Archived Articles (July 2022)

  • Viewpoint: The energy impact of the Ukraine crisis

    MEDC | 25 JUL,2022

    Excluding Russia, Ukraine is the biggest country in Europe. In today's interconnected world what happens there has a global impact. The World Bank has estimated that Ukraine's... Read more

  • Moving towards digital banks

    MEDC | 25 JUL,2022

    India's premier think-tank, Niti Aayog, has made a case for setting up digital banks, which would accept deposits and advance loans through digital means. It has also suggeste... Read more

  • India EV revolution

    MEDC | 25 JUL,2022

    Union Minister Mr. Nitin Gadkari has said that petrol will vanish from India after five years, and that cars and two-wheelers will be either on green hydrogen, ethanol flex fu... Read more

  • Debt and the welfare state

    MEDC | 25 JUL,2022

    The central government has controlled its debt at 56.29% of GDP at the end of 2021-22, compared to 59.9% as projected in the Revised Estimates of the Budget. The Economic Affa... Read more

  • Viewpoint: Infrastructure, Governance and Growth

    MEDC | 18 JUL,2022

    Infrastructure investment, in and of itself, does not guarantee employment generation or economic growth in real time. It is a means to an end, in that it creates the required... Read more

  • Info sharing on cryptos

    MEDC | 18 JUL,2022

    Participating in the G20 Ministerial Symposium, the Finance Minister rightly said that major economies should consider bringing in non-financial assets like cryptocurrencies u... Read more

  • India’s employment challenge

    MEDC | 18 JUL,2022

    According to a projection by the UN, India is set to overtake China as the world's largest country by population next year. There was a time when a growing population was seen... Read more

  • Receding economic risks

    MEDC | 18 JUL,2022

    India's macro risks have receded in the past six months due primarily to the proactive steps taken by the government and RBI. The decline in oil prices due to global recession... Read more

  • Viewpoint: India’s Growth Challenges

    MEDC | 11 JUL,2022

    To take an optimistic perspective, India's glass is half-full. Inflation may be above the comfort level of the RBI, but there are tangible reasons why our economy could still ... Read more

  • Rapid services growth

    MEDC | 11 JUL,2022

    According to data from S&P Global Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), services firms noted a substantial rise in new work intakes at the end of the first fiscal quarter, with... Read more

  • Moving towards hybridization

    MEDC | 11 JUL,2022

    India's renowned car producer, Maruti Suzuki, is betting big on hybrid technologies. In the coming years, the company plans to prioritize battery electric vehicles and CNG car... Read more

  • Mapping industrial projects

    MEDC | 11 JUL,2022

    The Finance Minister has asked Niti Aayog to map diverse industrial projects such as industrial corridors, freight corridors, National Industrial Manufacturing Zones, PLI-base... Read more

  • Viewpoint: An Optimal Development Strategy

    MEDC | 04 JUL,2022

      As far as India's socioeconomic development goes, the greatest gap at present is the absence of a coherent strategy reflecting administrative concerns, growth challe... Read more

  • India's gig workforce

    MEDC | 04 JUL,2022

    As per a recent Niti Aayog report, India's gig workforce is expected to expand to 23.5 million workers by 2029-30. This is a near 200% jump from 7.7 million currently. Gig emp... Read more

  • Clean energy transition

    MEDC | 04 JUL,2022

    A huge market for clean energies is emerging in India. In the recent G7 Summit, the Prime Minister highlighted India's track-record in this area, and said that India has achie... Read more

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