Business
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Breathing Silica
Hafijul Molla’s hand involuntarily slips to the pocket of his scruffy shirt.
4 min |
January 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
United Bank Of India View Of Banking In Economy
We are not hesitant to give loans to agriculture or MSMEs for fear of loan waivers or other uncertainties. We have to maintain our due diligence and proper risk analysis in serving loans. Uncertainty is an essential part of the business.
2 min |
January 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Mounting Agricultural Stress In India
The Indian agricultural sector was adequately focused in the first Five Year Plan and its performance was impressive.
5 min |
January 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Is Digital India The Way Forward?
The transaction system in India has seen revolutionary changes in the recent past with many tools and apps coming up to encourage Indians to go cashless.
3 min |
January 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Know How To Manage And Not Gag The Media
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of the Government of India has sent a note recently to the service providers like Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodaphone and BSNL to find out ways how to ‘block’ social media apps like Facebook and Whatsapp.
2 min |
August 16 - 31, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Death Of A statesman
In Indian politics, there are politicians and then there are statesmen. Somnath Chatterjee, who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) till 2008 was a celebrated parliamentarian and statesman who rose above paltry political differences and commanded respect even from his staunchest adversaries. Bengal lost one of its best parliamentarians as Chatterjee passed away early in the morning in a private nursing home in Kolkata on August 13, 2018.
2 min |
August 16 - 31, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Can India Reap The Benefit Of Its Demographic Dividend?
Sanjeeb Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India attended an interactive session in Kolkata conducted by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce.
3 min |
August 16 - 31, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Cheque Bounce Case Can Lead To Big Penalty
A cheque bounce case can now lead to bigger penalties after the Indian Parliament passed ‘The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2018’ on July 23, 2018, allowing a court to try offences related to cheque bounce promptly and “direct the drawer to pay a minimum of 20% of the cheque amount as interim compensation.”
1 min |
August 16 - 31, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
The Insidious Growth Of Alcoholism
“Drink makes a man forget himself. He ceases to be a man, becomes less than a beast for the time being. It never does the slightest good. I hope, therefore, that you will combat the curse with all your strength”, was how Mahatma Gandhi had cautioned the country way back in 1925. Some 35 years later, in 1960, Gandhiji’s birth state, Gujarat, prohibited alcohol. Following Gujarat’s example, Nagaland, Manipur, Bihar, and Lakshadweep too prohibited alcohol later.
5 min |
August 16 - 31, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Socio-Economic Impact Of Drinking
“My husband would come home drunk after work and take his anger out on me. He would shout at our kids. Sometimes, his anger was expressed through physical abuse. My children would get scared of their father and keep away from him. It was very hard for us. So I decided to work and earn a living” Dola Thakur, a 32 year old housewife and houseworker told BE.
6 min |
August 16 - 31, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
How To Combat Issues Related To Alcohol Abuse In Community
Alcohol is banned in certain states of India like Manipur and Gujarat but it is legally consumed in a majority of Indian states. There are believed to be around 62.5 million people in India who drink alcohol occasionally.
4 min |
August 16 - 31, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Chemistry Research Ushers A New Hope For Humanity
"The three scientists developed laboratory methods of controlling evolution and harnessing its power to engineer enzymes and bind proteins using same tools as nature, of genetic mutation and selection for the benefit of mankind. This is called ‘directed evolution’, a man-made procedure that compresses the evolution timescale by orders of magnitude down to a few years. The notion of ‘survival of the fittest’ in nature’s scheme of things is mimicked in the laboratory through directed evolution to create new useful entities." "The three scientists used those same processes to solve problems facing humans. These include the promotion of a greener chemicals industry, the production of useful new materials, manufacturing sustainable biofuels as well as mitigating diseases and saving lives. "
3 min |
March 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Proper Planning And Implementation Of Business And Management Education Is The Need Of The Hour, Says Dr. Anantha Nageswaran
The worldover, universities offering business and management education are asking hard questions regarding the purpose of their MBA programmes.
4 min |
March 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Can The Service Sector Drive The Indian Economy For Long
Countries, be it developed or developing, are confronting the problem of economic dualism where the technology-oriented sector, which is highly advanced and globally integrated owing to the use of capital intensive resources, employs lesser manpower for production and the social sector absorbs more labour force in spite of having lesser productivity and fails to compete at the international level. It gives rise to a catch-22 situation for policymakers regarding the sector to be promoted, i.e., technology or social.
4 min |
March 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Higher Service Sector Growth Is Redefining India's Growth Narrative
India’s services sector’s activity accele-rated last February providing some relief to policymakers. It boosted hopes of GDP growth in the quarter ending March 2019. This was after the economy lost momentum in the third quarter of the current year when it grew by 6.6%, the lowest in five quarters.
6 min |
March 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Kota: A Case Of Rajasthani Entrepreneurship
Rajasthan, the biggest state of modern India has been historically famous for its military entrepreneurship.
3 min |
March 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Kerala Pioneers In Offering Benefits To Migrant Labour
Migrant workers are a special feature of the economy of Kerala.
4 min |
March 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Globalisation And The Indian Philosophy Of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
For the last several years, we have been witnessing discourses on globalisation, global changes, and their effects upon individuals, societies, and states. Seminars, symposiums and debates are being organised continuously on subjects related to globalisation and global changes.
3 min |
May 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Optimisation Of Indian Farms For Feeding Growing Millions
When one thinks of Indian agriculture two images invariably come to mind; that of a bare-footed farmer ploughing on a dry field and of FCI warehouses overflowing with food grains.
6 min |
May 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
All About Pate Foie Gras
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister, Women & Child Welfare, GoI
6 min |
May 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
India's Entry Into The Elite Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Club
March 27, 2019, marked a significant milestone in the history of Indian space science when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the successful testing of India’s first Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile.
4 min |
May 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Higher Education Should Create Knowledge And Promote Criticality
Higher education is at a critical juncture in India. The widening gap between education and employability has been a persistent problem of the Indian higher education system for some time now.
3 min |
June 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Technical Education Needs To Be Multi-Disciplinary
Education today should be student centric. The curriculum should be designed based on the needs of the students. To keep updated with latest technological development and industry requirements, education must be a continuously updating process.
3 min |
June 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Skill-Based Education To Overcome Job Crisis
India is projected to have the largest young workforce in the world by 2025 but is failing to cash in on this rich demographic dividend.
3 min |
June 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Education To Build A Resilient India
Debate on quality can be linked to the period after World War I (1920s) when scientific management made a breakthrough in American industrial units to improve efficiency.
2 min |
June 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Private Education In India
An important feature of the very high rate of growth of higher education in India, particularly since the beginning of the 1990s, is an alarming growth of the private higher education sector.
3 min |
June 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Forced Migration Increases Educational Vulnerability And Trafficking In Sunderbans
The Sunderbans, which is the largest delta in the world, is formed at the confluence of the mighty Ganga, Hooghly, Padma and Brahmaputra rivers.
5 min |
April 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Key Sectors Failing To Provide Employment
India is facing a decline in the total number of employed persons in the economy.
4 min |
April 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Uniformity Of Electricity Prices In India – Will It Work Out
The central government in various podiums claimed that they were able to bring the ‘One Nation one Tax’ system in the country.
4 min |
April 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Spiritual Awakening, The Bedrock Of Interfaith Harmony
One day while going through an English daily, I came across a news item that was headlined ‘Man-Made Barriers’.
4 min |