In the third decades of the 21st century, the world is witnessing the biggest scathing attack of the virus in a decade on the survival of human beings. At the same time, it is also...
The recently presented Budget by the finance minister for the financial year 2020-21 has puzzled income-tax payers guessing their tax liability. The new rates have also led to wide ranging discussions amongst policy makers from...
The budget for the financial year 2020-21 (FY21) was the most difficult in a decade. Seeing the historical slowdown in the major sectors of the economy, the task to revitalize the lost glory was not...
Amid the historic slowdown in the major sectors of the economy, honourable Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman presented the union budget for financial year 2021 (FY21) on 1st February 2020. From agriculture to private investment,...
Nirmala Sitharaman, FM presented all-encompassing budget covering almost all sectors – infra, agriculture, education, health care, skill development etc. The full-time budget of Modi V2 Government was riding high on people’s and industry’s expectations. Sops...
The constructive voices for viewing the development of human being beyond the prism of income is as old as the birth of GDP. It was the year 1990 when an index, popularly called Human Development...
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s foray into Indian e-commerce with an online shopping platform called JioMart is expected to take on the likes of giants such as Amazon and Flipkart in the fast expanding sector. After upending...
In the context of the discussion on the Indian economic slowdown, a significantly different perspective can be offered based on the thesis of an ongoing disruption in the structure of the global economy (deglobalization), coupled...
In case anyone was wondering, the title of this edition of Economic Insights is a misquotation from the C19 English poet Robert Browning and constitutes, therefore, a literary upgrade to the previous edition’s self-indulgent punning...
Since 2014, the Chinese economy has been the first global GDP calculated in purchasing power parity (PPP) and the gap has widened steadily with the United States: 19.2% of world GDP against 15% for its rival. Since...
International trade has been a driving force in the growth of the global GDP and the US-China trade war has been denting the global growth prospects to a certain extent. The US-China trade war has...
It’s official now! A draft bill is prepared to ban cryptocurrency lock, stock and barrel in India. India, more precisely its bureaucracy, christened as ‘Inter-Ministerial Committee’, has submitted a bill which has not only criminalized...