Demographic dividend: Skill gap a big barrier
Bikky Khosla | 23 Jul, 2019 |
| A media report on Monday said that the working-age population (people between 15 and 64 years of age) of the country has grown larger than the dependant population (children aged 14 or below and people above 65 years of age) since 2018. |
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Budget neglects export sector!
Bikky Khosla | 16 Jul, 2019 |
| Highlighting the importance of exports on a country’s economy, the latest Economic Survey said rightly that when an economy is in a virtuous cycle, investment, productivity growth, job creation, demand and exports feed into each other. |
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MSME-friendly Budget
Bikky Khosla | 08 Jul, 2019 |
| Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last week presented the first budget of the Modi government in its second term. She laid down a 10-point vision to transform India's economy to reach USD 5 trillion by 2025. |
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Will Budget bring cheer to MSMEs
Bikky Khosla | 01 Jul, 2019 |
| Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of the Indian economy …. This sector is key to addressing the lingering job crisis in the country. This is what we often hear in speeches. |
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GST Council meet
Bikky Khosla | 25 Jun, 2019 |
| The 35th GST Council meet, held in New Delhi last week under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proved a mixed bag. It did not deliver any big surprises, but introduced some minor changes only to the existing structure and procedures under the GST. |
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Paving the way for exports
Bikky Khosla | 18 Jun, 2019 |
| Merchandise exports grew 3.93 percent year-on-year to $29.99 billion in May. Imports were 7.76 percent higher at $45.35 billion during the month. |
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Fixing the economy
Bikky Khosla | 11 Jun, 2019 |
| The last week saw some important developments which augur well for the economy. First, the government formed two new cabinet committees to check the declining trend in growth, generate employment, spur demand and push consumption |
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