Important Editorials on Economy
“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’ [...]
Pandora Papers
What are the Pandora Papers? These are 11.9 million leaked files from 14 global corporate services firms which set up [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
[Economy] Why Indian Railways failed to attract private players to run trains
Syllabus Connect:- GS III ( Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways, etc.) On July 1, 2020, the Indian Railways launched [...]
[Economy] Nuclear Power-10 Years After Fukushima
Syllabus Connect:- GS III (Energy) Context:- At the beginning of the new millennium, amid growing awareness of the link between [...]
[Economy] Indian Economy, Stagflation, K-Shaped Recovery & Minsky Moment
Syllabus Connect:- GS III (Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment) What you [...]
Poverty in India is on the rise again
Syllabus:- GS I (Poverty and developmental issues); GS II (Issues relating to poverty and hunger) India has not released its [...]
The first principles of commerce should guide E-com policy too
This retail outlet sells a lot of products from all sorts of producers. The shopkeeper also buys stuff in a [...]
India’s first scam-Haridas Mundhra affair, LIC and Chagla Commission
Context:- It is now celebrates 30 years since India’s economic liberalization programme began. Massive libraries can be built solely devoted [...]
[Economy] Growth matters but income levels matter more
Context The provisional estimates of annual national income (2020-21), released on May 31 by the National Statistical Office, did not have [...]
India after 1991
India reconnected with the global economy three decades ago. The Indian economy had begun to gather pace around 1980, after [...]
The cost of China’s economic achievements
The Communist Party of China (CPC), which observed the centenary of its founding on July 1 with a very assertive [...]
Understanding the Bad Banks-arguments for and against
The idea of setting up a bad bank to resolve the growing problem of non-performing assets (NPAs), or loans on which borrowers [...]
Does India need a new assessment of Poverty – Yes. It does
The son of a corn merchant-turned sociologist, Charles Booth had little patience for Charles Dickens and others in his time, [...]
India for a post-pandemic equitable recovery
After last year’s pandemic-induced economic collapse, the global economy is on track to make a synchronized—though unequal—recovery. A little over [...]
Intellectual Property and India-A Complete Coverage
What is Intellectual Property:- The concept of intellectual property (IP) will be understood better if we understand what is meant [...]
[Economy] Microfinance and building a resilient India
Over these years, no other form of financial services has had the kind of far-reaching impact, in terms of fostering [...]