Viewpoint: Building resilient cities
MEDC | 25 APR,2021
Covid has wreaked havoc on the socioeconomic fabric of India, and it is the country’s metropolitan areas that have borne the brunt of it. Many believe that cit... Read more
MEDC | 25 APR,2021
In the wake of Covid, labour markets have become more flexible, and informal working is now becoming commonplace. People tend to uncover new opportunities when they ha... Read more
MEDC | 25 APR,2021
National debt is getting closer to levels previously considered unsustainable. According to the IMF, India’s debt-to-GDP ratio increased from 74% to 90% during t... Read more
Maximizing demographic dividend
MEDC | 25 APR,2021
India has the potential to achieve a much faster (and sustained) rate of economic growth than either China or the USA. For this, it needs to draw upon its unique demog... Read more
Viewpoint: Move towards economic revival
MEDC | 18 APR,2021
Well over a year into the pandemic, both Maharashtra and India, find themselves at another turning point. A new wave of Covid has hit the land, requiring new lockdowns and f... Read more
MEDC | 18 APR,2021
About 111 million people have been vaccinated in India, and about 14 million of them with both doses. This amounts to just 1% of the population. Clearly, much more is needed. ... Read more
MEDC | 18 APR,2021
The second wave of Covid has exposed India’s wobbly health infrastructure. Hospitals in most metros are stretched to their limits. With daily infections crossing a lakh,... Read more
MEDC | 18 APR,2021
The world is severely impacted by global warming and climate change. When the rich of the world have historically grown their economies using unsustainable environmental pract... Read more
Viewpoint: The show must go on
MEDC | 11 APR,2021
We have now entered a new financial year, and it is important to remember to stay vigilant against all emerging risks to the economy. Despite the politics being play... Read more
Moving towards self-sufficiency
MEDC | 11 APR,2021
Under normal circumstances, investments attracted to industries enjoying tariff protection are necessarily inefficient. But these are not normal times. A certain amoun... Read more
MEDC | 11 APR,2021
In its latest Monetary Policy Review, the RBI has taken a decidedly dovish stance and revealed its determination to flatten the yield curve. The RBI has announced that... Read more
MEDC | 11 APR,2021
The IMF raised its projection for India’s economic growth in the current financial year by one percentage point to 12.5%. This suggests that India would again be... Read more
Viewpoint: Covid's Economic Impact
MEDC | 04 APR,2021
Covid is a true black swan event, something that most of us are likely to experience just once in our lifetime. Not only has it led to massive social disruption, but the rec... Read more
Strengthening Corporate Governance
MEDC | 04 APR,2021
Over the years, as Indian businesses have evolved to attain greater complexity, shareholder expectations have naturally risen. It is not too much to expect that auditors of an... Read more
MEDC | 04 APR,2021
Covid has forced a radical shift in the delivery of education in India. Some global universities have already brought their digital offerings to India. However, most Indian sc... Read more