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 »
India needs a proper system for the screening of FDI proposals that is not targeted at selected countries. 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 »
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 »
Global economy to shrink 5.2%, China will be the only major economy to record growth, says World Bank report. Read more »
If the 2008 crisis is anything to go by, the next few months will see 2-2.5 lakh people returning from abroad. Read more »
India faces a peculiar situation -- businesses are not borrowing because of a demand slump, the middle class is borrowing because their incomes have shrunk. Read more »
Indian venture capital firms shy away from offering finance to budding start-ups, while the new restrictions may keep Chinese VCFs away. Read more »
Underwear Index, the Confident Consumer, and the Stairway to Heaven: Governments and businesses are rendered clueless by the demise of old templates. Read more »