MEDC | 07 JUL,2019
An overarching vision for a $ 5 trillion economy by 2024 driven primarily by rising investment in the economy. In this context, development of infrastructure has been given ... Read more
Loan Waivers: An International Perspective
Dr. Radhika Lobo | January 23, 2018
Several instances of debt forgiveness, debt cancellation or loan waivers can be found in world history, the recent one where the UP government waived farmer loans, albeit, sel... Read more
The Bank Bailout: Creating more problems than it solves
January 23, 2018
The government has recently announced an aggressive Rs. 2.11 lakh crore capital infusion plan for the NPA affected public sector banks (PSBs) over a two year period. Out of th... Read more
Tourism Infrastructure in Maharashtra on course but distant from realizing its true potential
Dr. Kiran Nanda (Economist) | January 1, 2018
Tourism today is one of the major sectors in global commerce. It contributes nearly 9% of the world GDP – through direct, indirect and induced impact. It accounts for $1... Read more
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY IN INDIA - Opportunities and Challenges
Dr. S. D. Naik (Former Chief, The Economic Times Research Bureau, Mumbai and Economics Editor, The Hindu Business Line, Mumbai Office) | January 1, 2018
Rapid Growth in Civil Aviation The Indian aviation industry has grown at a rapid pace over the last decade. Privatisation has opened up gates for many international p... Read more
Mr. Mukund Gupta (Research Scholar in Smart City Development) | December 21, 2017
Tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of Indian economy. Therefore, there is a need to formulate an appropriate policy for skill acquisition and development in the sec... Read more
Food Inflation in India: An Assessment
Dr. R K Pattnaik (Professor at SPJIMR, Mumbai) | November 16, 2017
Introduction There is a broad consensus among the academics and policy makers that the economy should maintain a low and stable inflation rate in order to sustain a h... Read more
Mr. G R Manjunatha (Scientist B, Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore) | October 3, 2017
In this study the major food grains considered to examine the food price volatility are paddy, wheat, bajra, tur and bengalgram, i.e. considering two major cereals, one major ... Read more
Tourism and its contribution to the Economy
B S Rathor (Advisor & Member, AIRDA) | September 26, 2017
Tourism is an activity difficult to define and more difficult to comprehend in view of its complexities. It is not a product nor a service but a rare blend of both o... Read more
EMERGING ISSUES IN AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE
Dr.RK Pattnaik (Professor at SPJIMR, Mumbai) | September 26, 2017
Aerospace is the human effort in science, engineering and business to fly in the atmosphere of Earth (aeronautics) and surrounding space (astronautics). Aerospace industry is ... Read more
De-coding skills-based pro-bono
Amrit Rai | September 15, 2017
By the middle of this century, India is expected to emerge as the world's third-largest1 economy, and the enactment of the 2013 CSR law brought India on the cusp of accelerate... Read more
The Socioeconomic Impact of Automation
Dr. Dhananjay Samant (Economist) | July 1, 2017
The inevitability of Automation The extent of automation in every economic activity worldwide is set to accelerate in the foreseeable future. By some estimates,... Read more
Infrastructure Development for Tourism
Ms. Preeti Sinha, Senior President and Global Convener, YES Institute, and her team-mate Nayani Nasa, Fellow, YES Institute. | June 12, 2017
“A tourist will come drawn to its beautiful past but we need to put efforts for creating systems to make them stay here” – Narendra Modi With touris... Read more
Maharashtra Tourism Development Council | June 8, 2017
nfrastructural development is necessary to stimulate the development of tourism. It predominantly serves the residential population but is also shared by tourists and is essen... Read more
Kiran Nanda (Economist) | June 1, 2017
Recent digital drives, especially carried out during the demonetization period, point out that India carries the potential to be the leader in the 4th industrial revolution, w... Read more