Indian Economy

Economy: Fill up or tape up?

March 12, 2021

The current situation of the Indian economy and gigantic mismatch of fiscal decisions in contrast to the apex bank portrays a similar situation and are thus costing efficiency and seeping sluggishness.

Insurance 2:0: The Role of InsurTech is transforming the industry landscape

March 4, 2021

With new InsurTech players in the market like Acko, Digit and PolicyBazaar disrupting the insurance industry, traditional insurers must prioritize digital transformation to keep pace.

Understanding Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy, High Fiscal Deficit in Union Budget 2021-22: Implications on Inflation

February 7, 2021

In sum, revenue contraction, expenditure-side stimulus measures, and low denominator GDP – these three factors have collectively contributed to the high fiscal deficit in 2020-21 RE.

Towards a Gender Equal Society: Rethinking the Onus of Care on Women

January 20, 2021

Excluding half of the world’s population (World Bank, 2019) from equal opportunities not only violates a fundamental human right but is a form of widespread injustice.

Will IPRs restrict access to Covid Vaccine?

November 23, 2020

The IPR waiver would allow all countries to choose to neither grant nor enforce patents and other IPRs related to COVID-19 drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and other technologies for the duration of the pandemic until global herd immunity is achieved. This move harkens back 20 years to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when affordable generic HIV drugs, made in countries where patents did not block production, began saving millions of people’s lives.

Oscillating Migrant Workers: The unceasing hardships of Migrant Labourers

September 21, 2020

As our country is at crossroads today, more than the pandemic it is an unequal socio-economic structure which has accelerated the problems of the pandemic

Plummeting GDP: Decoding Sombre

September 8, 2020

Though I am sceptic regarding the path of recovery, whether it would be V, W or K-shaped, but if this way of dealing the situation continues, my vote goes for the letter O