2019 was not a bad year for the Indian tourism industry. The central government was quite attentive towards the tourism and hospitality sector having launched positive schemes like Swadesh Darshan - Integrated Development of Theme-Based Tourist Circuits and the Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spir...
The Covid-19 pandemic was declared a ‘World Health Emergency’ on March 11 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This pandemic has led to a partial global shutdown of economic and social activities. Industries and businesses - both public and private - are on a downward curve and are looking fo...
A recent National Statistical Office (NSO) data pointed that the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in India has contracted by 16.7% annually in March, 2020 as compared to a 2.7% expansion in March, 2019. This is the highest fall of the IIP in 39 years. NSO is yet to publish the IIP data for April...
In the month of April when the country was observing a lockdown, few Indian state governments notified to reform or suspend most of the labour laws in the formal sector. This was done to provide impetus to the struggling industrial sector and offer them some flexibility. The laws that are going to b...
Globally, the coronavirus pandemic has taken an alarming proportion. The number of cases has also been steadily rising in India. In absence of any effective vaccine, the only way to control the pandemic is to prevent transmission and by providing critical supportive treatment to patients.India needs...
Previous pandemics declared by World Health Organisation (WHO) since the 20th Century (info graphic)Pandemics of the 21st centurySwine flu (2009-2010)The pandemic was caused by an H1N1 virus strain. In March 2009, the virus was found to be transmitted among people fast. This resulted in respir...
Soil pollution relates to chemical degradation of soil that includes acidification, declining fertility, changes in the pH level, salinisation, and chemical toxicity. For India, maximumsoil contamination occurs in agricultural land, wastelands, and in urban areas. Rural agricultural secto...
The agriculture sector is still the largest employer in India. But owing to rapid urbanisation, more and more rural youths are looking to find work in urban centres. This phenomenon has led to a significant rural to urban migration in India.According to the 2011 Census, the figure of internal migrat...
The global oil market which was already suffering from a bleak price structure since the Gulf War has reached an all-time low ‘price for oil per barrel’ - at $40.32 per barrel - as on April 20, 2020. For the first time in history, the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark went to a negat...
The agricultural sector - the highest employer in India – is in deep financial crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The sector was already in distress and recorded a significantincrease in the number of farmer suicides in recent years. Now the lockdown has aggravated the situation. Nationwide, citi...