The hype surrounding Budget FY17 was unprecedented. Given the unrest in the country—from student agitations in JNU to the Jats—it is only apt that the focus got shifted to the economy, whose revival would not only give a boost to manufacturing and job creation, but also divert the attention of the population from the political […]
India is conscious of the challenges posed by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement inked last year among 12 Pacific Rim countries, which are comparable to the tough challenges the country had to face post the 1991 economic liberalisation, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here on Monday. Addressing a talk on the TPP and […]
AMRUT
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) is the Government of India's flagship urban sector scheme launched in June 2015. The mission aims to ensure water supply and sewerage services at the household level in 500 cities with 1 lakh plus population across India.
What does Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has in store for the Indian economy and its people in 2016? Will this be a pro-poor budget as suggested by many experts or will it have sops for India Inc? Will the recent banking crisis be on the Mr Jaitley’s mind? What steps will he take to ease […]
The Modi Government’s campaign to end open defecation is welcome but building new toilets alone will not solve the problem Politically, sanitation is a hot topic but the focus has to shift to the villages. Open defecation is still a common practice in many villages. The plan is to achieve the Clean India target by […]
With the decentralization of the paddy procurement scheme, the state agencies of Odisha have taken charge of carrying out procurement and avoiding the distressed sale of paddy in the state. While agencies like Marketing Federation of Odisha, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India, Tribal Development Co-operative Corp. of Odisha Ltd and National Federation of […]
India’s 2015–2020 foreign trade policy aims to increase merchandise exports from US$450 billion in 2013–14 to US$750 billion by 2020. This will be difficult to achieve. More than a year of negative exports growth has raised concerns about India’s ability to not only boost exports but also to achieve and sustain its current 8 per […]
The Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 aims to increase India’s merchandise exports from $450 billion in 2013-14 to $750 billion in 2020. But the ground realities are different. Negative export growth for more than a year has raised concerns among policy makers, clearly reflected in recent initiatives announced by the ministry of commerce and industry (MoC&I). These include the building of megaCoastal […]
Unless India conserves water, its food and energy security will be threatened in the near future Even as we talk of ensuring food security, the competition for limited water and energy resources has become worse due to the unpredictable weather. For farmers in India, the shocks just don’t seem to end. Several States have faced […]
With a shift in focus towards bi-lateral and plurilateral trade agreements such as Trans-Pacific Partnership and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement which accounts for more than two thirds of world trade and GDP, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, along with trade experts on Monday emphasized the importance […]
An article authored by Shailendar sharma (Vice President) titled “Access to Education” has been published in Yojana Magazine, Special Issue of January, 2016.
An article authored by Avtar singh (Education Quality Improvement Expert) titled “Need For a Good Assessment System” has been published in Yojana Magazine, Special Issue of January, 2015.
