The Indian economy is on the rise, says Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General of the Confederation of Indian Industry. Manuela Kasper-Claridge caught up with him during the World Economic Forum. DW: Mr. Banerjee, the state of...
World food commodity prices in August logged their largest monthly drop since December 2008, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday – unwelcome news for Europe’s struggling farmers. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO)...
The government of India is a closed shop; its bureaucracy is recruited in its youth and rises in the hierarchy in order of seniority. One exception to this rule is the chief economic advisor, who...
Global automakers, still intoxicated with their own optimism after years of white-hot growth that transformed China’s auto market from a backwater to the largest market in the world, have an increasingly chilling message. The auto...
India is not one unified market; rather it is a basket of numerous markets with different tastes, choices and preferences. Unless it has a ‘Maggi’ to sell, the marketer should be certain of which of...
A side effect of India’s population growth and economic expansion is the increased pressure they put on the nation’s water, food and energy supplies. Analyst Michael Kugelman talks to DW’s Srinivas Mazumdaru about the challenges....
The Economic Survey is presented the day before the budget; and the budget has to be assessed as soon as it is presented. So it is impossible to write immediately about the Survey. But this...
Geopolitical crises and epidemics haven’t stopped the global economy from expanding by some 3 percent in 2014. But what’s in store for 2015 – a new debt crisis, or a perhaps a crash in China?...
In a bid to revive India’s economy, PM Narendra Modi has unveiled a set of reforms. While they are steps in the right direction, less red tape and a further opening of key sectors are...
Social science has two fundamental branches i.e. politics and economics. Recently, elections are tempting people to get involve into it, which has divergent the focus from economic scenario. Elections and economics are mutually exclusive variables...
What does a target of an 8 percent growth of GDP mean for a layman? Why does Sensex crossing the 20000 mark create an uproar? Why an inflation target near 5 percent for Wpi for...
The Indian economy is in a bad shape, thanks to the atrociously bad government of the ruling Congress party. Not only is the country riddled with corruption but even normal functioning of business has been...
