Viewpoint: India's complex relationship with China
MEDC | 29 JUN,2020
The recent developments at the LAC have raised the spectre of an Indian economic backlash. There is now a possibility of India raising barriers on Chinese imports. How... Read more
MEDC | 29 JUN,2020
This year the monsoon has covered the country two weeks ahead of time. Thanks to the good rains so far, the sowing of kharif crops has also picked up pace and the area... Read more
MEDC | 29 JUN,2020
In March, the RBI had launched a three-month moratorium on loans, which was extended by another three months. However, once the moratorium on loan repayments is lifted... Read more
MEDC | 29 JUN,2020
The pandemic and its accompanying lockdowns have led to a huge decentralization in many industries. Education is no exception. As educational institutions across the w... Read more
MEDC | 22 JUN,2020
The government is cautiously reopening business activity with nuanced measures as India’s Covid-19 count crosses 400,000, and the death tally is well over 13,000... Read more
MEDC | 22 JUN,2020
The MSME sector faces an increasingly uncertain future in the post-lockdown period. Probably the biggest challenge is the lack of adequate signals from ground-level da... Read more
Protectionism and Atmanirbhar Bharat
MEDC | 22 JUN,2020
Keeping in mind recent global developments, the Prime Minister has launched a national policy of self-reliance, and being vocal about local. However, India’s tra... Read more
MEDC | 22 JUN,2020
This week’s unfortunate incident in the Galwan valley in Ladakh has hit Sino-Indian relations. However, economic and border issues need to be separated, and Chin... Read more
Viewpoint: Reopening the economy
MEDC | 15 JUN,2020
From this week the government is reopening the economy in a calculated manner, thus marking the start of Unlock 1.0 – the first phase of the end of the prolonged... Read more
MEDC | 15 JUN,2020
Public transportation across the country is likely to witness a sea change in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. If social distancing is to be maintained, new transpor... Read more
MEDC | 15 JUN,2020
Coronavirus infections are soaring exponentially, with only dim prospects of the curve flattening anytime soon. In the near future at least, we will have to learn to l... Read more
MEDC | 15 JUN,2020
China has made huge inroads into Indian businesses, and there is a need to gradually reduce our dependence on that country. Reducing industrial dependence on China has... Read more
Viewpoint: Developing a Health Database
MEDC | 08 JUN,2020
The sheer scale and severity of the pandemic has prompted the government to speed up the implementation of the National Digital Health Blueprint (NDHB). This aims to c... Read more
MEDC | 08 JUN,2020
In much of the world, Covid-19 is causing an unprecedented economic upheaval. On the health front, there was remarkable convergence of global policy – more than ... Read more
MEDC | 08 JUN,2020
A quick revival of the MSME sector is now imperative if Indian industry is to emerge from the post-lockdown stagnation. In this context, the reclassification of MSMEs ... Read more