Commentary
December 2019
November 2019
October 2019
August 2019
July 2019
June 2019
April 2019
March 2019
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Delays in liquidated and resolved firms: Visualisation of an output measure of the Indian bankruptcy reform, by Geetika Palta, Anjali Sharma and Susan Thomas, The leap blog, 30th March 2019.
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A regulatory strategy for alternative finance in India, by Aatmin Shah and Bhargavi Zaveri, Moneycontrol, 28th March 2019.
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The long and winding constitution, by Surbhi Bhatia and Saurabh Modi, ThinkPragati, 12th March 2019.
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Time to resolve insolvencies in India, by Surbhi Bhatia, Manish Singh and Bhargavi Zaveri, The leap blog, 11th March 2019.
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The geography of firms and firm formation in India, by Surbhi Bhatia, Manish Singh and Susan Thomas, The leap blog, 1st March 2019.
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Imperfect ruling on constitutionality of IBC, by Varun Marwah and Bhargavi Zaveri, Business standard, 1st March 2019.
February 2019
January 2019
December 2018
November 2018
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Two years of bankruptcy code: Recovery rates up, but info sharing needs to improve, by Gausia Shaikh and Bhargavi Zaveri, Moneycontrol, 28th November 2018.
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RBI's alternative route for foreign debt inflows, by Radhika Pandey, Rajeswari Sengupta and Bhargavi Zaveri, The leap blog, 6th November 2018.
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Rethinking urban land records: A case study of Mumbai, by Gausia Shaikh and Diya Uday, The leap blog, 1st November 2018.
October 2018
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RBI rules for market abuse, electronic trading platforms is regulatory overreach, by Bhargavi Zaveri, Moneycontrol, 15th October 2018.
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Runs on mutual funds, by Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah, Bhargavi Zaveri,
The leap blog, republished in Moneycontrol, 12th October 2018, republished in Moneycontrol on 13th October 2018
September 2018
- Watching markets work: Structural change in the Nifty implied volatility, Surbhi Bhatia, Anjali Sharma and Susan Thomas, The leap blog, 29th September 2018
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Interview: Why IL&FS Picked This Route To Solvency, BloombergQuint, 25th September 2018 - Interview video
- Watching The IBC: Lessons From The RBI-12 Cases, Varun Marwah and Anjali Sharma, BloombergQuint, 24th September 2018
- The decade after 2008 crisis is a missed opportunity for structural reforms in the Indian financial sector, Somasekhar Sundaresan and Bhargavi Zaveri, Moneycontrol, 14th September 2018
August 2018
June 2018
May 2018
- Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code: One-Year Report Card,
Surbhi Bhatia, Varun Marwah, Gausia Shaikh and Bhargavi Zaveri, BloombergQuint, 16th May 2018
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Interview: How does one measure the effectiveness of the IBC? BloombergQuint, 9th May 2018
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Reform, do not rationalise, by Radhika Pandey and Bhargavi Zaveri, Business Standard, 7th May 2018
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The proper purpose of insolvency law, by Pratik Datta and Rajeswari Sengupta, LiveMint, 6th May 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
December 2017
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Needed: bankruptcy-related disclosures by Diya Uday, Mint, 25th December 2017
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Interview: Insolvency process must be more transparent, says researcher by Bhargavi Zaveri, Scroll.in, 23th December 2017
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Commercial wisdom to judicial discretion: NCLT reorients IBC, by Pratik Datta and Rajeswari Sengupta, Ajay Shah's blog, 13th December 2017
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Understanding the recent IBC (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 by Rajeswari Sengupta and Anjali Sharma, Ajay Shah's blog, 7th December 2017, republished in Ideas for India on 22nd March 2018
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Digitising land record management in Maharashtra by Sudha Narayanan, Gausia Shaikh, Diya Uday and Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 8th December 2017, republished in BloombergQuint on 11th December, 2017.
