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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicPrivate investment

Topic: Private investment

How India can reverse investment slowdown and save the 2020s from being a ‘lost’ decade

World Bank points to declining investment growth in the 2011-21 period. Policies promoting investment, improved human capital & faster labour supply could help reverse slowdown.

Public capital expenditure may not need to expand at same pace in coming years, says CEA

The government has planned Rs 7.5 trillion ($91.30 billion) in capital expenditure this year, the highest on record, to help crowd in private investment.

Millennials in India making riskier investments, in bid to boost returns rocked by inflation

More Indians are venturing into volatile territory by pouring money into new and lightly controlled assets, investing in peer-to-peer lending and cryptocurrencies.

In J&K, Modi announces projects worth Rs 20,000 cr, private investment of Rs 38,000 cr

In 1st visit to J&K since abrogation of Article 370, PM also inaugurated solar power plant at Palli village in Samba district, making it India's 1st 'carbon-neutral' panchayat.

Modi’s $5-trillion goal blocked not by lack of infrastructure but delayed regulatory reform

It is targets such as long-standing electricity dues and low capacity of our thermal power plants that the Modi government needs to aim at.

Indian policymakers get it wrong because farmers’ lack of market access is not the problem

Farmers are the only producers who don't get to declare the price of their produce in market. And this is highly unfavourable.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

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.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.