The Policy Monitor
As we are aware of, the United States and China have been locked in a trade war since the beginning of this year, with the first tariffs being imposed on solar panels to the tune of 30% by the United States, and China imposing 25% tariff on cars, airplanes, soybeans […]
The well-known idea of work as a customary 9 to 5 work with a solitary manager bears nearly nothing likeness to the manner in which a considerable offer of the workforce brings home the bacon. A great amount of independently employed, sector experts and brief labourers—and in addition people leasing […]
“The future of war, is not fighting, but famine, not the slaying of men, but the bankruptcy of nations and the break-up of the whole social organization”. – Ivan Bloch Russian Rail Tycoon Today wars are fought with bonds not bombs. War in 21st century will be fought in the field […]
145 years have passed, yet his dream stays in the eyes of not just one, but in the eyes of the whole nation. Who could have thought that a dream of a Mahatma would have been brought to life after all these years in the form of a revolution, the […]
Why did I feel miserable when I learnt that I had scored 1.5/5 for my Tute test but immediately relieved when I found out that it was the group highest? Does loud music really affect the way I drive (my dad argues about it with me always)? Will I feel […]
“Health is wealth”, goes the proverb but is it true only for one’s physical well-being? What about the human mind? The mind deserves to be fit too. Statistically speaking, India not only has the highest cases of diabetes and obesity but also for mental illnesses like depression, schizophrenia and bipolar […]
Financial Technology aka Fintech refers to the deployment of new technology and innovation to enhance the delivery of financial services. In comparison to the state-of-the-art technology at play in sectors like manufacturing, IT services etc, it is clear that Financial services is clearly lagging behind in the efficient use of […]
Abhishek Dilip Dudhal is an alumnus of Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute. Sagar Nilay Mahajan works with PwC India. Economic analysis has been evolving during the past few decades with the increase in computational power, which has given rise to a variety of mathematical tools such as statistical modelling and machine […]
Globally, about 26 percent of the world is under 15 years of age. As statistics confirm, the country with the highest percentage of its population 18-years-old or younger is Nigera, with a full 56.9% of its population being made up of such youth. Outside Africa, India is one such country with one […]
If one has to pick an Indian equivalent of USA’s 2007-08 national banking emergency ‘subprime mortgage crisis’ it would definitely be the biggest component of targeted or priority sector lending programme: Agricultural Credit. Although the share of agriculture in Gross Bank Credit(GBC) in India at present is not as high […]