Policy Update Meenu Mohan Introduction India is poised to enhance its role in global trade with the introduction of two pivotal pieces of legislation: the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2024, and the Bills of Lading Bill, 2024; both…
VO Chidambaram Pillai is not a household name. He comes up rarely in any list of the heroes of India’s freedom movement. He deserves better. From Tuticorin, a coastal town in southern Tamil Nadu, he promoted, raised funds for, and ran, Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company (SSNCo), to take on the might of the British India Steam Navigation Company, and of the British empire itself. And failed. And that failure illustrates what happens if you are the antithesis of the much-reviled crony capitalist.
On July 23rd, The 'Modi 3.0' administration presented its first Union Budget since holding power at the Center. The budget was delivered by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, with key focuses on education, employment skills, industrial workers, and the middle class.
Arranging pensions to be paid out of returns on a corpus created by contributions from employees and employers, while investing the corpus funds wisely, is a sound practice
On July 24, 2024, the budget for 2024 was presented, bringing production-linked incentives back into focus. Budget 2024 has been seen as a subdued means of achieving our long-term objective of VIKSIT BHARAT by 2047.
India has approved investment proposals from certain Chinese electronics manufacturing companies, suggesting a shift in its economic stance towards China.
The Hindenburg report pointed out that short selling in Adani stocks was due to cronyism and stock market manipulations. That is what is spoiling the investment climate, not the exposés by Hindenburg reports.