As the government gears itself to present a full-fledged budget in a few weeks, the policymakers will have to do the balancing act of giving a boost to the economy along with getting the budgetary...
The Planning Commission has been abolished and in its place the NITI Aayog has been created. Most observers see this only as a cosmetic change where a new title has been given to an old...
On 28th August 2014, the government launched Pradhanmantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). The objective is to achieve financial inclusion. The initiative, spearheaded by Prime Minister’s office, has a target to open 100 million bank accounts by...
The markets are an incredible aggregator of information. However, because of a tsunami of information, sometimes investors have difficulty in distinguishing the signal from noise. Let us try to help. Here we look at three...
The year 2014 was notable as the election year when the BJP government came to power at the centre with a clear majority. Expectations about a Modi government had sky rocketed soon after the government...
Prime Minister Modi said in his inaugural address in the Lok Sabha -“Even the third generation of Muslim brothers, whom I have seen since my young days, are continuing with their cycle repairing job. Why...
Many observers have proclaimed the death of OPEC. This seems to be a premature judgment, and may reflect a misunderstanding of oligopolistic practices. The decision not to cut production is not a sign of the...
Notwithstanding the globally sharpening focus on multi-lateralism (read WTO, food security and trade facilitation) and pluri-lateralism (read Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnerships), we all want all our industries to flourish despite the increasing...
The most sought after characters on-board the Star ship Enterprise’s ships of the famed ‘Star Trek’ were the Science Officers Spock and Data. Technology in the 23rd century has evolved to a stage where it...
The November Brisbane meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) group come with lots of hope. The issues dominating the summit’s agenda are financial sector regulation, trade facilitation measures, protectionism, infrastructure investment, and tax policy...
The general election of 2014 has drastically altered the pattern of political relations in India. We now have a dominant party ruling at the centre with a clear majority. While BJP is the ruling party,...
Australia is the first country to introduce laws on restricting logos, branding, colors and promotional text on tobacco packets in a bid to cut smoking rates, infuriating big tobacco companies. The law has attracted opposition...
