Business
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Effects Of Increase In Gold Prices
In the latest Union Budget, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitaraman, proposed to increase the import duty on gold from 10% to 12.5%.
2 min |
September 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Diversification And Innovation In Indian Tourism
Indian tourism has a huge unrealised potential.
9 min |
September 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Beyond Incredible India!
The ‘Incredible India’ campaign was launched in 2002 by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India to promote India as a global tourist destination. Sagnik Chowdhury, Regional Director (East), India Tourism, spoke to BE’s Aritra Mitra.
6 min |
September 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
The Economy Can Be Back On High Growth Track In Three Months With Proper Administrative Measures
The infrastructure sector in India is slowing down. BE’s Kishore Kumar Biswas and Tushar K. Mahanti spoke to Hemant Kanoria, Chairman, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited, regarding the PPP model in infrastructure and the role of NBFCs.
3 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
FATF Places Pakistan In ‘Enhanced Blacklist'
The Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed Pakistan in the ‘Enhanced Blacklist’ due to its failure to act on terror funding.
1 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Telecom Infra In India Not Ready For 5G
By July 2018, India had the world’s second largest internet user base with over 44.6 crore smart phones and 56 crore internet users.
3 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Social Audit Of All Infrastructure Schemes Need To Be Made Mandatory
Infrastructure in a way is the essential “inners” of any development plan.
2 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Power Infra Improving, But Debt Is A Problem
Absence of electricity has been an inherent feature of rural India.
4 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Nature Beat: Flora And Fauna
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Member of Parliament (Lok Shabha).
5 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Infrastructure Spending Key To Revive The Fledging Economy
“You and I come by road or rail, but economists come by infrastructure,” Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s longest-serving prime minister and the first woman elected to that office had observed while highlighting the role of infrastructure in a nation’s life.
7 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Fire Ravages ‘Earth's Lungs'
The Amazon rainforest has been burning for several weeks, becoming a global crisis.
1 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Digital Footprints: Changing Face Of Lending Landscape
In this digital age, business processes are witnessing makeovers every other day.
5 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Crafting Peace For Restoring The Valley's Lost Glory
Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech in both the houses was not striking in itself, but his pitch on the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) served to prevent the opposition from taking a steadfast stand against it, leading to passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019.
4 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Boosting Aviation Infrastructure
Airports being the nuclei of myriad economic activities assume a significant role in the economy of a nation.
5 min |
September 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Banking On Technology
Way back in 2008, when Arjun Shetty and his wife Rati, both working in Seattle, USA, were exploring various options which included relocating to India, they started looking for financing avenues for setting up their home in Chennai.
4 min |
May 1-15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Crop Insurance Schemes To Help Farmers
According to the Economic Survey 2018, long-term weather patterns indicate that climate change could reduce annual agricultural incomes in the range of 15% to 18% on average and up to 20% to 25% for unirrigated areas in India.
4 min |
May 1-15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Minimum Support Price Should Be More Equitable And Broad-Based
In India, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices recommends the minimum support prices (MSP) for agricultural commodities (currently for 23 products). On the basis of the recommendation, the Government of India announces the MSPs at the beginning of the sowing seasons. The MSP is a form of market intervention by the government which guarantees highest prices at which the government is ready to buy the entire products of certain crops directly from the farmers.
5 min |
May 1-15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Weather Forecasting And Sustainability
An idea of sustainability in agriculture
3 min |
May 1-15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Are We Letting Our Work Take Away Our Life
Modern life, whatever it means, has made us strive for more. All of us have this innate desire to progress and grow in our professions, careers, and businesses and acquire more fame, wealth, land and accolades. Although growth may be a noble mission, we may get carried away and cross the thin line where progress may involve running in a rat race.
2 min |
May 1-15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Uttarakhand As A Hotspot For Yoga And Ayurveda
The telephone poles, windows of cyber cafes and restaurants, and walls of the ashrams are plastered with signs advertising every form of yoga imaginable -- from the traditional, standardized and internationally renowned Iyengar tradition to obscure, mysterious offerings for “Tantra, Yantra and Mantra.” The yoga courses and classes at our own ashram are full to capacity 12 months a year. Students of every religion, every culture and every language flock from every corner of the Earth to come and study asanas, pranayama, meditation and Indian philosophy.
4 min |
May 1-15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
'Don't Provide Masala To Media'
The Prime Minister finally warns his political colleagues not to provide ‘masala’ for the media.
2 min |
May 1-15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Media's ‘public space' and government control
So finally it came. The I&B Minister moved forward, then backward and then, forward again.
2 min |
April 16-30, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Gender sensitivity— A pressing concern
One of the most pertinent issues that troubles India is the issue of gender sensitivity.
3 min |
April 16-30, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Dr. H. P. Kanoria's Women Self-Empowerment Mission
The Women Self-Empowerment Mission is a noble initiative aimed at the self-empowerment of women from the Barhiya village situated in Bihar.
1 min |
April 16-30, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
The NPA Conundrum
Arguably, the year will be remembered and referenced in days to come for a mixed bag of economic events.
6 min |
April 16-30, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Branding The Entrepreneurs
The first thing any marketing or advertising wizard must know about branding for entrepreneurs is that entrepreneurs have no money.
6 min |
April 16-30, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
ALFA Network Helping First Stage Entrepreneurs
In August 2017, a handful of professional experts came up with an idea of nurturing and fulfilling dreams for prospective entrepreneurs through the ALFA Network.
2 min |
April 16-30, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Infusion Of Money In PSBs Causes Mixed Reactions
The recent announcement of a plan for infusion of money to the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) is certainly hopeful.
3 min |
November 1-15, 2017
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Political Propaganda On The Internet
With online access getting cheaper, gen-now seem to have taken to a new form of dependence.
2 min |
November 1-15, 2017
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Hungry Stomachs Go Up In India Unchecked
India has stopped counting its poor; it is counting its billionaires to showcase what a section regards as economic prosperity.
4 min |