moves slowly, but surely

Over-leveraged industry stalls on investments and capacity utilisation, as banks go easy on the lending button.

Jul 4, 2017

Air India divestment: More positives than negatives to a Maharaja's selloff

Was the intangible benefits of holding on to a 13 percent market share worth pouring red ink on a battered balance-sheet? The government didn't think so.

Jul 3, 2017

Buy, buy, baby: RBI's checks can make the banks bounce

Guidelines on third party product sales from the banking regulator may not really stop banks from mis-selling.

Jun 29, 2017

KG-D6 gas output down to a drip, says Reliance

Company says trying to maintain liquid flow, sustain production until future projects are commissioned.

Jun 29, 2017

The Hurting Locker: Trust and liability are gone with the RBI wind

Are banks saying that they don't care for lost or stolen goods from their lockers, but will still charge customers for taking the risk?

Jun 26, 2017

Gear change: Face IT industry headwinds with the right skillsets

Tech services companies which invested in digital services are likely to be the only ones showing revival in growth rates in future.

Jun 23, 2017

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With more currency and no digital shift, demonetisation is a failure

Demonetisation via strategic devaluation of selected currency denominations rolled out last November has not resulted in a quantum shift to digital mode.

Jun 20, 2017

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SBI tops debit card transactions in April

The country's biggest lender reported debit card transactions worth Rs 11,720.73 crore in April,

Jun 19, 2017

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Cab wars: Ola, Uber head down the long, bumpy road

App-based aggregators Ola and Uber have only themselves to blame for the current mess roiling the industry

Jun 15, 2017

Riding the waive: A growth dream betrayed

Farmer pains will be only partly eased by loan waivers even as the next round of balance-sheet agony for banks and coops gets primed for release.

Jun 13, 2017

Promoter principle: Swearing by staying power

Infosys shareholders have an abiding faith in promoter competence. Friday's crash said so.

Jun 9, 2017

RERA headaches and diluted recipes

The Real Estate Regulation Act promulgated on May 1 aimed its crosshairs at the heart of the muddy waters -– the states --, where political and power equations have been grounded on the builder-politician nexus.

Jun 6, 2017

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GST: Smokescreen with a lot of fire?

The additional cost of GST could negatively impact consumer price inflation and the ability of companies to pass on tax benefits to their consumers.

Jun 5, 2017

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