Arundhati Bhattacharya

The higher interest and higher inflation is a vicious cycle. ”

In India, the investment banking industry is a little different. Overseas, the structures are very complicated, but not in India. ”

Multiple mergers can be challenging because people come from different backgrounds. ”

If you have six corporate centres, six treasuries, six of everything, and then if you bring it down to one of everything, obviously there are some savings. ”

PSU banks are sole lenders to capital-intensive firms. ”

Our huge infrastructure that we need for keeping cash is very expensive. ”

Cash is not cheap. The physical infrastructure is not easy to maintain and cheap. ”

Those who claim that they need cash because they are unable to pay labourers are those who are not paying minimum wages. ”

If you start from the farm sector, we need much better investments and capital creation on land. We need logistics support; we need cold chain and processing capability. We need proper pricing at various stages to ensure that the producers are not left out in the value-chain. ”

Cash imposes a huge burden. We don't understand it, as it is not immediately visible. It is a huge burden on society. ”