India must lead in productivity and innovation for remaining 6 billion people on the planet, says minister of state...
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As the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) begins its platinum jubilee celebrations, it is time for India to take...
India has convinced a lot of people and the world is making big bets on its stature as a manufacturing...
The importance of ensuring healthcare access cannot be overstated for a developing country like India. This is because apart...
Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN seeks to ‘ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for...
Access to healthcare is important in developing countries like India. This is because apart from treatment of ailments and...
The global dynamics of business and society are undergoing a major transformation. There are three schools of thought which...
During the last three decades, there has been significant changes globally regarding advancement of technology, globalization of markets, globalization...
A recent book by Time business columnist Rana Foroohar offers interesting insights about economies in general in the post-crisis...
Access to healthcare is a major challenge in developing countries as this involves making available affordable and quality medicines...
Amidst all the celebratory din on the clearing of the GST bill, the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment...
It has been just over 69 years since the stroke of the midnight hour when India awoke to life and its...
The fable of the hare being defeated by the tortoise sounds familiar and is near universal. It is also...
With the start-up ecosystem heating up in India, it is no wonder that customers are spoiled for choice. For each...
The passage of the GST bill in Rajya Sabha recently made India come one step closer to making the...
The Indian economy is heading for interesting times. With the government trying to push key legislation like GST — possibly on...
India is among the underperformers on access to Information and Communications Technology One of the parameters of assessing societal...
Carrying out innovations is the only function which is fundamental in history: J.A. Schumpeter Innovation is a fascinating topic...
Gross domestic product (GDP) has established itself as a de-facto standard for measuring the economic performance of nations over...
“These days humour can be a very risky thing.” In a very recent interview to Arnab Goswami, these were...
What makes certain economies relatively prosperous and others relatively poor has been a question of debate among economic scholars...
What makes certain economies relatively prosperous and others relatively poor has been a question of debate among economic scholars...
Social development as measured by the Social Progress Index (SPI), and developed by the Social Progress Imperative, a non-profit...
Social development and environmental concerns are often not accorded the attention they deserve in public policy discourse. The reason...
In the recently released Social Progress Report for 2016 by the Social Progress Imperative, a non-profit organization based in...
Logistics forms the backbone of domestic and international trade in any economy and is a critical factor for competitiveness....
Several exits or rather commitments to exit have happened in the past few weeks. These pertain to both individuals...
The Indian economy is at an interesting inflection point. With RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan announcing his plans to return to academia...
The past ten days or so have been particularly momentous not only for India but the world as a...
The post-trips (Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights) world has seen a host of measures add depth to the discourse...
The union cabinet last week approved the much-awaited civil aviation policy. The policy, which has been instituted in an...
The mission of ‘Developing 100 smart cities’ has come a long way from being just a manifesto promise to...
The economic cost of compliance with laws in developing countries can be humongous. A competitive economy reduces the regulatory...
The clearance on the HELP (Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy) some time back is being hailed as a game changer...
According to the World Urbanization Prospects of the UN Population Division, the percentage of people residing in urban areas...
A recent study by CSE (Centre for Science and Environment) points to the presence of possible cancer-causing chemicals in...
Google in its doodle on April 30, 2016 payed homage to Claude Shannon, the pioneer of the modern Information Age. Without...
Common sales wisdom dictates thoughts such as “does your product solve a problem” or “do you add value to...
This is the 100th article of the series and calls for a special issue to be discussed that has...
There exists a considerable overlap between the recently adopted United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targeted to be...
In the early 1930s a need was felt to capture all economic transactions by individuals, companies, and the government...
India’s first and recently initiated national IPR policy is a culmination of the ongoing process of improving India’s IP...
Two recent interventions brought to the fore the issues about pricing in an economy. The first of these pertains...
The Narendra Modi government has been in office for almost two years. There have been some strong areas of performance and...
Manufacturing in India has not been particularly strong. This is because of a host of reasons emanating from the India’s socialist...
India is sometimes accused of being a kritarchy- a rule of the state by Judges. It is because the Judiciary in...
India’s intellectual property (IP) regime has witnessed steady progress ever since the country became a signatory to the TRIPS...
The past few weeks seem to reflect the reality of the Indian media and its relationship (if indeed there...
Agriculture is a critical sector of the Indian economy. This is because, in spite of its relatively low and...
