Is the worst for India’s software industry over? The recruitment drive by the top IT companies of the country during the first half of 2018-19 would suggest that probably a silver lining is on the horizon.Indian IT sector that saw rampant job cuts and a slowing down in new recruitment seems to hav...
The continuing trade war between the United States of America and China is concerning the world. The trade war will not only affect China but also the traditional allies of the US. The future of this trade war depends on how bad the protectionism turns and how dire the consequences would be. But it ...
A spate of construction activities, backed by the govern-ment’s push for affordable housing and infrastructure growth, is indicating the revival of India’s real estate sector. The sector is witnessing high growth with the rise in demand for office, as well as, residential spaces. The market size...
Travel and tourism sector is fast becoming an important contributor to economic growth. According to a recent re-port by World Economic Forum (WEF) travel and tourism industry accounts for 10% of global GDP and about 10% of jobs.A huge number of people are travelling around the world – be it for w...
To make agriculture sustainable, the grower has got to be able to make a profit,” Samuel Sharon Farr, an American democratic politician, farm sector’s growth dynamics. In India, every government, irrespective of political hue, agrees with Farr’s observation, talks of farmers’ plight an...
Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away at the age of 93 on August 16, 2018, was the forerunner for several socio-economic reforms undertaken by his successors. He continued to liberalise the economy and presented a fresh image of India to the world.Like many popular polit...
New Delhi is happy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a bigger role for India in future global growth dynamics. The IMF has observed that India’s economy can be a long-term source for global growth.India has three decades before it hits the point where the working-age population ...
Nine out of ten financial analysts in India today are busy counting the dismal consequences of the rising non-performing assets (NPAs) of the banking sector. The slowdown in the economy in the last few years has led to a rise in bad loans or non-performing assets deteriorating the asset qu...
“It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for” was how Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General and a co-recipient of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize had looked at the growing health issue of the world....
Indian energy sector is a study in contrast. It is undergoing transformation and disruption at the same time. A record capacity of over 75 GW was added in the last three years and yet, the PLF fell drastically leading to a huge unused capacity. India has the fifth largest power generation capacity i...
