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Viewpoint: Balancing growth with inequality
MEDC | 28 JAN,2023
India's K-shaped Covid recovery is now in its third year, and there is no sign of a let-up. Attention will need to be paid to this disconcerting fact in the forthcoming budget... Read more
MEDC | 28 JAN,2023
Focusing on the cluster approach for MSMEs will help sharpen their competitive edge, narrow development gaps, and accelerate regional economic growth. It is worth pursuing. St... Read more
MEDC | 28 JAN,2023
The increased adoption of digital payment mechanisms in India has been a boon for the economy. It has boosted a range of smaller businesses, as it enables rapid and secure ban... Read more
Central banks and global recession
MEDC | 28 JAN,2023
RBI has taken appropriate steps in its recent monetary policy announcements. Even though the world's inflation problem is easing, a recession still seems likely. The US Fed ha... Read more
Viewpoint: Managing fiscal consolidation
MEDC | 23 JAN,2023
The preparation of the budget is an art wherein various competing demands on various resources are considered by policymakers and appropriate decisions are taken. The options ... Read more
MEDC | 23 JAN,2023
A recent IMF report put the costs of the current fragmentation of the global economy up to around 7% of GDP. It is estimated that these costs could even reach 8 to 12% of GDP ... Read more
MEDC | 23 JAN,2023
The World Economic Forum has rightly said that supply chain diversification will benefit India. With the global economic landscape expected to remain challenging for some time... Read more
MEDC | 23 JAN,2023
The RBI's January 2023 Bulletin says that India will be a $ 3.7 trillion economy in 2023. Lead indicators suggest that the domestic current account deficit is likely to reduce... Read more
Viewpoint: Risks to economic growth
MEDC | 17 JAN,2023
A recently published World Economic Forum report highlighted a cost-of-living crisis, digital inequality, geopolitical competition for resources, natural disasters, and extrem... Read more
Strengthening vaccine diplomacy
MEDC | 17 JAN,2023
India's Covid experience with vaccines – including developing, manufacturing, distributing, and administrating them not only to its own billion-plus population, but also... Read more
MEDC | 16 JAN,2023
All indications are that the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) will rise in the medium term. But a word of caution is in place. Given India's power situation, it is not wise... Read more
MEDC | 16 JAN,2023
Core inflation in India still remains unacceptably high. Today it is around 6.1%, which is outside RBI's comfort zone. Core inflation eliminates the volatile components of foo... Read more
Viewpoint: Budget options and opportunities
MEDC | 09 JAN,2023
With most of its macroeconomic fundamentals in place, India has weathered the global headwinds relatively well. Its fiscal and current account deficits are not too comfortable... Read more
MEDC | 09 JAN,2023
The government approved an initial outlay of Rs. 19,744 crore for the National Green Hydrogen Mission. This is a welcome step. Creating the new hydrogen economy is a massive a... Read more
MEDC | 09 JAN,2023
The gradual economic ostracization of China means that MNCs are relocating from there in large numbers to other parts of Asia and the world. This is India’s golden oppor... Read more