Budget 2020 expectations of Indian mustard oil industry
Vivek Puri | 14 Jan, 2020
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| India has emerged as the largest importer of edible oil in the world. The country imported millions of tonnes of edible oil last year from October 2018 to November 2019, which is a record in itself. The nation's dependence on imported oil is expected to reach alarming levels up to 60-65 per cent.. |
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How secure will India be in 2020?
Maj Gen (RETD) S.B. ASTHANA | 07 Jan, 2020
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| National Security has a wide span and needs to cover much wider period for any meaningful analysis, but to be realistic about current security dynamics of the country, speculating the immediate trends under the existing realities may be useful, especially in a high voltage political scenario in the country. . |
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Abe's visit and importance of Act East Forum
Shubha Singh | 28 Dec, 2019
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| India-Japan relations have grown into a close strategic partnership in the past decade. Regular annual summits between their leaders have helped nurture the relations and made them among the fast-growing ties for each country. Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to India from December 15 to 17 will be his sixth bilateral summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to further consolidate the bilateral relationship.. |
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Mission 2020: Government as the enabler of business
TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE | 23 Dec, 2019
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| As the calendar year 2019 winds to a close, a lot more needs to be done in 2020 to keep pushing the wheels of the Indian economy, especially, with the objective of achieving high economic growth and unleashing the real economic potential of the country. The year 2019 presented both lessons on the good work that needs to be continued as well as areas warranting improvement as we head into the next year. The focus must be on improving the ease of doing and time required to do business.. |
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Effective regulations as the lynchpin for growth
TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE | 15 Dec, 2019
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| The importance of an effective regulatory mechanism for a conducive business environment cannot be over-emphasized. As India looks to push consumption and investments further up, a renewed focus on improving the regulatory framework will help the business climate significantly.. |
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Transmission mechanism: Monetary policy and beyond
TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE | 10 Dec, 2019
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| The Reserve Bank of India decided to hold repo rates unchanged in its meeting on December 5, 2019. In this context, apart from the outlook on inflation, the crucial area of focus should be the "transmission mechanism" of the rate cuts already delivered in 2019.. |
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Creating global Indian giants
TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE | 02 Dec, 2019
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| As debates on Indian economic growth, infrastructure and job creation, business environment and corporate balance sheets rage on, an alternative way to boosting the Indian economy would be to create Indian businesses that can scale globally.. |
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Providing momentum to asset monetisation
Taponeel Mukherjee | 25 Nov, 2019
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| The success of the third toll-operate-transfer (TOT) auction by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) provides the momentum needed for India to embark on the path of swift and transparent asset monetisation in the next few years. Asset monetisation has received much attention, and a few large government asset monetisations have taken place in the last few years. It is about time the Government pushes the process ahead at a rapid pace.. |
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Software is eating trade, digital platforms replacing agreements
K. Yatish Rajawat | 19 Nov, 2019
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| Since India rejected RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) with ASEAN and six other countries, most commentators have focused on reasons for exit. The government has reiterated that it was a decision in the interest of the country. Impact on farmers due to agri-imports impact is one of the dominant reason. There are more powerful forces at play shaping the structure of global trade that India needs to account for in any trade negotiation going forward.. |
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Prime Minister looks inwards for improving governance
D.C. PATHAK | 11 Nov, 2019
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| With a remarkable insight into how the governance in this country ought to be upgraded, Prime Minister Modi while addressing the Probationers of Indian Civil Services attending the Foundational Course, outlined the big picture of 'the mission and delivery' that the officers manning the famed 'steel frame' of India were expected to measure up to in their long years of duty ahead. In a first time event, the officers who were in the early phase of their training were assembled at a place outside of the LBSNAA Mussoorie -- at Kevadia in Gujarat, the venue of Sardar Patel's statue -- for the Prime Minister's address on October 31 marking the National Unity Day.. |
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