Author: TVW News India Bureau

India’s foreign trade policy can be divided into three phases: the 1950-75 period that saw tight controls, 1976-91 which witnessed some liberalisation, particularly the last 5-7 years, and 1992 onwards which saw the full onset of liberalisation. Although the government had introduced quantitative import controls in May 1940 to conserve foreign exchange during World War…

Indian Shipping Industry: Slow Sailing Source link

On the Service Sector: Regaining The Momentum Source link

Consider this. With 40,813 doctoral degrees in science and engineering granted in 2018, India ranks third globally in the number of PhD graduates in these fields every year, after the US and China. In terms of annual research publications, India ranks fifth, with a 5.4 per cent share (after the US, China, the UK and…

Improving the quality of life and economic well-being of seven out of 10 Indians, who live in rural, relatively isolated or sparsely populated areas, remains a daunting challenge. Poverty is rampant in rural India, with the average annual earning of small and marginal farmer households at Rs 79,779 in 2015-16, according to the Committee on…

They account for a little more than 8 per cent of India’s population, some 100 million people belonging to 700-odd communities across the country, but the designated Scheduled Tribes (STs) have borne the brunt of modern civilisation bearing down on them. Tribals constitute 40 per cent of all displaced people in the country, says an…

On Scheduled Caste Welfare: Battle Half Won Source link

Pathbreaking: A newly constructed highway in Arunachal Pradesh in 2016 (Photo: M Zhazo) India aspires to become a $10 trillion economy by 2030, and infra­structure will be a key driver in that endeavour. From 400,000 km of roads in 1951 to 5,897,671 km as of 2017, India has mana­ged to build the world’s second-largest road…

India has improved solar capacity and use. It is now well on its way to making the switch to non-fossil fuels. Bright Future: Solar panels in Pavagada Solar Park, Karnataka (Getty Images) India may have to import as much as 84 per cent of the petroleum required to meet its energy needs. But there is…

Powering Along: India’s first engine-less semi-high speed train, manufactured by Chennai’s Integral Coach Factory (Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters) On January 7 this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned a 351-kilometre section between Khurja and Bhaupur in Uttar Pradesh for commercial operations. This marked the first phase of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project. Together, the eastern and…