Global fertilizer prices are shooting through the roof, but price rise is just a small part of India’s fertilizer problem. Read more »
While achievements at the WTO ministerial may have silenced the sceptics, India’s tough opening position presented a learning experience for trade negotiators. Read more »
Aviation industry seems to be making a turnaround after a crisis that devastated some of the largest players. Read more »
The fall in unemployment rate does not indicate an economic recovery, but an increase in the availability of employment after the easing of lockdown measures. Read more »
Several states tried to ban single-use plastics, but the results were far from encouraging because of industry pushback. Read more »
As the pension payments have become unsustainably high, the need of the hour is to bring all statutory pensioners under the National Pension Scheme. Read more »
The looming global recession may be far more serious than anything the world has witnessed since the Great Depression, and could last more than 12 months. Read more »
The RBI may not intervene aggressively to boost the weak rupee, but it may step in to reduce volatility. Read more »
With both wholesale and retail inflation benchmarks on an upward spiral and the US Fed signaling more interest rate hikes, the RBI may effect aggressive increase in policy repo rate. Read more »
As a democracy, India will have an advantage in the new economic order if it manages to reorient its domestic policies to promote human rights and ecological wisdom. Read more »