The book ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ by French economist Thomas Piketty has quickly become a bestseller. The main thesis of the book is that the return on capital tends to be higher than the...
The US dollar’s upside momentum has faded, but oil prices remain depressed. Many observers try, too hard perhaps, to link the decline in commodity prices in general, and oil in particular, to the appreciation of...
Gujarat is all set to host the country’s first offshore wind farm. India has been planning offshore wind energy capacity for the last 3-4 years without much result. Gujarat has been at the forefront given...
In this modern world, banking technologies has developed in an efficient way from the traditional banking services. Due to the ease and the need; a customer opens a bank account to save their earnings. This helps the...
What are the qualities an Indian citizen will look forward to having in our Prime Minister. He should be a good administrator. He should be a visionary. He should have a clean record free from...
Chief Ministers of all states had to fulfill the annual ritual of appearing before the Planning Commission at the time of the Annual Plan discussions where the plan of the state governments were formalized. The...
As more extreme weather hits South Asia, the effects of climate change are taking a toll on the economy, with the region at risk of losing up to 8.8 percent of their GDP by 2100,...
We now try to suggest some solutions to India’s complex language problem. As regards usage of languages, our prescription would be as follows: English should be the medium of instruction in higher education and the...
Poor trade facilitation (in India and in its trading partner countries) directly and indirectly hurts India’s exports. Thus, the successful implementation of the WTO Agreement of Trade Facilitation would undoubtedly be good for India. Yet,...
The language problem is not solved by deciding the medium of instruction in educational institutions. The problem of communication between state governments still remains. At present, each state government is in the process of adopting...
The question often arises: what should be India’s national language. The problem does not end merely by deciding what shall be our national language. More than a national language what we require is a comprehensive...
India is not a member of the APEC notwithstanding its long history of cultural and commercial exchanges with several APEC members. While this might seem odd, the absence is not difficult to explain. India was...