Sci & Tech Which way Generative AI? Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence technology that can produce various types of content, including text, imagery, audio…
Others Indian Toys are a global choice Since 2018-19, India’s Toy exports have turned around and net exports is positive. Between 2018-19 and 2021-22, Toy exports reportedly…
Others AI in Agriculture AI can detect plant diseases, pests, insects, locusts and chemical fertilisers, find out malnourished farms, detect plots of lands thirsty…
Others Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) and Women Empowerment? Women who get and retain their DBT can improve their disposable income, financial decision making and the family’s respect for…
Others Saving=Investment & Economic Growth. Savings=Investment is a pre-condition for economic equilibrium, students are taught. But, when both start declining, the equilibrium is reached at…
Others Coal and Energy Security India plans to reduce emission intensity of GDP by 45% and aims at generating 500 GW of Renewable Energy from…
Others Are we adopting ESG in India? As companies and investors continue to increasingly prioritize investment decision-making that not only benefits the shareholders, but also other stakeholders…
Others What would be the likely impact of Artificial Intelligence and Automation? The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Wave is expected to nullify entire job pools where human resources are considered to be cheap…
Business & Industry How do you feel about the Development of Enterprises and Services Hub (DESH) Bill? Government of India plans to replace the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Act, 2006 with a new legislation entitled Development of…
Others Does agriculture need to embrace e-commerce? The scattered nature of agricultural markets across the length and breadth of the country in large numbers, higher variations in…
Others International Economic Sanctions: How Effective Are They? The beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022 comes hand in glove with international sanctions against the aggressor. However, the…
Others The Contract Farming Act of India: How Useful Is It? The Act is known as The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020. The…
Others How can Cyber Security Awareness be Raised? The rapid penetration of smartphones and online banking and payment systems without increased awareness about their risks seems to have…
Others Which is the way ahead for higher education in India? Soon the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), and the National Council of Teacher…
Health & Lifestyle What is the way ahead for drug quality control in India? 66 children in Gambia died after consumption of four cough syrups made by an Indian Pharmaceutical Company and subsequently the…
Finance & Economy What are the benefits of R & D Tax Incentives? Globally, governments provide significant tax incentives to corporations for expenditure on research and development (R&D) to foster innovation. Studies have…
Others What are the prospects for energy reform? Indian economy is on a recovery path. As per calculations, if India’s GDP has to grow at 7% by 2030,…
Others What is the utility of a national urban employment guarantee scheme? One of the north Indian states recently launched an Urban Employment Scheme to provide 100 days of employment. That such…
Others What does the future hold for microfinance? Last month, RBI issued guidelines that made banks and NBFCs responsible for the conduct of the digital intermediaries hired by…
Business & Industry Others What is data governance, and why is it important? Data governance is defined as the overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of data used in an…
Finance & Economy What is the road ahead for Digital Lending? RBI’s new digital lending rules lay stress on three points: (a) customer protection and conduct (b) technology and data requirements…
Others Which direction will Indo-Asean trade take? India’s Act East Policy is centered around its relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the…
Others How should online gaming be regulated? India has become home to a booming online gaming industry, fostering an attractive domestic market and an ecosystem of creative…
Others Which way are cryptocurrencies heading? Crypto trading increased last year as millions stayed home and received government aid, while low-interest rates and flowing liquid money…
Others What is the way ahead after Farm Laws? We all know about the repeal of the proposed Farm Laws. Our point of discussion is the way ahead. The…
Health & Lifestyle What is an ideal Doctor Pharma Relationship? A recent PIL in the Supreme Court by the Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives Association of India has again…
Business & Industry How to foster Supply Chain transiliency? The COVID-19 pandemic followed by the war in Europe has revealed the critical importance of Supply Chain management in navigating…
Finance & Economy Which direction is the global economy shifting? The new estimates of IMF (July 2022) show that the growth rate of global output will decline by almost half…
Business & Industry How to sustain Indian Entrepreneurship? India has the third largest Start Up ecosystem globally, after the US and China with over 65,000 recognised Start Ups…
Others What would be an ideal Data Protection Bill? In our opinion an ideal Data Protection Bill would ideally manage both the Fundamental Right to Privacy and National Security…
Others Do we need to integrate more with Global Value Chains? A successful export strategy no longer involves manufacturing a product in one country and exporting to other countries. Instead, the…
Others How can we balance meeting ESG Goals with Energy Security? India’s non-fossil fuel energy capacity, including hydel and nuclear stands at close to 170 GW, @ around 41% of total…
Health & Lifestyle How effective are publicly Financed Health Insurance Schemes? Publicly Financed Health Insurance (PFHI) schemes are a major healthcare reform that has been adopted on a large scale to…
Others Which way ahead for Ed-Tech? The Indian Ed-Tech industry has been growing rapidly since the Covid 19 pandemic and is expected to reach $4 billion…
Finance & Economy Does Financial Outreach imply Financial Access too? The conventional wisdom is that opening up new branches is the best way to extend the outreach of the formal…
Others Are there gender differences in occupation? Conventionally supply-side analysis of the labor market uses differences in knowledge accumulation and readiness to opt for adventurous assignments between…
Sci & Tech Are EVs safer than Internal Combustion Engines? As we move towards a catowardutral future, the world is looking at Electric Vehicles (EV) as the preferred mode of…
Health & Lifestyle Are we ready for the Blockchain revolution in Healthcare? Blockchain is a distributed, decentralized, peer-to-peer, immutable, and secure computer network to store information and transfer digital instruments of value….
Business & Industry Can we think about the urban vendors for a while? Street vending accounts for a significant portion of the informal economy in urban India. The Street Vendors Act, 2014 recognizes…
Health & Lifestyle Are we providing adequate care for the elderly in India? The population pyramid of India is undergoing a shift with the number of the elderly steadily increasing and the number…
Others Is AI eliminating jobs or work? Evolution in human economic history experienced, technology has removed employment while increasing work and being a net job creator; the…
Finance & Economy Are we moving towards a convertible rupee? The RBI has allowed international trade to be settled in INR. Implying, if someone in another country wants, it can…
Others Sci & Tech Blue Revolution 2.0 in India The Blue Revolution 1.0 in captured fisheries resulted in the formation of a split fishing sector in India, one comprised…
Others Can the rapid transformation in India’s test preparation industry be sustained? This year, 2 million students are anticipated to take the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for 200,000 undergraduate university seats….
Finance & Economy Which way is the Global economy going? Alarm bells are ringing for many economies around the world, from Laos to Sri Lanka to Pakistan to Venezuela to…
Others Climate and Inflation This March we had a heat wave that damaged the wheat crop and forced the Government of India to ban…
Others Analyzing Covid trends The growth in new COVID cases, though mainly under home care, is driven largely by new subvariants of the Omicron…
Finance & Economy Taking Care of the Workforce in the Gig Economy At the moment, the Indian Gig Economy employs around 8 million people, with 2.7 million working in retail trade and…