Net fiscal impact of the Rs 21 lakh crore economic package is likely to be between 0.75% and 1% of the GDP. Read more »
This policy brief suggests 22 dos and don’ts for media -- includes print, visual, public engagement by authorities and shares and forwards by lay public -- during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »
India needs a proper system for the screening of FDI proposals that is not targeted at selected countries. Read more »
The presence of a well-oiled government machinery in Kerala is a confidence booster for residents and visitors alike. Read more »
The demand-side interventions should focus on sustainable agriculture and MSMEs that take care of the concerns by the worker and the entrepreneur. Read more »
The 63 million MSMEs account for more than a third of the manufacturing output of the country and employ at least 120 million people. Read more »
The 1994 plague experience offered some relevant lessons to fight coronavirus, but the decision makers chose to ignore them. Read more »
Unless there are clear property titles and free help for negotiations, gruesome animal killings will continue to happen. Read more »
Over the last 30 years, trade unions became irrelevant due to informalisation of jobs and a series of changes in labour laws. Read more »
Ageing population, mistrust among nations will check Chinese ambitions for world domination, leadership. Read more »