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Why credit rating agencies are real threat to financial markets?

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Why credit rating agencies are real threat to financial markets? Click here:  https://www.financialexpress.com/market/cafeinvest/why-credit-rating-agencies-are-real-threat-to-financial-markets/1490838/ Updated: February 20, 2019 1:39:22 PM In recent weeks, many large-scale disasters in the financial market like ILFS, DHFL, and now Zee Group is due to the lack of prudent rating by rating agencies. Even after guidelines, there are series of high-profile disasters in stock markets including AAA-rated instruments going burst. (Representational photo) By:-  Vijay Sardana In recent weeks, many large-scale disasters in the financial market like ILFS, DHFL, and now Zee Group is due to the lack of prudent rating by rating agencies. This is the classic case when private rating agencies are going all out to retain their fee by lending reports to please the promoters. Once again, I am saying this is not the end of bad news. We must take a proactive stand and force the rati

After Elections what should be the demand of India - Strong Leader or Strong Institutions?

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Irrespective of Election Outcome   What is more crucial for Indian Democracy? - Strong Leader or Strong Institutions By: Vijay Sardana We always talk to strong government is required in the country, why we don’t say we need strong institutions in the country. In the last 70 years, we have destroyed the institutions and glorified the individuals. History is full of such examples when individuals become more powerful than the institutions, the society and the country suffered and suffered badly. Are we learning from history or not, if not we are in the process of repeating it? What happens when institutions are undermined or destroyed? This is what constitution  expects from all political parties. What our political parties have delivered by destroying institutions ? Voice of common man is suppressed and ignored and parliament and multiparty democracy is ignored. This is dangerous for highly diversified country like India. What is expected from the New Gove

Voters & Cadres Mindset and Parliamentary Election - 10 Key Messages from Indian Political Discourses

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2019 Indian Parliamentary Election Testing time for Indian Voters and its impact on Political Outcomes Why exit polls may go wrong? By: Vijay Sardana Last five years were very interesting in Indian political space. Many experiments were done by voters and that has made Indian democracy more mature. Please consider all elections including national, states and local elections in the last five years as part of political experiments by Indian voters. Indian Citizens and Voters will display their true political wisdom and learning from last 5 years in 2019 which many political debates on TV and in media is not discussing because channels are taking political positions and not allowing logical discourse to happen. In Indian mainline media, economics is suppressing sociology. Nothing wrong from their angle, they also need money to survive. After all, governments (states + union + local bodies) spend billions of dollars on media advertisements in 5 years and all want to enj

PepsiCo sues Indian farmers over 'exclusive' potatoes

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PepsiCo sues Indian farmers over 'exclusive' potatoes

National Elections without Agenda - Turning Point for Indian Politics & Democracy

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National Elections without Agenda -  Turning Point for Indian Politics and  Democracy By: Vijay Sardana Please look at the scale of democratic process and what we all are discussing today? National elections of India in 2019 are elections without agenda. Just think over and please indicate what are the major issues flagged by the political parties. Ruling party is not talking about achievements. They are also not sharing their development vision for India. Opposition  also failed in presenting alternate governance model and has no vision for India except highlighting the failure of ruling government. The only agenda all political parties have is how much tax-payers money they want to waste to bribe  voters in the name of free doles to come to power. Why these elections are turning point for Indian democracy? The only thing which has become crucial in these General Election is that elections are polarised between two camps i.e right wing and left wing. T

Charcha Mein: Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana | 23/02/2019

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Vijay Sardana, Agriculture Market Expert On issue of Fortification

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