The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana must undergo a cost-benefit audit and be updated to allow for income stabilisation for farmers The government has recently
Category: Economy
Economic Survey: Financial sector reforms need the backing of government
The Economic Survey released this afternoon has forecast an improvement in India’s economic prospects. The GDP is expected to grow 6-6.5% in 2020-21, as compared
Time to prioritise education and health – The Hindu
Investment in these areas will create demand in the short run and make the economy more competitive in the long run In recent months, the
Explained: Why has government cut India’s GDP growth rate to 6.1% for 2018-19? | Explained News,The Indian Express
Just on the eve of the presentation of the Union Budget for the next financial year (2020-21), the government has sharply cut back the GDP
Truth be told, Narendra Modi’s Budget won’t solve India’s economic crisis | Deccan Herald
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his second term in May, I’d hoped for a reset of his government’s fraught relationship with domestic business and global capital.
Budget 2020: An opportune time to change focus from growth to jobs | Deccan Herald
As is the case during a period of lower demand for many goods, higher inflation, joblessness, and drops in consumption spends, it is logical for
Right on, onward to universal factoring–Economic Times
Right on, onward to universal factoring The government has done well to ask all public enterprises to be present on an online trade receivables discounting
India’s $5 trillion dream blueprint: Here’s the mission mode to help govt realise MSMEs’ full potential – The Financial Express
By Nikhil Arora Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, backed by rapid technological
Job cut, staff relocation: India Inc gears for Brexit as UK set to leave EU | Business Standard News
Indian companies, which have a significant presence in the United Kingdom, are preparing for Britain’s exit from European Union on Friday by cutting jobs, relocating
Needed: A boring Budget | Business Standard Column
In two days, the Finance Minister will present her Budget for 2020-21. I wrote last month (Business Standard, December 19, 2019) of the speech I’d
Inclusion and exclusion errors in social security – The Hindu BusinessLine
Issues brought up in welfare payouts for farm widows are a throwback to the ‘universal basic income’ debate Two recent BusinessLine reports have pointed to
Set aside ‘fiscal prudence’ for now – The Hindu BusinessLine
The government will do well to blow the deficit to spur growth, and at the same time clean its books once and for all When
विकासाची खडतर वाट – महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स
विकासाची खडतर वाट जीएसटीअंतर्गत राज्याला मिळणारी भरपाई, महाराष्ट्र-कर्नाटक सीमाप्रश्न, मराठीचा प्रस्तावित अभिजात दर्जा, दुष्काळी भागांसाठी नदीजोड प्रकल्पांना मंजुरी, राज्यातील प्रस्तावित सिंचन प्रकल्पांना वन खात्याची मंजुरी,
BJP set to unveil a Swadeshi Budget – The Hindu BusinessLine
Party’s focus is on its core constituents — the domestic industry and the trader community To lift the depressed sentiment especially among its core constituency
Demystifying the Union Budget – The Hindu BusinessLine
If you were to take a dispassionate view of the Centre’s finances and compare this with a household’s, how would it look? In recent times,
e-commerce: Cracking the whip: E-comm policy to deal with online counterfeits – The Economic Times
New Delhi: The upcoming e-commerce policy will make it tougher for sellers to peddle fakes online. The policy, likely to be out in March, will
Worry about growth, not fiscal deficit–Economic Times
While presenting the Budget, a prime concern of finance ministers has been to contain the fiscal deficit as close to 3% of GDP as possible.
Narayana Murthy wants banks to invest in Indian startups – The Financial Express
NR Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of software giant Infosys who chairs a Sebi panel on alternate investment policy advisory, on Tuesday pitched for pension funds
Ratan Tata’s warning to start-ups: You won’t get second chance if you commit this cardinal sin – The Financial Express
Industrialist Ratan Tata on Tuesday warned that start-ups which burn investors’ money and disappear will not get a second or a third chance. Tata, who
Where are the jobs? Fewer wage earners in organised, unorganised sectors | Business Standard Column
Employment takes many forms and a salaried job is only one of them. CPHS captures all forms of employment — whether it is formal or