Several new trends are now visible on the Indian political landscape. Rahul Gandhi is back in the saddle. The Congress Party is rejuvenating itself. There are changes visible in other political formations as well. CPI(M)...
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...
India says it will become the lion of economies, but it can’t do it on its own. Scores of hopeful Indians believe in ‘Modi magic’ – but the prime minister still has the rest of...
With growing concerns over the impact of air pollution on India’s 1.2 billion people, the government has launched a new air quality index. But as Vandana Shiva tells DW, simply monitoring pollution won’t solve the...
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....
Mr Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, started his Make in India campaign amidst much fanfare. However, the idea is yet to take off. The perception is while the Central government is trying its bit to make...
The Indian stock market has been on a roll since end 2013, as poll forecasts started to predict the end of the corruption ridden and rudderless, leaderless Congress government and the potential win of the...
The budget consists of sixteen documents. Commentators have to say what they can within hours of its presentation. So they concentrate on what the finance minister says, which is just about 10,000 words and is...
The Budget deals with allocating money towards areas where the government thinks it is essential to spend, and finding out ways such as taxes, to finance it. The Government primarily requires money to spend on...
China’s presence in Africa has become its obsession not only for trade but also for aid, predator behavior, unfair competition. Beijing consensus supports undemocratic regime, corruption. I must say that the arrival of the “pro-Chinese”...
The scale of AAP victory in Delhi elections was beyond everybody’s expectations. The BJP’s tally was in single digits and the Congress party failed even to open its account. The AAP won about 60 per...
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...
