Clipped from: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/dc-comment/130721/dc-edit-pushing-two-child-policy-can-it-ramp-up-growth.html The Yogi Adityanath government in UP has hardly lagged behind and has made proposals of a similar nature. (PTI Photo) Not since the dark
Category: Economy
China solar gear makers threaten to scrap pacts – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/china-solar-gear-makers-threaten-to-scrap-pacts/articleshow/84770365.cmsSynopsis China makes up 80% of the total imports for the Indian renewables industry. This figure balloons to 95%, when Chinese-origin companies operating out
Hotel occupancies in all major cities saw month on month increase in June: HVS Anarock Report – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/hotels-/-restaurants/hotel-occupancies-in-all-major-cities-saw-month-on-month-increase-in-june-hvs-anarock-report/articleshow/84788301.cms?utm_source=ETTopNews&utm_medium=HPTN&utm_campaign=AL1&utm_content=23Synopsis All India average occupancies were between 30-32% in June, up by 12-14 percentage points month on month, while average daily rates were up14-16%
UP’s draft population bill has an ableism problem | The Indian Express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/ups-draft-population-bill-population-control-7423718/ Apart from its coercive approach to population control, it plays into the widely prevalent notion of the disabled as a burden. UP Chief
Rationalise Customs duty | Business Standard Editorials
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/rationalise-customs-duty-121072700009_1.html Besides removing exemptions, overall simplification is necessary In the 2021 Union Budget earlier this year, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that hundreds of exemptions
Global trade runs into choppy waters – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/global-trade-runs-into-choppy-waters/article35546658.ece The spike in container freight rates smacks of top shipping lines exploiting the market with their oligopolistic power A shipowner tries to fix
The forex bonanza is not a cause for celebration – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/c-p-chandrasekhar/the-forex-bonanza-is-not-a-cause-for-celebration/article35545913.ece Portfolio investment zoomed from $1.4 billion in 2019-20 to $36.1 billion in 2020-21 – REUTERS Portfolio investment zoomed from $1.4 billion in 2019-20
Covid 2nd wave to have more lasting damage on Indian economy, exports key for recovery: Moody’s Analytics – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/covid-2nd-wave-to-have-more-lasting-damage-on-indian-economy-exports-key-for-recovery-moodys-analytics/articleshow/84761874.cmsSynopsis In its report titled ‘APAC Economic Outlook: The Delta Roadblock’, it said that social distancing is weighing on the current quarter but economic
Govt is in consolidation mode, trying to make the old policies work | Business Standard Column
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/govt-is-in-consolidation-mode-trying-to-make-the-old-policies-work-121072600249_1.html Making new policies work is 100 times harder in India than making new policies If you have been a journalist in Delhi, even
India’s Economy 2021: The curious case of India’s falling unemployment rate in 2019-20–indian express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explainspeaking-the-curious-case-of-indias-falling-unemployment-rate-in-2019-20-7422326/ The latest annual report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) has surprised everyone by claiming that the unemployment rate fell in a
Amartya Lahiri writes: State should do its duty towards citizens, not interfere in their economic lives–indian express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/state-should-do-its-duty-towards-citizens-not-interfere-in-their-economic-lives-7422014/ Amartya Lahiri writes: State’s response to its own failure to deliver public services on schooling or health is to mandate the private sector
Monsoon isn’t going to make this a bumper crop year. Decision to impose stockholding limits on pulses must be rolled back–indian express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/bumper-agriculture-produce-southwest-monsoon-rainfall-season-7421957/ Monsoon isn’t going to make this a bumper crop year. Decision to impose stockholding limits on pulses must be rolled back. The effects
Can cost-push inflation become demand-pull too? | Deccan Herald
Clipped from: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in-perspective/can-cost-push-inflation-become-demand-pull-too-1012870.html The pandemic has made many avoid public transport and the triple-digit price of petroleum is burning holes in everyone’s pockets, directly or indirectly
India’s population dilemma | Deccan Herald
Clipped from: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/indias-population-dilemma-1012859.html The UP legislation, if implemented, can put women’s health and well-being at risk UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during ‘Janta Darshan’ organised at
The flip-side to building forex reserves – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/the-flip-side-to-building-forex-reserves/article35526054.ece?homepage=true Ample reserves are a source of comfort, but there are costs in managing them as well as risks due to debt and hot
Success in exporting goods | Business Standard Column
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/success-in-exporting-goods-121072600014_1.html Firms in India have much to gain by prioritising the export sector, either directly by exporting or by selling to exporting firms It
Signals of revival | Business Standard Editorials
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/signals-of-revival-121072600009_1.html Telecom sector faces the risks of a duopoly The Supreme Court verdict dismissing the petition of telecom companies regarding the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) calculation
Rating companies report sharpest rise in upgrades, improvement in creditworthiness – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/rating-companies-report-sharpest-rise-in-upgrades-improvement-in-creditworthiness/articleshow/84729732.cmsSynopsis The credit ratio, or upgrades over downgrades, has seen a steady rise since the first quarter of last year. The gauge was at
View: 1991 economic reforms gave us miracle growth, but now it’s fading – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/view-1991-reforms-gave-us-miracle-growth-but-now-its-fading/articleshow/84723737.cmsSynopsis In 1991, India’s capita income was just $360 a year, having been overtaken by several “miracle economies” of Asia growing at 7% per
Need for relaunch of PMAY scheme with in-built credit-linked insurance: CII – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/need-for-relaunch-of-pmay-scheme-with-in-built-credit-linked-insurance-cii/articleshow/84726652.cmsSynopsis The PMAY is the ambitious mission of the government aimed at ‘Housing for All’ as India completes 75 years of Independence by the
