Viewpoint: Taxes and Welfare in India
MEDC | 30 OCT,2019
Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee recently advocated raising the marginal tax rates for the rich in India. With all due respect to him, that idea does not seem to have m... Read more
India's infrastructure deficit
MEDC | 30 OCT,2019
The World Energy Council’s latest Energy Trilemma Index shows India to be among the laggards as far as energy equity and environmental sustainability is concerne... Read more
Enhancing investment through structural reforms
MEDC | 30 OCT,2019
Investment is the engine of sustained economic growth, and if, over the coming five years, we are to become a $ 5 trillion economy, structural reforms are essential to... Read more
MEDC | 30 OCT,2019
The minimum capital requirement for a cooperative bank is Rs. 1 lakh – an amount that has remained unchanged since 1949. In today’s world, how can an urban... Read more
Viewpoint: Poverty Alleviation in India
MEDC | 22 OCT,2019
With the award of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer, research focused on poverty alleviation has come to ... Read more
Enhancing India's economic image
MEDC | 22 OCT,2019
The Global Competitiveness Report 2019 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) last week has painted a rather dismal picture of the Indian economy. This carries a r... Read more
India's declining growth projections
MEDC | 22 OCT,2019
India has grown at the slowest pace in six years in the June quarter due to a demand slump. The World Bank has reduced its economic growth forecast for India to 6% for... Read more
Spill-over effects of the US-China trade war
MEDC | 22 OCT,2019
The tit-for-tat trade war between the US and China has had a significant impact on global financial markets over the past year. Trade tensions have weighed on global g... Read more
Viewpoint: Green Wall of India
MEDC | 15 OCT,2019
India is reportedly planning a vast reforestation exercise along the Aravalli hill range stretching from the edges of Delhi to Banaskantha in Gujarat. This 1400 km lon... Read more
MEDC | 15 OCT,2019
India’s agricultural sector is not doing too well and given the importance of the rural economy in the overall scheme of things, that is worrisome. In this conte... Read more
MEDC | 15 OCT,2019
The WEF rankings underscore the need for major structural reform in India. The government is in the process of reforming labour laws, but other countries are moving mu... Read more
India's declining global competitiveness
MEDC | 15 OCT,2019
India’s slippage on many key parameters measuring economic competitiveness does not augur well for the revival of the economy. In the latest global competitivene... Read more
Viewpoint: Could tourism be India's USP?
MEDC | 07 OCT,2019
With cities all over the world becoming more congested and the threat of pollution worsening by the day, taking a well- planned break is fast becoming a norm. India ne... Read more
India's increasingly unusual monsoons
MEDC | 07 OCT,2019
The end of September is officially the end of the monsoon in India. The country has seen the highest rains in 25 years, and the complete withdrawal of the monsoon is u... Read more
Regulatory Issues in the Financial Sector
MEDC | 07 OCT,2019
One of the largest cooperative banks in India had its problems uncovered recently. In the process, the RBI needs to be commended after the issues were exposed. However... Read more