Public policy has significant implications in reducing income inequalities through targeted socio-economic and political interventions. In the context of the UK, there are wide income disparities between the highest and lowest earners. Â To reduce income inequalities, successive governments have employed several strategies, such as redistributive taxation and welfare schemes. This...
According to the latest annual India Meets Britain Tracker, compiled by global financial advisory firm Grant Thornton in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the total revenues of Indian owned companies operating in the UK rose to GBP 72.14 billion, up from GBP 68.09 billion in 2024. Image...
India and the UK have resumed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks after an eight-month pause. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and UK Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds discussed a “mutually beneficial” deal to triple bilateral trade by addressing tariff and non-tariff barriers. India seeks easier business mobility, while the UK...
Railways privatisation is a welcome step to improve capacities and bring in differentiated services for customers. But global experiences show that it is best to approach the exercise in a slower, carefully calibrated manner to ensure checks and balances along the way. India has one of the largest railway systems...
Professor S Irudaya Rajan believes that around 30 lakh Indians are likely to return to India by the end of the year in the light of the panic migration that ensued due to COVID-19. He opines that India may not have ample jobs in the future for the demographic dividend,...
Laura Demetris, Deputy Director for Investment and Marketing – South Asia at British High Commission, envisions the Indo-UK relationship as highly symbiotic, with the two countries responsible for half a million jobs in each other’s economies and bilateral trade at £ 24 billion in 2019. She emphasises on the shared...
• India has been one of the few countries whose primary exports during Covid phase experienced a proliferation which mainly includes cereals, animal and vegetable fats, sugar, fruits, vegetables, pharmaceuticals, processed oils and fats. This has been the litmus test for Indian exporters during the pandemic phase and they have very...
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