16 Nov 2020 There’s a zen story that came my way the other day. Two men visited a Zen master. The first man asked: “I’m thinking of moving to this town. What’s it like?” The Zen master, in turn, asked a question, “How was your old town?” The man answered,…
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India-Africa Partnership is Underpinned by Developmental Initiatives
03 Nov 2020 The growing India-Africa partnership assumes critical significance in an increasingly interconnected, inter-dependent world. The partnership is unique in many ways. It represents the hopes and aspirations of over 2 billion people who live in the two regions. Hence, every dimension of the partnership is underpinned by significant…
Importance of Urban Development Spending
31 Oct 2020 In India, around 55 per cent of the population lives in urban areas. This is estimated to rise by 1.5 times in the next 25 years. If managed well, urbanization can contribute to sustainable growth, through creating a sustainable model where people are close to work, by…
India Emerging as the top Investment Destination
25 Oct 2020 Economic crises are not recent. Their history goes back to mid-1637 when the ‘Tulip and Bulb Craze’ took place. It was followed by the ‘South Sea Bubble’ crisis in the 1700s, the Florida Real Estate Craze, and, of course, the more recent ones of the Great Depression…
Digital Agriculture: The Future of Indian Agriculture
22 Oct 2020 If agriculture is to continue to feed the world, it needs to become more like manufacturing- Geoffrey Carr, The Economist The world population is projected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. This would lead to a significant increase in food demand, even as arable land and freshwater…
Tomorrow’s businesses, The New Economic Catapult
19 Sep 2020 In today’s world, businesses have only two choices: Innovate or perish. For example, only 54 of the Fortune 500 companies (ranked by total revenues) from 1955 were still on the list in 2018, and hence the balance from those days have either ceased to exist, merged with (or…
India and Africa: Partners in Development
18 Sep 2020 India and Africa relations go back many centuries and are well documented, but the dynamics of their relations today are fitting for economies that represent the world’s most vibrant growth stories today. Africa will represent almost a quarter of the world’s workforce and consumers by 2030. It…
Making MSMEs Globally Competitive During COVID Times And Beyond
08 Sep 2020 In a post-COVID world, economies across the globe would be judged on a new parameter, i.e., the way they handled the crisis. It has changed the way of doing business, thereby changing economic developments all over the world. Pre-Corona, the Micro, Small, and Medium (MSME) sector, considered…
Nurturing Education in Times of COVID and Beyond
14 Aug 2020 The post-COVID world will not remain the same. Such has been the disastrous impact of this pandemic that it has disrupted lives and economies. With the rapid spread of COVID-19, governments across the globe started shutting down schools and colleges. Globally, the education of 300 million students…
Staying on track for 2022
04 Aug 2020 The year 2022 will mark 75 years of India’s Independence, a poignant moment in our nation’s history. The Government’s Strategy for a New India@75 developed by NITI Aayog in 2018 involves achieving many developmental objectives by the year 2022, using innovation, technology, enterprise and efficient management. It…