Xi Jinping’s new team will have to grapple with a slowing Chinese economy, falling industrial output and exports, as well as crises in banking and real estate sectors. Read more »
ESG thinking has brought the focus on evolutionary governance that seeks to achieve sustainable profitability. Read more »
The Telecom Bill 2022 in its present form will empower the department of telecommunications at the cost of users, sector regulator. Read more »
As the fifth largest generator of plastic waste in the world, India needs to act tough with big brands if it were to address the plastic pollution menace effectively. Read more »
India must uphold the interests of gig workers by bringing them under the social security net if it wants to benefit from the gig culture. Read more »
The biggest downsides of the ecommerce boom are the digital exclusion of MSMEs, IPR infringements, and the gaps in the current regulatory and enforcement mechanisms. Read more »
The Global Hunger Index is not a reliable measure of hunger because of questionable data collection practices and methodology issues. Read more »
Erratic rains and unseasonal heat threaten to upset procurement plans for wheat, paddy even as foodgrain stocks with FCI plummet to a 5-year low of 511.4 lakh tonne in October. Read more »
IBA should undertake classification of areas and businesses based on their climate change risk profile to help India’s banks, NBFCs future-proof their business. Read more »
Inflation in India is not because of fiscal or monetary profligacy, so there is no need to emulate aggressive rate hikes by the West. Read more »