Quick Snapshots “While the Government looks at scaling up expenditure on health from the current level to 2.5% of GDP by 2017 and further to 3% by 2022, it cannot singularly be a provider of healthcare. While the aim...
“….We certainly need more women in the talent pool for board directors — more so as we need to go beyond the mandatory one representative. I believe it is easier if there are at least two women to be heard… we need to work at bringing this to 30 per cent….”
– Ms Naina Lal Kidwai, Immediate Past President, FICCI on Companies Bill that aims to encourage more women participation in decision-making at board level (more…)
The logic of increasing the interest rates to stave off crisis in the Asian economies was often criticized because East Asian nations were already running budget surpluses in the run-up to the crisis and had tight monetary policies. But....
For long, the analysts have been betting on strong retail and financial services sector performances to help and power India – Asia’s third-largest economy. Such expectations further get a boost as more and more Indians move towards western-style consumer...
With Coal India assuring a supply of only 65% of contracted quantity in first three years of its fuel supply agreements, coal imports may rise by as much as 25% in FY13. In this context, we believe that government...
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Soumya Kanti Ghosh share their opinions on the need to develop a producer price index (PPI) by the Governor, RBI. Dr Kumar and Mr Ghosh further aim to re-emphasize the relevance of a rate cut,...