Sticky inflation will force the RBI put an end to monetary easing cycle despite concerns over economic growth. Read more »
Unemployment in India stood at 8.1% in February 2022. The biggest single driver of growth and prosperity is the movement of people from lower productivity jobs into higher productivity occupations. We have... Read more »
Cuts in excise duties can contain inflation to a certain extent, giving the Reserve Bank of India some headroom to support growth in the monetary policy review next week. Read more »
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has its roots in wasteful investment in infrastructure projects, and overdependence on remittances and service sector revenues. Read more »
The RBI and NPCI launched UPI123Pay in March to enable offline payments on feature phones without internet access. Read more »
Russian oil deals: The West should not have unrealistic expectations from India which imports 85% of its crude requirements. Read more »
A prolonged Ukraine war may warrant fiscal support to the most vulnerable sections of the world population to cope with rising cost of living. Read more »
RBI may wait before following Federal Reserve footsteps as the central bank could view high inflation as transitory. Read more »
The Kerala Budget 2022-23 has given primacy to sectors shattered by global reversals such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict. Read more »
Disparities of income generation between the richest 1% and the rest have implications in terms of perpetuation of wealth and income inequality. Read more »