India completed 75 years of its independence on August 14, 2022. It will be observed throughout the year with full enthusiasm. The achievements and failures after independence in various areas like political, economic, social and health are being evaluated by the government and various stakeholders ...
In India credit is inevitable for the small and marginal farmers. This is because the farm sector income is low and their saving capacity - making them vulnerable to several risks. The formal banking sector loans are cheaper and more suitable for farmers but there have been problems regarding access...
After about a four-decade spell of good returns the agricultural sector, particularly the small and mid-size farming segments, are facing severe problems. The growth rate of the sector has been more than 3% but quite a huge number of farmers have been suffering from the realisation of favourable inc...
The Union Budget 22-23 has allocated more funds for education as compared to the previous year’s budgetary allocation. School education has received `63,449.37 crore and `40,810.34 crore has been allocated to higher education. Some of the main areas of the education budget are mentioned below:·&n...
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is a premier national professional body under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, GoI. It has objective of promoting, regulating and developing the profession of company secretaries in India. Devendra Deshpande, President, ICSI spoke to Kishore Kum...
The recent monthly economic report of the Indian finance department has indicated that India is facing near-term challenges in maintaining its fiscal deficit, sustaining economic growth, controlling inflation and containing the current account deficit. The report also points out, “Many countries a...
It should be noted that food price inflation has been a long-drawn-out problem globally. The ongoing war in Europe has intensified the matter. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, prices of many items had reached their all-time high points even before the ...
The ongoing price inflation is a concern not only in India but also for the global economy. The purpose of this article is to concentrate on the inflation occurring in the Indian economy with focus discussion on its impact on rural and agricultural workers. The meaning of inflation is not high price...
Surprisingly, a few days ago while this reporter was preparing for an article on the status of start-ups in India, a junior friend called him. The caller was a successful electronic media journalist. The purpose of his call was to inform that he had left journalism during the pandemic period due to ...
An article published this year on International Women’s Day, that is, on March 8, 2022, pointed out that despite India’s rich entrepreneurship ecosystem, there was only a single woman CEO among the 80 unicorns present at that time in India. Unicorn represents a privately held start-up comp...