Viewpoint: Growth in the Post-Pandemic World
MEDC | 25 JUL,2021
Governments globally spent $ 16 trillion providing fiscal support to their economies since March 2020. In the same period, global central banks increased their balan... Read more
MEDC | 25 JUL,2021
The government is working towards developing a robust databank for MSMEs, by integrating information across various ministries and departments. This is a welcome step,... Read more
MEDC | 25 JUL,2021
India’s fiscal situation has been under stress for years and Covid has only worsened the situation. To its credit, the government has recently implemented some i... Read more
Market power and monetary policy
MEDC | 25 JUL,2021
Excess market power in the hands of any single entity is undesirable. Not only does it hamper overall business dynamism and growth, it also dampens RBI’s ability... Read more
Viewpoint: Covid and Climate Change
MEDC | 18 JUL,2021
All crises teach lessons, but Covid taught a particularly insightful one – it impressed upon humankind the power of Mother Nature and reminded us to never take... Read more
MEDC | 18 JUL,2021
Recent incentive schemes announced by both the state and central governments are likely to enhance the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) throughout the country. In M... Read more
MEDC | 18 JUL,2021
The threat of a third Covid wave in India is now real, and the best prevention for it is vaccination. To promote herd immunity, a certain minimum proportion of the pop... Read more
MEDC | 18 JUL,2021
The second Covid wave may have been deadlier than the first in terms of total casualties, but the economy has not been as severely impacted by it. Thanks to targeted f... Read more
Viewpoint: Dealing with rising inequality
MEDC | 11 JUL,2021
Socioeconomic stratification still remains relatively rigid in India and the extent of stickiness in incomes across generations is higher than in most other developi... Read more
MEDC | 11 JUL,2021
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has rightly stressed the need to focus on biofuels and alternate fuels to boost economic competitiveness. Maharashtra, in particular, is r... Read more
MEDC | 11 JUL,2021
A recent study by the OECD showed that labour markets in developed nations have recovered half of the loss of employment they suffered in the pandemic. The Paris-based... Read more
MEDC | 11 JUL,2021
Today’s complex geopolitics– complicated further by Covid – offers India a unique opportunity. We need to recognize the new world order and begin to ... Read more
Viewpoint: Three decades of reforms
MEDC | 04 JUL,2021
Thirty years have now passed since the first thorough liberalization of the Indian economy was attempted. The reform was prompted by a balance of payments crisis tha... Read more
MEDC | 04 JUL,2021
The Prime Minister has rightly said that data and demographic dividend present a huge opportunity for India. Digital India has now completed six years and the use of o... Read more
MEDC | 04 JUL,2021
The Finance Minister announced an economic package for industry, including the formulation of a new policy for the appraisal and approval of PPP projects, and the mone... Read more