The BRICS club (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), which used to be known for its tremendous growth...
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Asked...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on April 5, released its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement and with it, the monetary policy...
One of the positives of the present dispensation in Delhi is described as its pursuit of an active foreign policy. Some...
An insightful piece by author focusing on presenting a compelling argument for healthcare companies to pursue the idea of...
Cities and creativity are crucial areas for study in isolation, but when combined they yield some fascinating insights. It...
Mauritius is a small island country (land area – roughly 2,000 square km) located in the Indian Ocean. The...
For decades, Gross Domestic Product has been used to evaluate the economic performance of a nation. It measures the...
The business education landscape in India needs some soul searching. It is because post liberalisation the market economy has had a...
The Indian economy, with its evolution and transformation over the past 25 years, has been a topic of discussion...
Higher education in a developing country context is critical. It is because education is the bedrock on which a stable...
Today the world stands at the cusp of water crisis and is struggling to manage its repercussions. The strong...
Commoners’ understanding and expectations are often very different from a purely economic and strategic understanding of the budget. For...
The budget is an important document that decides the course of the fiscal policy of the government over the...
The state of education in India is precarious. This is even more so for basic education than for the...
The union Government has seen two important announcements in the recent past. Under the flagship Smart City Mission, it...
Article published in the India Food Report 2016. India is the largest producer of milk in the world. The total...
Evidence of corruption in a developing countries like India can cause massive turmoil. Two cases in point have been the near...
The recent decision of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is seen by many as a surprising move. The Asian...
Startups form the basis of a more productive and prosperous nation. The growth of several countries in the past...
The World Economic Forum on January 18, 2016, released a report titled ‘Future of Jobs’, which comes under the...
The recent congregation of investors, policymakers and entrepreneurs under the broad theme of Startup India Standup India is a good beginning....
Startup ecosystem in India is coming of age. This is due to the access to finance and especially the...
Positively Leadership Dean of the IE School of Human Sciences and Technology, Lee Newman suggests a new approach to...
A typical view on what to expect in 2016 would quite likely be around the idea of looming fears...
A recent publication by the World Bank group on the global economy titled ‘Global Economic Prospects 2016: Spillover Amid...
The report of the Committee on Revising and Revitalizing Public Private Partnership Model of Infrastructure chaired by Dr. Vijay...
The RBI recently released two reports on the condition of banking and allied sectors in the India. The first...
The recently released mid-year review of the Indian economy by the finance ministry offers some fascinating insights into Indian public policy and decision-making....
More than a month has passed since the cabinet gave its approval to the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana or...
The recent flooding in Chennai and our reaction to it points to a deeper malaise affecting us all. It...
MSME sector is one of the most neglected sectors with respect to public policy but has immense potential. It...
A staggering 147 heads of state have assembled at Paris to discuss and possibly find a solution to the...
On November 30, 2015, leaders of 147 countries will sit together in Paris to discuss the future course of...
Mark R. Kramer delivered the opening keynote enlightening the audience with the shared value concept Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati...
India has seen a strong standalone performance in its growth in the recent past as compared to the other BRICS...
India has a parliamentary form of democracy, the governance system consisting of the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. The...
The recent change to the FDI policy regime by the Indian government is a welcome move. In spite of the huge...
A raging debate has risen in India about tolerance or, as some would argue, the reduction of it in the country....
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which draw near to completion in 2015, have given way to the new Sustainable...
There has been a marked shift in the way people view businesses after the 2008 global financial crisis. Businesses...
This year’s Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences was announced on 12 October 2015, the recipient none other than...
If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a family...
Healthcare, education and law & order are thought to be the main concerns of nation-states across the world. The...
Last week Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan cut the repo rate by 50 basis points to 6.75 percent. This...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) earlier this week released its annual Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2015-16. According to the...
Earlier this week the Fraser Institute based in Toronto along with the Economic Freedom Network released the ‘Economic Freedom...
One of the major paradigm shifts one sees of late in India’s political economy is a focus on states....
Ageing societies pose several challenges like slow economic growth, providing healthcare facilities for the elderly, and taking care of...
India’s power sector is heavily dependent on coal for power generation. It is because roughly 61% of the country’s installed...
Recent events in the Chinese economy and its impact on the world markets merit attention. With August 24 being...
