2021-02-25T08:40:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
The great Austrian economist and political philosopher, Friedrich von Hayek, published The Road to Serfdom in 1944, arguing against socialism, planning and collectivism, and in favour of individual liberty, the market system and capitalism. […]
2021-02-25T08:19:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, History|
The Indian Fiscal Commission began its work in November 1921, and submitted its report the following year. Its chairman was Ibrahim Rahimtoolah, while John Maynard Keynes was vice- president. Keynes could not come over to India to make any meaningful contribution. […]
2021-02-23T12:20:35+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Environment|
The best way to build resilience against future pandemics and the impact of climate change is to move to a circular economy. Doing so could address 45% of global greenhouse gas emissions and provide a $4.5 trillion economic opportunity. […]
2021-01-22T23:07:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials, Society|
In 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, female labour force participation in India and South Asia was 20.5% and 23.5%, respectively (ILO estimates, World Bank database). Comparable estimates for males were 76% and 77%, respectively. The Middle East and North Africa are the only regions with lower female participation than South [...]
2021-01-22T18:31:42+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
With less than two weeks to go for the Union budget, expectations about Big Bang announcements have risen. Not least because Finance Minister has herself talked about wanting to see a “post-pandemic budget never seen before in a hundred years.” It is not clear what she actually meant by that, [...]
2018-07-30T15:15:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Environment|
The Brundtland Commission in its report titled Our Common Future in 1987 defined the concept of sustainable development as development addressed towards the needs of the future as well as towards the needs of the present policy architecture. […]
2018-07-28T22:45:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Geography|
The 1382 offshore-identified islands of India hold immense unexploited potential for fostering growth and achieving cohesive socio-economic development of the region in particular and also, the nation as a whole. They can significantly contribute to the GDP by leveraging the gains from promoting infrastructure and tourism on a large scale. [...]
2018-02-09T14:40:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Ever-greening of Patents:- […]
2017-11-08T00:49:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Last week, the government relaunched the Bharatmala Pariyojana (BMP)—an initiative to add 35,000km of new highways (subsuming existing plans to add 10,000km of national highways) with an outlay of Rs5.35 trillion over the next five years—to raise investments in infrastructure, and boost economic growth. An additional Rs1.57 trillion is set [...]
2017-11-08T00:44:29+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Since 2011, it is estimated that close to Rs4 trillion of shareholder value was eroded when the stock price of NPAs and stressed companies fell by 95% to 99% from their pre-default days. […]