November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
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Jaypee: consumer angle in IBC play by Aparna Ravi and Anjali Sharma, The Hindu, 18th September 2017
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Pension as mandatory savings by Renuka Sane, Business Standard, 5th September 2017
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Watching India's insolvency reforms: a new dataset of insolvency cases by Sreyan Chatterjee, Gausia Shaikh, Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 30th August 2017, republished on BloombergQuint, 3th September 2017
August 2017
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Stock market participation in the aftermath of an accounting scandal by Renuka Sane, Ideas for India, 30th August 2017
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Flat buyers under IBC: Creditors or consumers? by Pratik Datta, Business Standard, 24th August 2017
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The accountability framework of UIDAI: Concerns and solutions by Vrinda Bhandari, Renuka Sane, Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 20th August 2017, republished on Medianama, 21st August 2017
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An unsettling precedent under IBC by Gausia Shaikh, Bhargavi Zaveri, Business Standard, 8th August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
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The severity of the NPA crisis by Harsh Vardhan, Rajeswari Sengupta, Mint, 30th May 2017
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Banking ordinance opens up Pandora's box by Rajeswari Sengupta, Anjali Sharma, Mint, 23rd May 2017
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Policy implications of the Tata-Docomo order by Radhika Pandey, Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 9th May 2017, republished on BloombergQuint, 9th May 2017
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Understanding the recent Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 by Pratik Datta, Rajeswari Sengupta, Ajay Shah's blog, 8th May 2017, republished on The Wire, 9th May 2017, featured on NIPFP website, 9th May 2017
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A critique of RBI's proposal to regulate pre-paid payment instruments in India by Chetna Batra, Gausia Shaikh, Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 1st May 2017, republished on BloombergQuint, 7th May 2017
March 2017
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Lessons From The FPI Limit Breach In HDFC Bank by Radhika Pandey, Bhargavi Zaveri BloombergQuint, 10th March 2017
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The size of personal bank credit in India by Renuka Sane, Anjali Sharma, Ajay Shah's blog, 7th March 2017 , republished on Ideas for India, 10th May 2017
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Making sense of algorithmic trading by Nidhi Aggarwal, Susan Thomas, Business Standard, 2nd March 2017 (Text)
February 2017
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Protecting retail investors' interest in the bond market by Ritika Chhabra, Anjali Sharma, Ajay Shah's blog, 27th February 2017
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Half-hearted FDI reform by Radhika Pandey, Bhargavi Zaveri, Business Standard, 16th February 2017
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Key design elements for data protection by Vrinda Bhandari, Renuka Sane, Mint, 9th February 2017
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Distortions in the Indian land collateral market by Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 1st February 2017, republished on Indrastra India edition, 6th February 2017
January 2017
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Why It's Time to Reconsider the Commodities Transaction Tax by Nidhi Aggarwal, Arpita Pattanaik, Anjali Sharma, The Wire, 27th January 2017
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How would demonetisation have shaped up under an improved RBI board? by Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 25th January 2017
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What the demonetisation episode tells us about offshore currency markets by Sargam Jain, Anjali Sharma, Mint, 17th January 2017
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Measuring outputs v. outcomes: Did the restriction on foreign investment in Rupee-debt work? by Anurag Dutt, Arpita Pattanaik, Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 6th January 2017, republished on IndiaCorpLaw Blog, 14th January 2017
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Should we be uploading FIRs on the internet? by Vrinda Bhandari, Renuka Sane, Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 06th January 2017
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Unified agricultural markets: Where are the reforms lacking? by Nidhi Aggarwal, Sargam Jain, Sudha Narayanan, Ideas for India, 2nd January 2017
December 2016
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Two litigations and a takeaway by Radhika Pandey, Bhargavi Zaveri, Business Standard, 26th December 2016
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Challenges in the Transition to the New Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code by Rajeswari Sengupta, Anjali Sharma, The Wire, 15th December 2016
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Will demonetisation lead to a protracted economic slowdown? by Radhika Pandey, Rajeswari Sengupta, Ideas for India, 15th December 2016
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Revamping the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal by Pratik Datta, Surya Prakash B.S., Renuka Sane, Mint, 13th December 2016
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Demonetisation Will Likely Lead to a Protracted Economic Slowdown by Radhika Pandey, Rajeswari Sengupta, The Wire, 12th December 2016
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How will IBC 2016 deal with existing bank NPAs? by Rajeswari Sengupta, Anjali Sharma, Ajay Shah's blog, 05th December 2016.
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Lessons from 1946 and 1978: Why a Parliamentary Act is still needed for demonetisation by Pratik Datta, Rajeswari Sengupta, Scroll, 05th December 2016.
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Watching markets work: The dramatic events of 8 November 2016 by Anurag Dutt, Sargam Jain, Ajay Shah, Susan Thomas, Ajay Shah's blog, 04th December 2016.
