Complete or partial privatisation of mining in India may not be feasible due to public ownership of mining assets in a politically sensitive setup that is also subject to strong business lobbies. A pragmatic approach could be PPP (Public Private Partnership). In this arrangement, the public...

Concerned with rising current account deficit, the government initiated measures to check gold imports, which have dampened demand for gold. With continued worldwide economic uncertainty, total demand for gold is likely to remained heightened. Unfortunately, this has a significant detrimental...