Strategic action against human trafficking long overdue
The annual US Congress-mandated report on human trafficking last week continued to place India in the tier-2 category, which includes countries that have failed to effectively combat the problem. India...
View ArticleSelf-policing can overcome perils of social media
Since the election of Donald Trump to the White House and the subsequent allegations of Russia rigging the outcome, the role of social media in affecting reality through fake news has been undeniable....
View ArticleClimate change: Radical changes in consumption the way forward
Last week Antarctica shed a trillion-ton iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf that had been tethered precariously at the edge for years. The chunk of ice is approximately four times the height of Qutab...
View ArticleIndia’s Evolving Household Savings
Indian household savings patterns have been witnessing some massive structural shifts off late. Households in India have historically been quite risk-averse and wary of investing their savings into...
View ArticleMarket investors need to avoid being driven by animal spirits
The Indian stock markets seems to be on a steroid-infused dream run. Both the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty-50 and the Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex have surged to new record highs almost every day...
View ArticleWhy Rising Wealth Gap in India Doesn’t Mean Growth is Inequitable
The data released by the Bloomberg Billionaire Index revealed some shocking statistics about the rise of inequality in India. It showed that the top 20 industrialists in India added a staggering $50...
View ArticleTime for Modi’s version of New Deal?
The RBI expectedly cut the repo rate last week by 25 basis points, bringing the key lending rate to a six-year low of 6 percent. This came in the backdrop of a steep fall in inflation and weak consumer...
View ArticleShared Value an important lever in Prime Minister’s Vision of New India 2022
On the 75th anniversary of the Quit India movement, The Prime Minister urged the citizens to create a new India by 2022 by freeing the country from poverty, corruption, dirt, terrorism, casteism, and...
View ArticleNeed of The Hour is to Keep Core of Infosys Intact
Dr. Vishal Sikka’s exit from Infosys seems to have been accentuated by the streak of comments made by co-founder Mr. Narayan Murthy. The comments bordered on complaints, raising issues of corporate...
View ArticleIndia’s social advancement dependent on rise in productivity
The Indian rupee has been on a rising spree this year. Beginning from historical lows back in December-January, when the rupee had almost touched 69 a dollar, it has risen to a two-year high of 63.5 to...
View ArticleNot just a boardroom battle: Here are the real reasons behind the Infosys crisis
Infosys is yet again in the news for all the wrong reasons. The poster child of the Indian IT industry just cannot seem to stabilise its ship even after a decade of consistently losing market share...
View ArticleThe Irrationality of Belief
Self-proclaimed godmen and a coterie of sycophants to back them and validate their claims have always been ubiquitous in India. This phenomenon is not problematic in itself until the sycophancy is...
View ArticleRemember the debilitating crisis of 2008? Something scarier is heading your way
It has been a decade since the biggest financial crisis in living memory swept the globe. In a run up to the crisis, the debt levels of the developed economies saw a rapid expansion. In between 2000...
View ArticleIndia needs to holistically tackle child malnutrition
It is no secret that India has had an appalling record in keeping her children healthy. It is no secret that India has had an appalling record in keeping her children healthy. The country records...
View ArticleScaling up core micronutrient interventions: It’s $12 bn vs $574 mn
Buzz Aldrin, one of the first two people to land on the moon, was quoted saying “If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.” Sadly, even today 248 million children across the globe are...
View ArticleEconomic Issues Will Have a Decisive Say in 2019 General Elections
It is becoming really hard to be optimistic about the Indian economy. As TN Ninan pointed out last week, it has been six years since our economy breached the seven percent growth rate mark. There have...
View ArticleCan BRICS credit rating agency ever take off?
Can BRICS credit rating agency ever take off? The BRICS Summit was largely an uneventful affair this year. Apart from the usual declarations for greater cooperation, hardly anything noteworthy took...
View ArticleFiscal stimulus could do more harm than good if Modi ignores these things
Fiscal stimulus could do more harm than good if Modi ignores these things It is almost a certainty that the Indian economy will receive a fiscal stimulus soon on account of the government’s desperate...
View ArticleIndia improving on competitiveness index, but large ailments remain
India improving on competitiveness index, but large ailments remain In a respite to the Modi government, which has been facing the heat over dismal economic numbers, the World Economic Forum (WEF)...
View ArticleIndia’s economy is resilient and will bounce back, but here is the...
India’s economy is resilient and will bounce back, but here is the deep-rooted problem Since the latest growth numbers have come in showing a consistent deceleration in India’s real gross domestic...
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