Business
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Crisis Of Employment Has Deepened In Last Five Years
Along-awaited report from the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) on employment generation has put the central government in a tight spot.
3 min |
April 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
India's Economic Growth And Foreign Capital Inflow
Recently the rating agency, Fitch, slashed the GDP growth forecast for FY19 of the Indian economy.
8 min |
April 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
The Many Uses Of Cow Dung
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister, Women & Child Welfare, GoI
4 min |
April 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Journey Into Humanity
Namaste.
6 min |
April 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Menswear This Wedding Season
The men’s fashion wear market is booming globally and India is no exception.
2 min |
January 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
AKVO Adopts AWG Technology To Provide Pure Drinking Water
Navkaran Singh Bagga is the founder of AKVO, a company which provides safe and pure drinking water using the Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) technology. Bagga spoke to BE’s Kuntala Sarkar.
2 min |
May 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
India To Deal With The US Sanction On Iranian Oil Import
The Indian government has recently gone on record stating that India is sufficiently prepared to deal with the impact of the US decision to end waivers that allowed India to buy Iranian oil without facing sanctions.
3 min |
May 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Start Up And Go!
It is ironical that Karthik Kumar’s first foray into writing a book is titled ‘Don’t Startup’, when, 16 years ago, that is precisely what he and his best friend and batchmate, Sunil Vishnu did by starting Evam! “When we were writing our joint thesis on the ‘Viability of a Theatre/Drama-based Entertainment Entrepreneurship', we were told: ‘It has never been done’,” recalled Karthik.
4 min |
May 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Challenges Of Seed Production In India
The foremost objective of agriculture is yield maximisation for which quality seed development is necessary.
2 min |
May 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Employment Tied To Quality Tech Education
Thrust should be on effectively preparing youth for a changing employment landscape.
4 min |
May 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
How Viable Is An Organic Shift?
There has been a significant drop in the decadal growth rate of agriculture in India.
4 min |
May 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Providing Need-Based Education Is The Key To Employment
It is a bygone conclusion that for good job prospects and a bright future, the basic requirement is good education.
3 min |
June 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Indian School Education System Lacks Quality
Giving children the kind of inputs and experiences they need has positive effects not only on their academic performance but also on a range of socio-economic outcomes.
3 min |
June 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Skill Development- A Preferred Area For CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a company’s sense of responsibility towards the community and environment in which it operates.
3 min |
June 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Shearers Bottom Of Human Evolution
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister, Women & Child Welfare, GoI
6 min |
June 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
India Needs To Spend More On Education To Meet Future Challenge
When Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath and a founding father of the United States of America said that “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest”, he had referred to its uses and not to its mere accumulation.
7 min |
June 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Metal Recycling Sector Needs To Be Recognised As An Industry
India has wide scope for the metal recycling sector. According to recent industry estimates, the widely unorganised and fragmented sector has the potential to register an annual growth rate of 11.4% till 2020. On the flipside, the government is yet to recognise metal recycling as an industry.
2 min |
January 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
'Traditional Is Evergreen And Always In Vogue'
Designer Saroj Jalan's brand is known for its organic fabrics sourced from various parts of the country, overlaid with intricate embroidery and exquisite embellishments. BE’s Isha Chakraborty spoke to her.
3 min |
January 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Is The RBI Over-Capitalised?
The sudden resignation of Urjit Patel from the post of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was surprising and almost a historic act.
4 min |
January 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Government Must Subsidise Agriculture But In What Way?
In India, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices has recommended Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 23 agricultural commodities. On the basis of that recommendation, the central government announces MSPs at the beginning of the sowing seasons.
3 min |
January 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Propaganda Warfare Now Extends To Cinema
Critics have found fault with the three films released this week, which are overtly political.
2 min |
January 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
India Benefits With Hasina Back In Power
Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina has swept back to power in the recently held general elections in the country.
2 min |
January 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Communicating The Annual Budget
Preparing for the coverage of the budget, both at the state and the central level, has always been a big occasion for any business newspaper or television channel. It’s an annual ritual, for which all media outfits undertake long planning processes.
2 min |
February 16-28, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Rural India Is The Theme Of This Budget
The Union Budget 2018-19 which held humble expectations and was the first post-GST and the last full Budget of the Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the country goes to polls in 2019 was widely expected to be rural centric and was bang on expectations, the budget laid emphasis on strengthening agriculture and rural economy, provision of good health care to economically less privileged apart from which focus was on senior citizens, infrastructure creation and improvement in the quality of education in the country.
3 min |
February 16-28, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
The Indian Railways In The Budget 2018
This is the second year that the rail budget has been merged with the Annual Budget of the government of India. This is why the railway sector has lost its prominence as a matter of discussion.
3 min |
February 16-28, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Inconsolable Sufferings
In February 2018, a headline of Daily Mail Online, UK, reads – “Heartbroken man carries a child’s body as death toll passes 400 including nearly 100 children in latest bombing raid by Assad’s forces in Syrian region declared ‘Hell on earth’.”
4 min |
April 1 -15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Another Six Years For Putin
The recently concluded Russian presidential election warrants a close scrutiny. In what was effectively a one horse race, anything less than an impressive victory could have weakened President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.
4 min |
April 1 -15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Yet Another Fortnight Of Economic Turbulence
It started with the first shot in the trade war fired by the US President Donald Trump. It was not unexpected, as he fought his presidential election campaign promising action against “unfair trade practices” and “manipulative exchange rate” polices of China and vowed to protect American jobs.
3 min |
April 1 -15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Unemployment And Corruption
Around 65% of India’s population is composed of young people. The Indian economy has a large pool of educated and trained young people. But it is also an established fact that unemployment is growing in India and there is dissatisfaction among the youth.
3 min |
April 1 -15, 2018
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Cement Industry Poised For Growth
The Indian cement industry is the second largest cement producer in the world after China with a production capacity of nearly 420 million tonnes. It accounts for 6.9% of the world’s cement output.
9 min |