India has entered into recession for the first time since 1996, registering a growth of -23.99% in Q1 2021 and -7.5% in Q2 2021. The manufacturing sector has grown at a rate of 0.6% in Q2, with the PMI index showing the signs of expansion in the sector since August...
Professor Manoj Pant, Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, opines that the world has changed a lot, even though we’re still negotiating multilateral agreements on the basis of a pattern of trade that existed in the late 2nd half of the 20th century. Now companies are major actors in global...
Immunization programmes require massive funding, infrastructure & staffing, and WHO has expressed concerns about the effectiveness of herd immunity. However, the success of vaccines in mitigating effects of pandemics cannot be blatantly ruled out. Several nations are now unlocking their economies. As people step out of their homes the need...
Even as its economy copes with the COVID-19 led recession, South Korean companies are eager to expand the scale and scope of their investments in India. • With second quarter GDP declining by 3.3% from the previous quarter, the South Korean economy seems to entered a technical recession for the...
• Multi-phased lockdown by central and state governments to halt the spreading of COVID-19 virus has hit the Indian economy disruptively. • However, this contraction will certainly not be uniform and would vary for different sectors and states. • COVID-19 poses further downside risks to the economic outlook and the...
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