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Flawed and fickle: RBI's frequent changes to cash withdrawal rules fuel prevailing uncertainty by Radhika Pandey, Bhargavi Zaveri, scroll, 2nd December 2016.
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Demonetisation needs a Parliamentary law to be fool-proof by Pratik Datta, Rajeswari Sengupta, Ajay Shah's blog, 01st December 2016.
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What does the currency ban mean for banks? by Rajeswari Sengupta, Anjali Sharma, Mint, 01st December 2016.
November 2016
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Intrusive detail in the rules associated with de-monetisation by Radhika Pandey, Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 30th November 2016.
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Demonetisation alone can't turn agricultural markets cashless by Nidhi Aggarwal, Sudha Narayanan, The Wire, 25th November 2016, republished on Ideas for India, 30th November 2016
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The law on cash that will not come back: Will the government get a big bonanza from the RBI? by Radhika Pandey, Bhargavi Zaveri, scroll, 25th November 2016.
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SEBI's proposals on advisors and distributors by Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 22nd November 2016.
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Ushering in insolvency professionals by Anirudh Burman, Rajeswari Sengupta, Business Standard, 20th November 2016.
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Legal questions about demonetisation: What happens to the assets that back extinguished rupee notes by Radhika Pandey, Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 18th November 2016.
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GDP conundrum: Is India booming? by Rajeswari Sengupta, Ideas for India, 16th November 2016.
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A macro view of India's currency ban by Rajeswari Sengupta, Ideas for India, 15th November 2016.
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Direct participation in the Indian equity market: First estimates of some basic facts by Anurag Dutt, Renuka Sane, Susan Thomas, Ajay Shah's blog, 11th November 2016.
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Watching markets work: The `surgical strikes' of 29 September 2016 by Susan Thomas, Ajay Shah's blog, 9th November 2016.
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Dear SEBI, Don't Kill The Marketplace Of Ideas by Ajay Shah, Bhargavi Zaveri, BloombergQuint, 2nd November 2016.
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Towards a privacy framework for India in the age of the internet by Vrinda Bhandari, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 2nd November 2016.
October 2016
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Weaknesses of recent moves on capital controls for outbound capital flows by Gausia Shaikh, Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 29th October 2016.
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New law should have firm foundations by Bhargavi Zaveri, Business Standard, 18th October 2016.
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Household finance in India: The state of the art, 2016 by Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 16th October 2016.
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SEBI's proposal to regulate social media: Where did we go wrong? by Ajay Shah, Bhargavi Zaveri, Ajay Shah's blog, 15th October 2016.
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It isn’t enough to focus on Doing Business rankings by Rajeswari Sengupta, Mint, 12th October 2016.
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Clear the air before enforcing Bankruptcy Code by Anirudh Burman, Rajeswari Sengupta, Business Standard, 9th October 2016.
September 2016
August 2016
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Are fleeting orders by high frequency traders a source of market abuse? by Nidhi Aggarwal, Chirag Anand, Ajay Shah's blog, 29th August 2016.
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How can financial regulators combat mis-selling? Five solutions by Monika Halan, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 20th August 2016.
- Here is proof that banks mis-sell by
Monika Halan, Mint, 17th
August 2016.
- Why inflation targeting works by
Rajeswari Sengupta, Mint, 16th
August 2016.
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Banks are unfair in their role as financial advisors / distributors by Monika Halan, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 13th August 2016.
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
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Analysis of the recent proposed SARFAESI amendments : are these consistent with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code? by Richa Roy, Rajeswari Sengupta, Ajay Shah's blog, 29th May 2016.
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Understanding judicial delays in India: Evidence from Debt Recovery Tribunals by Prasanth Regy, Shubho Roy, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 18th May 2016.
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Indian bankruptcy reforms: Where we are and where we go next by Ajay Shah,
Susan Thomas, Ajay Shah's blog, 18th May 2016.
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Bankruptcy code: Will the govt be able to achieve its objective? by
Anjali Sharma, Susan Thomas, Mint, 10th
May 2016.
April 2016
March 2016
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Pricing the OROP by Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah, Mint, 14th March 2016.
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Real GDP is growing at 5%, not 7.1% by Rajeswari Sengupta, Mint, 14th March 2016.
