11 Jan 2017 The forthcoming Union Budget will be presented against the backdrop of heightened expectations that the government would unravel reform-centric policies and action plan which would rejuvenate our growth drivers and transform the economy. No doubt, the economy in general has done quite well in FY17 with a…
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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…
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…
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 Trusteeship Model to the New Vehicles of CSR
02 Sep 2016 In the 21st-century corporation, a trusteeship-based framework that blends business with technology, environment, people, economics, and culture, can be the primary paradigm for value creation. ‘Supposing I have come by a fair amount of wealth – either by way of legacy, or by means of trade and…
Business and Civil Society: Can the Twain Meet?
26 May 2016 In an organizational world looking increasingly at co-creation, co-production, and coordination, civil society and the business sector, despite their different voices and priorities, are exploring how they can work together more effectively. Not so long ago, there were two distinct poles: commerce at one end, charity at…
Business and Civil Society: Can the Twain Meet?
26 May 2016 In an organizational world looking increasingly at co-creation, co-production, and coordination, civil society and the business sector, despite their different voices and priorities, are exploring how they can work together more effectively. Not so long ago, there were two distinct poles: commerce at one end, charity at…