In the current economic situation, economists Amartya Sen, Raghuram Rajan, and Abhijit Banerjee have come forward with a number of important suggestions.They have suggested that temporary ration cards should be made available to people who are excluded from the Public Distribution System (PDS)...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 24 announced a number of measures for the extension of statutory and regulatory compliances during the coronavirus outbreak in India. We have listed some of the important provisions.Financial servicesThe debit card holders can withdraw cash from...
In India, we are seeing a resurgence of commercial activity in the digital domain. Online home sales are now beginning to gain serious traction. Despite the lockdown, top real estate developers have been able to resume at least 15-20% of their business due to increased digital penetration. Existing ...
The Indian economy will take around one or one and a half year to get its momentum The COVID 19 pandemic has been disruptive for the Indian economy. Various sectors have been severely affected by the lockdown. The infrastructure sector is no exception. BE spoke to Anant Raj Kanoria, Chief Execu...
We are now in unprecedented times. The World Wars, the famines of history may have led to huge destructionand deaths; but in no time has such an event like Covid-19 threatened humanity so comprehensively – its life, livelihood, work, and its business and economy. Let us summarise the pa...
This pandemic induced lockdown situation has been hard on India’s unorganised sector. Daily wage earners have been the worst hit. Corporate houses have been forthcoming with help. Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation has been arranging for rice, flour, salt, sugar, pulses, potatoes, onio...
Mimicry, by changing form, shape and colour, is unique to animals. Imagine if you went into a Chinese or African neighbourhood and had to blend in. Or become shorter, fatter, change the shape of your nose, increase the number of arms, the odour your body emits. We can't do any of these t...
Information Technology (IT) is one of the top two industries in India today. IT and Information Technology- Enabled Services (IT-ITeS) sector is undergoing rapid evolution. It is transforming Indian businesses. The sector includes software development, consultancies, software management, online serv...
According to several industry insiders, most Indians would buy a mattress as long as it is thick. However, few have heard of the ‘memory foam’. A NASA project in the 1970s for upgrading seat cushioning and crash protection for pilots and passengers gave birth to this type of foam. The material m...
In 2017, the global wellness tourism segment, valued at $639 billion, had a growth rate of 6.5%, outstripping the growth rate of the aggregate global tourism sector - which was growing at 3.2% in that period. During the same period, India ranked seventh in the top 20 wellness tourism markets and ten...