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 »
Hydrogen fuel cell cars have failed to notch up impressive sales figures because of the high price tag and the absence of refuelling infrastructure. Read more »
The RBI and NPCI launched UPI123Pay in March to enable offline payments on feature phones without internet access. 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 »
The discussions on labour reforms in India veer around the subject of labour market flexibility in relation with the Industrial Dispute Act 1947 and the four labour codes that await implementation. Read more »
International Day of Happiness is an occasion to re-examine the development metrics that measure just income or output. Read more »
By 2050, heat stress will make several parts of South Asia, and regions around the Persian Gulf and Red Sea uninhabitable. Read more »
RBI may wait before following Federal Reserve footsteps as the central bank could view high inflation as transitory. Read more »
The Union and state governments have redesigned their healthcare spending to ensure improved delivery of services and sustainable budgeting. Read more »