India’s vaccination programme can be the biggest financial stimulus

    2021-01-22T09:06:16+00:00January 22nd, 2021|In Focus: Covid-19 impact|

    A near-universal vaccination programme funded by a Covid bond issue could remove fear from the minds of consumers and encourage them to start spending on travel, eating out and other goods and services. The RBI will have to print additional money to buy the bonds and this could be fiscal stimulus that will help set the Indian economy back on track.

      PLI scheme can make India laptop, tablet hub

      2021-01-26T17:46:10+00:00January 19th, 2021|In Focus: Covid-19 impact, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

      The recently launched production-linked incentive scheme for smartphone makers has already started paying rich dividends. Extending this to laptops, tablets could open up a $100-billion opportunity for India, reduce the trade gap with China and generate employment for millions.

        RBI interventions to play crucial role in India’s economic recovery

        2021-01-15T07:53:12+00:00January 15th, 2021|In Focus: Covid-19 impact, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

        Unbridled foreign currency inflows into Indian stock markets can lead to an appreciation of, and volatility in, the Indian currency. Thus, the central bank’s role in ensuring that the rupee trades in a narrow band will be very important in the coming quarters.

          India’s central role in Indo-Pacific security architecture, reaffirmed by US

          2021-01-14T09:03:57+00:00January 13th, 2021|In Focus: Covid-19 impact, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

          The ‘United States Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific’ document talks of building up India’s capabilities and posit it as a counterweight to China. Though authored by the Trump administration, the strong strategic convergence between New and Washington is expected to ensure that the Biden administration doesn’t make too many changes to it.

            India tops Prince Charles’ new Earth Charter list for a sustainable future

            2021-01-13T10:23:20+00:00January 13th, 2021|In Focus: Covid-19 impact, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

            Britain’s Prince of Wales launched his new Terra Carta as an urgent roadmap for companies to scale up their green credentials and ambitions with a call out to India and the crucial role it plays in addressing the planet’s climate crisis.