INTRODUCTION Financial inclusion is undoubtedly a matter of critical importance to India. With one of the…
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Global Economic Predictions
Introduction The World Economic Outlook Update July 2022: Gloomy and More Uncertain underlines the serious effects…
Minimalist Economy
What is a Minimalist Economy? The concept of minimalism originated from Japan’s traditional Zen Buddhism which…
The Union Budget 2022
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget on February 1st, 2022 in the Parliament. Amidst…
Economics of NGOs
In a capitalist-led society, where greed is fuel and exploitation is power, a need for a…
Speculation Nation
The stock exchange is the most renowned avenue of investing money in most economies. The term,…
Bitcoin on the Stock Exchange: A Solution to Regulating Cryptocurrencies
I. Introduction Law-making and regulatory authorities across the globe have long been pondering the issue of…
Influencing consumer decisions: the Decoy effect
Change is the only thing that is constant. Over the years companies have tried and tested…
Gold vs Equity: Risk and Returns
Imagine you are a twenty-something-year-old working professional, who has just started to receive a monthly stipend.…
Cryptocurrency- An asset in search of a use
It wasn’t a Forbes article that claimed: “whichever country integrates the blockchain technology into its system,…
Crypto Ban(e) in India?
Recently, the government officially expressed its intention to introduce a Bill aimed at banning private cryptocurrencies…
Manufacturing industry trends in India
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of global supply chains for pharmaceuticals and medical items,…
Festival sales hit the jackpot: what it means for the economy?
It is that time of the year again, the streets are lit up with dazzling lights,…
The Elusive Growth
The symptoms of this particular form of delayed recovery from Covid-19 are a strange mix. They…
Vaccines – A green light to travel sector’s recovery
The countrywide vaccination drive rolled out on 16th January 2021 crossed an unprecedented mark of a…
The Corporate Debt Bubble in 2021
A study into the impact of COVID-19 on corporate debt and a striking resemblance to previous…
A Digital Ecosystem – Cryptocurrencies to CBDC
With the accruing use of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether all over the world, a…
The Controversial Curve
An economic concept which served as the linchpin for monetary and fiscal policy across the world…
The Neoliberal Economic Approach
When the BJP led government won the elections in 2014, PM Modi strived to practice a…
Low Fiscal Effectiveness in India in Recent Years
Fiscal policy is an important policy instrument that influences economic growth through a direct impact on…
Rising Inflation: The New Normal?
Inflation, also listed as the number one ‘public enemy’ by President Gerald Ford in 1974, is…
Financial Inclusion: Through a Gendered Lens
A study conducted in Nepal, monitoring the effects of easily accessible, no-fee accounts offered to female…
Cryptocurrency: Fad or Future?
“What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing…
Role of Local communities and barter transactions in a country
Local communities are the fundamental unit of a country’s demography. Not only these communities shape the…
SECOND WAVE OF COVID 19: ANOTHER THREAT TO INDIAN ECONOMY
The second wave has arrived. Every day, more evidence emerges that the second wave is no…
90 million jobs to be generated under Gig Economy
A gig economy can be defined as a market system characterized by non-traditional workplace arrangements where…
The Story of India’s Current Account Surplus
A country’s current account represents its relation with other nations in terms of exchange of goods,…
Time to Jump on the Bandwagon!
Anything that functions as a store of value and medium of exchange can be termed as…
The story of APMC
An Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) is a marketing board set up by state governments in…
Japan’s surprising 2 digit GDP growth in the pandemic
Post world-war 2, the Japanese currency Yen lost it’s value. Under the Bretton wood system, the…