Given the less-than-laudatory attention that India’s rapidly declining female labour force participation is receiving globally, one needs to add another line to the famous girl child campaign: ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao aur Beti Ko Kaabil Banao’
What if we assume the new back series is right and instead ask why growth has been higher during the last four years than in the previous nine years?
In any case, these factors and a growth slowdown, especially as rural distress deepens, should prompt the rate setting committee to reverse the monetary policy stance to neutral from the current mode of 'calibrated tightening
Several studies have found that the Indian banking sector, while having a large number of players, has monopolistic competition
The data Chinese companies collect about Indian consumers allows them and the Chinese State to achieve big data applications on a scale unavailable to Western or Indian companies or to their governments
Unless the country has data which are reliable, which would be worth fighting over, bickering senior ministers are missing the wood for the trees.
Unilever's interest in Horlicks is to grow its foods business that currently generates more than Rs 10,000 crore worth of revenues.
Manufacturing output showed the strongest month-on-month improvement in nearly a year driven by stronger demand, especially for consumer and intermediate goods.
The stated reasons for independent directors exiting boards are mostly the inability to commit quality time to the affairs of the company. Was so much time needed to come to the conclusion of the inability to commit quality time?
If the current trends continue, there is a strong possibility that MPC may have to reduce the repo rate in the March quarter rather than increase it
The recent developments on the Kartarpur front were a breath of fresh air in India-Pakistan ties. Unfortunately, the thaw was short-lived. For starters Islamabad shouldn’t have taken New Delhi’s diplomatic niceties for granted
There is no doubt that Rajasthan is a tough election for the BJP and chances of victory are slim, but the very fact that it has a fighting chance speaks volumes about the organisational capacity and acumen of the party leadership
The silver lining, for the broader economy, is that crude prices have fallen sharply since October and the rupee has strengthened to sub-70 levels.
In order to ensure that US immigration rules do not blunt the growth of this industry, it has already begun seeking new markets in Continental Europe, Japan, China and Africa.
The misplaced adventurism of American missionary John Chau shows that there’s no end to convoluted thinking of the so-called civilised, upper caste/class kind vis-à-vis groups of people who are different
Air India's sell-off process has started by the government deciding to sell in parts. Only if the entire process is completed fast will the benefits accrue to Air India.
Spotify will get a good number of users, especially for its basic music streaming service that comes free of cost (but with advertisements). But it is unlikely to convert users to its premium service and get them to pay for listening to music.
Renewable energy is a big cog in this technological miracle that we hope will pull us out of the climate change quicksand. But it does not come without its set of conditions
Horlicks controls around a half of India’s health food drink market and the Indian mother still swears by the brand’s legacy. But despite the added distribution muscle, Horlicks might just end up pressuring Unilever’s financials
It will, however, be an important platform to underscore the commitment of major powers for global economic stability
Companies will make it very tough for policyholders to be admitted into the health insurance framework
Allowing mutual funds to segregate distressed debt securities in a scheme, a practice called side-pocketing is a clear moral hazard.
A more robust assessment of the bankruptcy code's performance in the future will warrant equally robust information systems
If he wins, Chouhan will have come to the aid of Modi for whom a win in Madhya Pradesh is a much-needed shot in the arm ahead of next year's Lok Sabha polls
The share of organised retailing, or modern format retailing, which consists of hyper markets, super markets and small organised outlets, is only around 10 percent in India
