India’s Rocket Women
08 Mar 2019 Whoever said that ‘Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus’, will have to reconsider their statement now, for we can proudly say that women are from Mars too! Today, Indian women are, quite literally, reaching for the stars. India has now reached that juncture where women have gained recognition in […]
VLFM: A Unique Initiative supporting Make in India
11 Mar 2019 A joint pact between the Prime Ministers of India and Japan, this flagship program was started in 2006 by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Government of Japan, and National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC), Government of India. The Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing (VLFM) […]
People-friendly Budget strikes the right note
11 Mar 2019 The interim finance minister has presented a coherent, purposeful and balanced Budget which is fully aligned towards meeting the social and economic goalposts envisioned for the country. It strives to address the key socio-economic challenges even as it tries to maintain fiscal discipline and strengthen the momentum of growth. This Budget has […]
EXIM Performance Analysis: Last Five Years
11 Jan 2017 The trade deficit for India has continued to follow the declining trend since FY12, on the back of falling global oil prices. While the performance of the dollar value of aggregate exports has been softening, mirroring the global slowdown, that of aggregate imports is being curtailed at higher rates on the back […]
Home-buying through smart apps brings customer delight
12 Mar 2019 Remember those days when searching for a home was a tedious and lengthy process? Not so long ago, say nearly a decade, it was like searching for a needle in a haystack, and yet we were not sure we had “homed” in correctly. Reference points were word of mouth or glib-tongued estate […]
Corporate Performance of Manufacturing Sector Shows Improvement
11 Jan 2017 The corporate results at the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2017 brought a reason for cheer for the manufacturing sector which saw an improvement in both its bottom-line and top-line. The sector, which was buoyed by a significant fall in inputs costs following the collapse of global commodity prices, […]
OPEC Decision to have Major Repercussions
11 Jan 2017 On 30th November 2016, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced their first oil production agreement in eight years. The historic agreement will see oil production by OPEC nations cut by 1.2 million barrels per day (b/d) to about 32.5 million b/d for six months from the start of January […]
A four-point agenda to fast-track growth
24 Jan 2017 India’s GDP (gross domestic product) is expected to grow at 7.1 per cent in 2016-17, according to latest data released by the government. Although the demonetisation exercise has led to some moderation from 7.6 per cent growth achieved in 2015-16, the impact will not be long lasting. It is against this backdrop […]
India @ G20 : A Primer on Priorities
10 Mar 2017 Economic growth, industrialization, infrastructure and access to energy provide the foundations of development for any growing economy. Germany assumed the G20 Presidency on 1 December 2016. On 7 and 8 July 2017, the eyes of the world will turn to the G20 Summit in Hamburg, where the Heads of State and Government […]
Accelerating the Growth of Start-ups Through a Business-friendly Economy
03 Apr 2017 Gone are the days when starting one’s own business was seen as a path to self-inflicted failure or so to say ’suicidal’. From being a business-skeptic society towards becoming a start-up driven economy, India has come a long way in terms of a paradigm shift in its approach towards starting and doing […]