CSR can evolve into a powerful enabler of research and applied innovation, expanding India’s scientific capacity, strengthening institutions and nurturing talent across geographies.
RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.
Protecting established entities, resisting change, or prioritising short-term political gains can all lead to stagnation traps. India must embrace creative destruction for prosperity.
The rebound in growth in December quarter was expected, owing to improvement in govt spending, festival-induced boost to consumption & a sharp increase in non-oil exports.
Survey says that India, in light of significantly-changed external scenario, needs to focus on domestic growth drivers and reduce regulations impeding them.
Indian middle class seethes at growing phenomenon of political parties taking their tax money and spraying it among the more numerous poorer classes to buy their votes.
Sales revenue of manufacturing firms saw weak growth in September quarter. Rural demand indicators performed better than urban. Capex must rapidly pick up in 2nd half of the fiscal.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Speaking at an event in Delhi, Shaktikanta Das said India’s potential growth rate was 7.5% & economy could 'eventually' grow at 8%, adding the current yr's growth was expected to be 7.2%.
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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