Viewpoint: Vox Populi, Vox Dei

MEDC | 27 MAY,2019

  The people delivered a strong mandate in the recently concluded election. More than a vote for any particular party, it was clearly a call for the continuity of econom... Read more

Maharashtra to simplify land title records

MEDC | 27 MAY,2019

  The government of Maharashtra is working on a new system of registration of land title that will ensure single point availability of a range of terrestrial information... Read more

Rural growth likely to push GDP to 7.5% by 2020

MEDC | 27 MAY,2019

  The OECD has said in its Economic Outlook that this growth will come from higher domestic demand due to improved financial conditions, new income support measures for ... Read more

Could global trade growth slowdown worsen?

MEDC | 27 MAY,2019

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) has dimmed its prospects for trade growth in the second quarter of the 2019 calendar year. The Geneva-based WTO brings out its quart... Read more

Viewpoint: Inflation and the Monsoons

MEDC | 20 MAY,2019

  Food price inflation has soared to a 33 month high of 7.4%, led primarily by a surge in the prices of vegetables, cereals, wheat and pulses. By itself, this is not a w... Read more

Centre issues “drought advisory” to Maharashtra

MEDC | 20 MAY,2019

  The drought advisory is issued to those states wherein the water level in reservoirs is 20% less than the average of live water storage figures of the past 10 years. W... Read more

Blueprint ready for Electric Mobility Jobs

MEDC | 20 MAY,2019

  India has drawn up a blueprint to create a specialised workforce to support its Electric Mobility Mission Plan. It is expected to generate 10 million jobs. The strateg... Read more

Can India gain from the ongoing trade war?

MEDC | 20 MAY,2019

  Both the public and private sectors need to prepare themselves for a lingering trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The way the situation is unfo... Read more

Viewpoint: Transparency of Indian data

MEDC | 13 MAY,2019

  India’s official data for both output and employment is being increasingly questioned at both the national and international levels. For investors also, the unce... Read more

Agricultural products' exports rise 7% in value terms in FY 2019

MEDC | 13 MAY,2019

  This was driven primarily by double-digit increases in dairy products and pulses, even though there was muted growth in exports of wheat and non-Basmati rice. It is he... Read more

RBI warns Finance Commission of rising fiscal slippages by states

MEDC | 13 MAY,2019

  RBI has said that state finances are being increasingly saddled with farm loan waivers, income support schemes, and the UDAY bonds for their power distribution compani... Read more

USA raises tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods to 25% from 10%.

MEDC | 13 MAY,2019

  This will escalate the trade war between the world’s two largest economies, as China is expected to retaliate. There are 5,700 categories of Chinese products tha... Read more

Viewpoint: Electric Vehicles in India

MEDC | 06 MAY,2019

  In the recent Interim Budget of 2019, the then Finance Minister highlighted the need to switch to electric vehicles (EVs) powered by renewables to reduce oil imports a... Read more

The human cost of Cyclone Fani in Eastern India was minimized

MEDC | 06 MAY,2019

  The human cost of Cyclone Fani in Eastern India was minimized. One of the biggest storms in years hit Odisha, where millions live in low lying coastal areas in shantie... Read more

India's economic growth has slightly slowed in FY 2018-19

MEDC | 06 MAY,2019

  India’s economic growth has slightly slowed in FY 2018-19. A finance ministry report has said that a declining growth of private consumption, a weak increase in ... Read more