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
MEDC | 04 APR,2021
Despite the Covid-triggered lockdowns and other functional restrictions, gross personal income tax collection (inclusive of refunds) has posted a 2.5% year-on-year growth duri... Read more
Viewpoint: Lessons from the Lockdowns
MEDC | 28 MAR,2021
A full year has passed since the first complete lockdown was imposed in Mumbai and many parts of Maharashtra. That was a necessary step. Without appropriate governme... Read more
MEDC | 28 MAR,2021
There is no need to be overawed by cryptocurrencies. They use massive amounts of electric power, not just for their mining, but also for maintaining their sprawl of le... Read more
Strengthening the banking sector
MEDC | 28 MAR,2021
Some major banking sector reforms have been announced in Budget 2020-21. They include the setting up of a Bad Bank, in which banks can offload their NPAs, the formatio... Read more