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25 Apr 2017 In the view of most analysts, India’s leading position in economic growth pace is likely to continue for the next two-three decades and the country could overtake the US to become the world’s second largest economy in purchasing power parity terms by 2050. India has several key…

11 Apr 2017   CII and OECD: Inclusive Growth through Greater Collaboration In a globalized world where there is increasing interdependence among nation’s economic policies and multiple spill-over effects, the role of multilateral organizations like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the global governance they support is…

11 Apr 2017   CII and OECD: Inclusive Growth through Greater Collaboration In a globalized world where there is increasing interdependence among nation’s economic policies and multiple spill-over effects, the role of multilateral organizations like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the global governance they support is…

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…

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.…

11 Jan 2017 The new Government headed by Mr Narendra Modi swept the Parliamentary polls in 2014 and took over the Government in Delhi. A totally new set up took over the roles in the Central Government covering the various Ministries and in the last couple of years even the…

11 Jan 2017 India’s public land holdings are vast and valuable. One of the government’s most significant tangible assets, whether in the hands of central ministries, state governments, or local bodies, they occupy substantial acreage in high value urban areas and around major ports. A pilot inventory of public lands…

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…

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…

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…