India, like many of its peers in the developing world, has been facing the brunt of climate change. India estimated to have lost USD 87 billion last year due to climate events such as tropical cyclones, floods and droughts, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Worse, Indian companies could lose about USD 100 billion over the next five years from the risks posed by […]
If the Omicron cases continue to rise over the next 3-4 months, we are staring at very difficult times. The whole idea of policy normalisation, sucking out excess liquidity to control inflation could go for a toss The world will be entering into the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic as we step into 2022 and fear is […]
India is the second largest producer of vegetables and fruits globally. Its food industry has also been growing consistently contributing increasingly to the world food trade every year. Yet, the value of wastage of India’s fruits and vegetables annually is estimated to be about 13 billion USD, due to paucity of cold chain infrastructure and […]
India’s stance from absolute ban to allowing cryptocurrency in some form is on the back of its popularity and the realisation that the country cannot remain behind the curve. India is finally ready to bite the bullet as a bill on cryptocurrency comes for discussion during the Winter Session of the Parliament. The demand to come clear on […]
The near–term outlook remains strong and prices may touch USD 100 a barrel; some intervention from government could help ease burdens on the Indian households Crude oil prices are at a multi-year high and the near-term outlook does not inspire much confidence among the common households. The prices are expected to touch levels between USD 95 and USD 100. This […]
India’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme is expected to bring windfall gains for the local mobile manufacturing Industry and make India a mobile manufacturing hub. The scheme is part of the National Policy on Electronics and was notified on 1 April 2020. It aims to incentivise mobile and electronics components manufacturers who meet certain sales […]
Government’s announcements of 9 structural and 5 process reforms to remove bottlenecks of the industry; while industry will gain, customers likely to be biggest beneficiaries. Government’s much needed relief package for the telecom sector is being hailed as a major reform and is expected to revive the sector. It was long overdue especially at a time […]
The Vehicle Scrappage Policy is offering many incentives to buyers in the form of tax and registration exemptions while aiming to bring down cost of vehicles. While, environment is a consideration, cost advantage for average owner will be a major play. India’s much awaited vehicle scrappage policy was launched last month with an aim to phase out old […]
The current growth is on a low base of previous year during the corresponding quarter after the economy went to a standstill because of nationwide lockdown The Government announced estimates of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country for the April-June quarter of the financial year (FY) 2021-22 (April-March) which shows a record increase […]
Success of Zomato’s IPO indicates a paradigm shift which will usher an era of the new age investors and entrepreneurs. It will give opportunities to the founders with not so deep pockets to scale and flourish India’s largest food delivery service Zomato made a stellar debut on the stock exchanges BSE and NSE on 23 […]