India Economy

Though China is known for its ‘lack of rule of law and weak property rights institutions,' what can be puzzling to some is that it has become the ...

Recently, there has been much clamour on the depreciating Indian rupee. What is depreciation? As the name suggests, currency depreciation refers to a ...

Accurate measurement of demand-side pressures holds the key to effective inflation control.

Developers of new power projects feel that pooled gas should be made available to both existing and commissioned plants.

Since the REER measure includes the level of inflation differences across nations, it reflects a country's competitiveness in international trade.

A vital aspect of globalisation is the ease with which technological know-how can be transferred across different geographies.

A growing international presence can help shield companies from a domestic demand slowdown.

With our country's GDP growth rate slowing down in the last two quarters, people believe that the RBI is likely to adopt a “quantitative easing” ...

Increased production spurred by good rains does not necessarily result in lower prices at the farm-gate

Real earnings management is preferred over accrual-based earnings management in countries with stronger investor protection. Thus report Masahiro ...

In the wake of the Euro Zone crisis, the following write-up presents some of the experts' suggestion on dealing with the crisis. Dante Roscini, a ...

The G20 meet presents a huge opportunity for India to use inputs from other members to address issues. 

The high trading volume observed in financial markets “is perhaps the single most embarrassing fact to the standard finance paradigm.” With this ...

The maximum decline in GDP growth occurs with a lag of two quarters with the overall impact continuing through six-eight quarters ahead.

By digitising television networks, a formal tracking mechanism on viewership and revenue generated will be instated.

Conventional wisdom would suggest that an increase in global oil prices would hurt the oil importing countries and, perhaps, reduce their GDP growth ...

Television viewing in the four metros is set to go fully digital by end-June 2012. This comes after the Cabinet approved the implementation of the new ...

While lead indicators point that India may be back on the high growth path soon, the road ahead is not without challenges.

In the manufacturing sector, what can be the effect of investment in intangible assets such as R&D and vocational training? It can account for ...

Limited foreign ownership should, in fact, not hurt LIC's credit ratings.

The NSE's wholesale debt market has shrunk considerably since its all-time peak in 2003-04. The WDM segment saw record net traded value of Rs ...

“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” ...

The power generation capacity added in the 11th Plan, which ended in March 2012, was 53,000 MW. It is close to 68 per cent of the originally projected ...

Indian steel firms have demanded imposition of higher duty on imports, apprehensive of dumping by China. The firms argue that if the substantial ...