In the light of the gloomy economic growth forecasts, the government must announce big ticket GST sops to mitigate the crisis triggered by Covid-19. Read more »
A study of economic development in South Asia reveals the inability of the economies to generate quality employment, especially for women. Read more »
China’s shift from export-led development strategy to one with focus on domestic consumption will hamper world trade. Read more »
Capital, human capital and social capital have to come together for impactful ESG outcomes. Read more »
Adequate dialogue and consultation did not happen before introducing and passing labour reforms contained in the four codes. Read more »
Despite several government programmes and packages, MSMEs are struggling to access funds, technology and markets. Read more »
India administered 17 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses, but the number of fully vaccinated people is just 3.5 crore, or around 2.5% of the country’s population. Read more »
The UN Security Council's programme of work for May focuses on global challenges of peace and human wellbeing, exposing its narrow definition of peace. Read more »
Government action is needed to address lack of access to online education, but private sector role is important to bring in state-of-the-art solutions that are cost effective. Read more »
Compulsory licensing now will be less useful as the companies will take another year to come up with the Covid-19 vaccine as they would have to reverse engineer the product. Read more »