Month: June 2016

From the economy and policymakers’ perspective, a parameter worth considering other than employment per unit of capital is value being added per unit of capital by different sectors. And the result…

Ministry of Statistics, Planning and Implementation (MOSPI) released its annual survey of Industries for the year 2013-14 sometime back. It is the most comprehensive and largest field based survey that covered nearly…

Lanco Infratech has been in the news for financial losses, stuck projects and numerous discussions with the lenders for debt restructuring. Another infrastructure sector, debt heavy company falling prey its…

  Britain wakes up to the news of ‘Brexit’ with a narrow 51.9 – 48.1% vote..! The exit, specially in the backdrop of polarized election campaign in the US, seems…

The government has cleared the proposal for another round of spectrum auction for telecom sector. While the last round fetched about Rs 1.1 lakh crore, this round is much bigger, expected to fetch…

In terms of net trade balance, different categories have vastly different share and therefore, criticality in maintaining the BoP. The shares are – Trade in Goods. ( -12.7%) Services. (6.8%)…

RBI released the Balance of Payment data for the year 2015-16 earlier this week. Even though the exports have come down, trade deficit came down from $ 145 bn in…

RBI released the Balance of Payment data for the year 2015-16 earlier this week. Even though the exports have come down, trade deficit came down from $ 145 bn in…

  Inflation figures for May’16 released. CPI based inflation rose to 5.76%, second consecutive month of increase after witnessing moderation till March’16 primarily due to increasing food prices. Similarly, WPI based…

The Union Cabinet today approved the much awaited Civil Aviation Policy, the first  comprehensive policy for aviation since Independence..! The policy seeks to take aviation to the next level of…