A more focussed approach to leverage from the diversification towards the horticulture sector and making the exportable produce globally competitive can enhance farm income significantly. The Indian economy is gradually moving from a supply-driven value...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to address several challenges in agriculture. However, to reap the gains it is also important to strengthen the ecosystem. Government support in terms of financial incentives for integrating advanced...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been shown to play an important role in promoting economic growth, raising a country’s technological level, and creating new employment in developing countries (Chaudhary, 2016). In the current scenario, when many countries are...
Agricultural debt is one of the dominant problems in rural India today and relief from debt assumes great significance to the agricultural borrowers. India had seen two big farm loan waivers- one in 1990, an...
Global trade uncertainty as COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy can lead to painful consequences across all sectors. As per the World Trade Organisation (WTO), global trade is expected to fall by between 13% and...
The topmost agenda and the much-needed attention from the Government today is addressing the farmers’ needs. In the recent years, crop failures, indebtedness, non-remunerative prices and low returns had taken, unpleasant shapes leading to protests...
The crises brewing within the Indian economy is evident from the consecutive slow growth of GDP in the last 2-quarters. Recessions can be short lived if corrective actions are taken but the prolonged effects on...
Youth of today are the key instruments for positive social change and the driving force for economic development and technological innovation. The changing social and economic environment impacts people in different ways and it is...
Coworking in the modern context redefines the concept of ‘working together’. As the economy moves towards a knowledge economy, the emergence of the highly individualized labor market in which urban professionals work as casuals, project...
Corruption and poor governance as a major deterrent to investment and economic growth is well known. Yet in many spheres we have accepted corruption as a way of life. However, with the growing public awareness...
Targeting the poor has been a constant challenge for policy makers in India. In the early 70’s the social planners followed the strategy of growth mediated development policies with the assumption of ‘Trickle Down Hypothesis’...
In a world of rapid economic transition, where global economic growth is increasingly dependent on technology, growth of human capital is crucial for stimulating local and national economies. Human capital as a measure of education...