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A manufacturing strategy for India

Views:227 | Comments:1 | Author:Arun Maira | Posted on January 28, 2011

Indian manufacturing has failed to be an engine of growth, which it must urgently become. Rather than exceeding and leading the overall growth of the economy as it should, manufacturing has just .. Read full story

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Quantity, not quality, in our growth

Views:112 | Author:Sumant Sinha | Posted on January 27, 2011

Many scandals have surfaced recently, which highlight the immaturity of India’s economic development model. India lurched somewhat reluctantly into the economic reform process nearly two de.. Read full story

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Creating jobs for inclusive growth

Views:190 | Author:Ajay Shankar | Posted on January 25, 2011

India's economic performance over the last decade has been phenomenal and has surprised the world. Inching back to 9% GDP growth rate after experiencing only a slowdown rather than a recession in.. Read full story

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Spectrum: For cash or growth?

Views:123 | Author:Arvind Subramanian | Posted on January 24, 2011

What is common to Canary Wharf, Metro PCS and Global Crossing? All three were established with ambitious plans at the cusp of an asset bubble — London real estate, metropolitan wireless spe.. Read full story

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Price pressures in vegetable soup

Views:207 | Author:Saumitra Chaudhuri | Posted on January 21, 2011

The past several months have seen much tumult.From the Commonwealth Games (CWG) to 2G,with garnishing from the Adarsh housing cooperative and the loan fraud,all have provided high octane fodder t.. Read full story

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Who says it doesn't pay to default?

Views:210 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on January 20, 2011

The European Union is today the sick man of the world economy. The global economic outlook is more promising than thought a year ago. The world economy will grow at 4.5-5% in 2011. Emerging marke.. Read full story

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MFIs must go beyond lending

Views:433 | Author:Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar | Posted on January 19, 2011

Foxconn, the world’s biggest manufacturer of electronic components, runs an entire city of 4,50,000 workers in China, Foxconn city. This summer, 14 workers committed suicide. The media blam.. Read full story

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Take the sting out of onion prices

Views:155 | Author:Abheek Barman | Posted on January 18, 2011

Indian governments hate inflation, but inflation seems attached to this government like an irritating limpet. For most of last year, the government battled to bring down the rate at which prices .. Read full story

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Outcoming: Outsourcing reincarnated

Views:254 | Author:Darren Oberst | Posted on January 17, 2011

India still leads the global IT outsourcing market and its advantages over other regions are still distinct. The Indian domestic market has undergone a transformation over the past decade —.. Read full story

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New Year's hope against hope

Views:211 | Author:Joseph E Stiglitz | Posted on January 14, 2011

The time has come for New Year’s resolutions, a moment of reflection. When the last year hasn’t gone so well, it is a time for hope that the next year will be better. 

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