Prof. Brajesh Jha, Institute of Economic Growth, asserts that labour shortage is a critical issue to be tackled for strengthening India’s agriculture sector. He suggests that the non-agricultural sector in the rural hinterland must be strengthened for enough off-farm opportunities for agricultural workers (landholders) to improve their viability IBT: We...
Prof D. Tripati Rao, IIM Lucknow opines that India needs to swiftly move from fiscal “Band-Aids” to counter-cyclical fiscal boosters to prevent the economy slipping into a stagflationary spiral with a permanent loss of potential GDP. IBT: India’s GDP decline in the June quarter by 23.9% has been worse than projections....
Rohit Mahajan, President, Risk Advisory, Deloitte India, believes that amidst the business continuity challenges that are affecting companies post-COVID, the pace of recovery of organisations has been directly proportionate to the decisions taken by their senior leadership team. He adds that resilient leadership will play a huge role to build...
• India confronts eclectic challenges in becoming an attractive partner in agricultural investments. The biggest challenge is that the quantum of public investment itself leaves much to be desired. • Since the past eight years, India’s public agriculture investment is hovering around 5-6% to total public investment made. Corresponding figures...
• Iran is the largest producer as well as exporter of saffron in the world, while in India, J&K is the largest saffron producing state. • India’s share in global exports is only 0.5% at US$ 1 million in 2019. Its share in global import is 9.4% at US$ 18.8...
The slowdown in international trade flows is constraining productivity growth in developed countries. In particular, subdued export growth limits the benefits derived from economies of scale and the acquisition of knowledge associated with a closer interaction with international markets. Improved momentum in the Chinese economy in the first half of...
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