Economic growth

Transformative moment in UK-India relations lost in political turmoil

Transformative moment in UK-India relations lost in political turmoil

December 29, 2022

When historians look at the United Kingdom in the year 2022, it would perhaps almost certainly rank right at the top of the biggest washouts for the country, in all senses of the word. In the year 2022, the country, already rocked by an ill-advised and terribly-implemented Brexit...

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French unrest

French unrest

April 15, 2019

France needs to revive its smaller towns and rural areas to address the root cause of the Yellow Vests movement.

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Suresh Prabhu

Suresh Prabhu

May 31, 2018

From integrating India with the global economy, to developing trade relationships with countries, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry is making sure that every aspect of the sector is managed to its full capacity. Suresh Prabhu talks to Biz@India about the Indian economy, bil...

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OECD trims India’s growth outlook for 2017 and 2018

OECD trims India’s growth outlook for 2017 and 2018

September 26, 2017

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) makes a downward revision of India's growth projection for 2017 attributing it to the transitory effects of demonetisation and the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

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Aftermath of a hasty demonetisation and GST

Aftermath of a hasty demonetisation and GST

September 26, 2017

Consequent to demonetisation and the hasty implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), unemployment is rising fast in India. Worried, the Narendra Modi Government is seriously studying all the economic indicators and is likely to present a stimulus package soon to revive ...

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Global consultant report

Global consultant report

April 30, 2016

Indian companies based in Britain are boosting the growth rates in the country with huge foreign direct investment and creating massive job opportunities. This finding comes from global consultant Grant Thornton UK. Some of the interesting findings from the ten page report points...

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Climate Agreement

Climate Agreement

April 22, 2016

On the occasion of Earth Day, the Paris Climate agreement was signed by 175 countries. Representatives from more than 170 nations gathered at United Nations headquarters in New York to sign the Paris agreement on climate change on April 22. During the opening for signature, 175 s...

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India’s port capacity and strategy

India’s port capacity and strategy

April 19, 2016

Anchored for very long port development in India has began to look promising after its Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a comprehensive plan to increase India’s port handling capacity to 3,000 million tonnes (mt) by 2025, from the present 1,400 mt. With this India envisag...

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Happy monsoon

Happy monsoon

April 14, 2016

After two consecutive years of swampy rainfall in India, monsoon 2016 is predicted to be good as the country will likely receive 106 pc rainfall. Amidst drought and serious drinking water problems in many regions of India, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that this...

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