Govindraj Ethiraj
Govindraj Ethiraj

Govindraj Ethiraj is a television & print journalist and also founder of IndiaSpend.org & Boomlive.in, data journalism and fact check initiatives. He very recently launched a business news initiative, www.thecore.in as Editor. Previously, he was Founder-Editor in Chief of Bloomberg TV India, a 24-hours business news service launched out of Mumbai in 2008. Prior to setting up Bloomberg TV India, he worked with Business Standard newspaper as Editor (New Media) with a specific mandate of integrating the newspaper’s news operations with its digital or web platform. He also spent around five years each with CNBC-TV18 & The Economic Times. He is a Fellow of The Aspen Institute, Colorado, a McNulty Prize Laureate 2018 & a winner of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leadership Awards for 2014.

Personal Loans Will Get Expensive, Will That Solve The Problem?

The RBI is cracking down and increasing risk-weights on banks' unsecured personal loans...

RBI Tightens Rules For Personal Loans And Credit Cards

The tighter rules, in the form of higher capital requirements, will make personal loans...

Indian Markets Follow Global Signals On Low Inflation

Low inflation numbers mean the anticipation that interest rates won't rise further and...

Retail Inflation Hits 4-Month Low, Down To 4.87%

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation had hit a  three-month low of 5.02...

Personal Tax Collections In India Are Up Almost 30%

Business Standard reported that with the present momentum in direct tax and GST...

India Vulnerable To Recurring Food Price Shocks: RBI Governor

In almost all cases, including rice, wheat, sugar and even tomatoes, prices appear to...

India Inc Build Almost 40% Of The India's Renewable Energy Capacity

A quest for a green label and a rush to meet ESG standards and appear friendly to green...

Rating Agency Fitch Upgrades India GDP Target To 6.2%

Rating Agency Fitch said the latest estimates remain below its pre-pandemic potential...

Risk Premiums On Crude Oil Are Receding Sharply

With the war yet to spill over into crucial oil-producing areas of the Middle East almost...

Abu Dhabi May Bring In $50 Billion Of Investments Into India

the United Arab Emirates is considering investing as much as $50 billion in India, its...

GST Collections Are At Second Highest Level So Far

India's goods and services tax (GST) collections rose to Rs 172,000 crore in October, up...

India's 2nd Quarter GDP Will Surprise On The Upside, Says RBI Governor

India's second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth figure, in all probability,...

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