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Indo-US Spat Over GSP

In this article, Anuraag talks about the possible impacts of the GSP withdrawal on India.
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Gig Economy: The Word is Out!

In this article the author discusses the gig economy & the rise of non-traditional work. The piece also elucidates how the sharing economy is growing by leaps & bounds & reshaping the job market.
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BUDGET 2019: Expectations from the last of Ache Din

In this article the author Niharika Yadav provides a stake holder analysis of the upcoming budget.
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Constituent Assembly Debates on Alcohol Ban

In this article, Gayatri Virmani critically analyses the relevance and effectiveness of Article 47 (the intoxication of drinks). She highlights how the negative impacts of the ban on alcohol on national highways and in some states, Bihar in particular, outweigh the positive impacts, concluding that imposing a ban on alcohol is in direct violation of…
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Use of Number Operators in Finance

In this article, Professor Sudip Patra discusses the idea of number operators, borrowed from quantum field theory, and used in modelling financial market scenarios.
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Planning Commission to NITI Ayog

In this article, the author Lakshita Singh looks at the points of departure and continuity in the NITI Aayog from its predecessor, the Planning Commission.
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Sectoral Analysis: E-commerce in India

In the past few decades, rapid development in the information and telecommunications sector has greatly impacted the way we live- especially with the growing importance of the e-commerce sector. While the traditional shop-based retailing still thrives, e-commerce has been consistently gaining ground with the entry of e-commerce behemoths such as Amazon and Alibaba along with…
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Two Years Since Make in India

In this article, Ashwath Komath revisits the arguments for the Make in India programme, nearly two years since its conception, to assess whether it is truly needed and beneficial in the Indian development context. As the Modi government turns two on May 26th, we should take a look at his past initiatives, one of the…
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Make in India Vs. Made In India – A Layman’s Guide

In this essay, Kalyani Jain outlines two different economic programs ‘Make in India’ and ‘Made in India’; one the government has and another the government might promote in order to deal with the stagnating economic situation in India. The essay analyzes their pros and cons and ends by giving a possible solution to the dilemma…
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Book Review: India Uninc.

Vivek Rai summarizes R. Vaidyanathan’s India Uninc., a cogent overview of the oft ignored unincorporated sector which contributes upto 45% of India’s GDP, hailing it as a much needed insight into a less written about area. Title: India Uninc. Author: Prof R. Vaidyanathan Price: 395 Publisher: Westland Pages: 344 Year Published: 2014 In India, as…
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India’s Invisible Innovation: Affecting India’s Business and Economic Milieu in the Future

Can India become a global hub for innovation? Ekta Gupta endeavors to answer this question as a reflection to Nirmalya Kumar’s TED talk on India’s Invisible Innovation. ‘Innovation is novelty in how value is created and distributed’ as defined by the famous economist Schumpeter. Thomas Friedman in his book, “The World Is Flat,” said, that it…
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Jekyll and Hyde: South Korea’s Family Businesses

Sayantan Chanda talks about the yet existing stronghold of the ‘Chaebols’ in South Korea and what consequences it holds for the South Korean economy and society. The Republic of Samsung-land is the name that many South Koreans these days have given to their country.[i] Founded in a by-gone era of instability and uncertainty, Samsung has…
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