[Economy] Eight Core Industries of India, their Weightage and IIP
The eight core sectors/industries of India are :- […]
Impact of Globalization on Indian Economy
The term globalization refers to the integration of the economy of the nation with the world economy. In recent years, globalization has increased due to improvements in transportation and information technology. With the improved global synergies, comes the growth of global trade, doctrines, and culture. […]
Economic Survey 2022: India’s Infrastructure Boom
The Economic Survey of 2022 employs geospatial data gathered from satellites, smart devices, drones, and other anonymous data sources to map the long-term development and impact of India’s infrastructure boom. […]
[Economy] Not V-Shaped but K-Shpaed recovery on the horizon.
The economic ravages of the pandemic have had an uneven impact and taxation policies continue to be regressive Background:- There has been great chatter about a V-shaped recovery for quite a while, ever since the first lockdown following the novel coronavirus pandemic. […]
“Age of Oil” is Far From Over – OPEC+
The age of oil is far from over, in spite of the global urgency to curb carbon emissions, the ‘plus’ avatar of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) has regained unity as a cartel, and, as global crude nears $80 per barrel, it is clearly time for India to [...]
Pandora Papers
What are the Pandora Papers? These are 11.9 million leaked files from 14 global corporate services firms which set up about 29,000 off-the-shelf companies and private trusts in not just obscure tax jurisdictions but also countries such as Singapore, New Zealand, and the United States, for clients across the world. [...]
Indian Forex, Guidotti–Greenspan rule and a Sovereign Wealth Fund,
For a country like India, forex reserves have long been treated as precautionary savings that the government acquires as a “rainy day” fund to tide over any sudden decrease in capital inflows. In other words, it acts as a buffer against shocks to external wealth. […]
Disengagement of Global Firms, Employment and the FDI
OUR THOUGHTS:- For long and particularly since 1991 reforms, FDIs were held as “gold” in the new emerging economics. However, FDIs do come with their fair share of opportunities and issues. Our leaders have chased FDIs through various means but the era of FDIs as the beacon of sunshine on [...]
Ease of Doing Business Report (Discontinued) and the Prisoner’s dilemma
What if you can’t be the ‘very best’? Why, of course, you must try hard to be better at ‘being better’. Whether it is contestants in beauty pageants, educational institutions seeking to go up some notches in university/business-school rankings, or even countries which seek to attract investors by pitching themselves [...]