Vivek Kaul's Blog, page 3
June 15, 2021
What Does Official Government Inflation Mean for You?
The official rate of inflation doesn’t tell you much about anything. Your real rate of inflation depends on what you regularly consume, and not on what the government thinks the average Indian does.
June 14, 2021
What Other Countries Will Learn from Chinese Crackdown on Cryptos
There are lessons that other governments and central banks around the world can easily pick up from the latest Chinese crackdown on cryptos. Hence, in the time to come, the crackdown on cryptos will only go up.
June 10, 2021
Privatization by Malign Neglect: Nationalized Banks Gave Out Just 6% of Banking Loans in 2020-21
The non-SBI public sector banks have barely carried out any lending over the last five years. In the process, they have lost market share rapidly to the private banks.
June 3, 2021
When It Comes to Vaccines, Govt Tells Us One Thing, Supreme Court Another
On May 13, the central government told us that between August and December this year, the covid vaccine availability/production will be ramped to around 216 crore doses.
On May 9, it had told the Supreme Court: "It is difficult to predict the projections for vaccines given that it depends on variable factors such as introduction of new foreign vaccines, capability of increased production by existing manufacturers, among others."
On May 9, it had told the Supreme Court: "It is difficult to predict the projections for vaccines given that it depends on variable factors such as introduction of new foreign vaccines, capability of increased production by existing manufacturers, among others."
June 1, 2021
On Being Positive – Do You Have Your Bullshit Receptors On?
Be positive in 2021 is basically what acche din aane waale hain was in 2014. They are two sides of the same coin.
May 25, 2021
How RBI Generated a ₹ 99,122 Crore Surplus for the Government
If I were to be slightly flippant here I would ask a rhetorical question – Is RBI a central bank or is it a government sponsored hedge fund?
May 20, 2021
The Real Story Behind India’s Covid Vaccine Exports
There is much more to India's botched up vaccine export strategy than is being talked about in the public domain.
May 17, 2021
But How Do You Hide the Dead…
In order to manage the pandemic better, state governments should be reporting covid deaths as accurately as possible, something which isn't happening currently.
May 11, 2021
India’s Vaccination Mess and How to Sort It
Everything you ever wanted to know about the covid vaccine but were afraid to ask.
May 10, 2021
Only 3.78% of Adults Have Got Both Doses of the Vaccine
Dr Harsh Vardhan's attempts to mislead the nation on this front, is not going to help anyone in anyway. He happens to the minister of health and family welfare.