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After
Rollback, Revisit by Renuka Sane, Indian
Express, 11th March 2016.
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India’s
corporate bond market puzzle by Anjali
Sharma, Mint, 11th March 2016.
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Elements for the proposed privacy law by Vrinda Bhandari,
Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 9th March 2016.
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Rationalised
taxes for pension plans by Renuka Sane, Mint,
1st March 2016.
February 2016
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Where
Is The Strategy To Solve The Investment And Banking
Crises? by Rajeswari
Sengupta, Swarajya, 29th February
2016.
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The
cause of NPAs by Renuka Sane, Anjali Sharma,
Susan Thomas, Business Standard,
28th February 2016.
- Protecting
citizens from the State: The case for a privacy law by
Vrinda Bhandari, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog,
16th February 2016
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The
Budget Track Record
by Rajeswari Sengupta, Swarajya, 11th February 2016.
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Debt deja vu by Susan Thomas, Indian Express, 10th February 2016.
January 2016
- Draft IRDAI regulations on insurance commissions: Going back to the beginning by Ashish Aggarwal, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 30th January 2016
- Concerns about compliance with IRDAI regulations by insurance companies by Sumant Prashant, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 28th January 2016
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Decoding
information utilities under the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Bill by Anirudh Burman,
Renuka Sane, an IGIDR FRG interview,
January 2016.
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A better bankruptcy regulator by Pratik Datta, Rajeswari Sengupta, Business Standard, 10th January 2016
December 2015
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Personal insolvency: Lessons from the UK and Australia by Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 28th December 2015
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Firm insolvency process: Lessons from a cross-country comparison by Rajeswari Sengupta, Anjali Sharma, Ajay Shah's blog, 22nd December 2015.
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Ensuring
information access during financial distress by Shreya Garg, Anjali Sharma, Shivangi Tyagi, Financial Express,
17th December 2015.
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Treatment of individual credit in the draft Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
by Shreya Garg, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 05th
December 2015.
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To
internationalize the rupee or not? by Rajeswari Sengupta,
Bhargavi Zaveri, Mint, 02nd December 2015.
November 2015
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Road to insolvency resolution by Richa Roy, Rajeswari Sengupta, Mint, 26th
November 2015.
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From non-performing to performing by Richa Roy, Rajeswari Sengupta, Mint, 25th
November 2015.
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Setting
up the ecosystem for personal credit
by Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah's blog, 21st
November 2015.
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Bankruptcy
reforms: It's not the ranking that matters
by Rajeswari Sengupta, Ajay Shah's blog, 13th
November 2015.
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Dealing With Failure by Susan Thomas, Indian Express, 13th November 2015.
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
May 2015
March 2015
November 2014
October 2014
- The case of the missing billions: estimating losses to customers due to mis-sold life insurance policies by Monika Halan, Renuka Sane, Susan Thomas, Tandfonline, 28th October 2014.
- Rebuilding
trust by Nidhi Aggarwal, Susan Thomas, Financial Express, 22nd October 2014.
- How to strengthen the National Pension System
by Renuka Sane, Susan Thomas, Ajay Shah's blog, 9th October 2014.
September 2014
- What role is played by the commodity futures in India?
by Nidhi Agrawal, Susan Thomas, Ajay Shah's blog, 10th September 2014.
- SAT order on NSE's actions after the Emkay crash
by Chirag Anand, Ajay Shah's blog, 3rd September 2014.
- What does algorithmic trading do to market quality?
by Nidhi Agrawal, Susan Thomas, Ajay Shah's blog, 1st September 2014.
- User rights as a novel instrument for infrastructure financing
by Manish K Singh, S Ramann, Ajay Shah's blog, 19th September 2014.
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
February 2014
December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
August 2013
- Catastrophic Politicians, BusinessWorld, 21st August 2013.
- Cure the disease, donot kill patients by Renuka Sane, LiveMint, 20th August 2013.
- Ban on micro-finance; Consumption drops 20% in AP by Susan Thomas, Renuka Sane, The Financial Express, 10th August 2013.
- Micro-finance ban hurts the poor by Susan Thomas, BusinessLine, 9th August 2013.
February 2013
May 2011
February 2011
October 2010
July 2010
June 2010
- Call auctions: A Solution to some difficulties in Indian finance, Mint, 29th June 2010.