BUSINESS ECONOMICS - April 01 - 30, 2023

In this issue

Bharatvasis celebrated the birthday of Lord Rama and his brothers Bharat, Shatrughna and Laxman on 30th March 2023 with devotion and lighting throughout the country at night resembling shining of the sun. Lord Rama was a Suryavanshi. His life gives the message of an ideal king and husband, loving brother, obedience to parents, caring nature for his subjects, respect for poor populace irrespective of their caste, a great warrior with great leadership skills for the army. As the incarnation of Lord Vishnu as a human being on earth, Lord Rama’s aim was to establish righteousness and ensure justice for all.

Kashmir witnessing boom in tourism

Peace in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 has yielded a positive change and the tourism sector is flourishing.

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How (Not) To Break The Debt Trap: A Case Of Punjab Budget 2023

Punjab's Finance Minister Harpal Cheema presented his first full budget on March 10, 2023. After forming the government in March 2022, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) presented the 'Vote on Account' budget and then in June 2022 presented its full budget for the rest of the financial year (2022-23).

5 mins

India needs to address high interest rate and falling exports to revive GDP

The 2022-23 fiscal has just ended. One must wait for about two months to aspects of the performance of the economy.

3 mins

US Bank Busts - The Looming Crisis

15 years apart the history is seen to have repeated in the month of March this year!

5 mins

Higher infrastructure spending to boost core sector growth

Mood Toody's Investors Service has recently raised India's Leconomic growth estimate for 2023 to 5.5% from 4.8% projected earlier.

6 mins

Power sector surging ahead

The Indian power sector is at a crossroad. It is looking to surge ahead. This can be possible with the right kind of institutional support extended to private players who have brought in a sense of vitality in the power sector. Power, being one of the key inputs to infrastructural development, in integrally linked to the process of nation-building. BE's Saptarshi Deb spoke to Somesh Dasgupta, the Whole-time Director and the Corporate Compliance Responsibility Officer at India Power Corporation Limited, having over three decades of experience in the power and utility sector.

6 mins

India needs to increase steel intensity by raising infra-investment ratio

India was ranked as the second highest steel producing country in 2021 by producing 106.23 MT. China has been the biggest producer of steel, according to the World Steel Association.

3 mins

India should address its high dependence on foreign fertilisers

India has the largest area under cultivation in the world. Its farming land constituted 169.3 million hectares (mh) in 2019. India uses more land for crop cultivation than the US (160.4 mh), China 135.7 mh), Russia (123.4 mh) or Brazil (63.5 mh).

3 mins

The lessening of pollution posing negative effects on the planet

Despite its prominence in the conversation about climate change, carbon dioxide is only one of the ways that human activity has disrupted the atmospheric balance.

2 mins

Rewarding evening of occidental music

Occidental music is a rarity these days. Therefore, it comes Indian cello legend and maestro Anup Kumar Biswas's inaugural concert by the Bengal Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir along with eminent British composer and conductor Andrew Campling and the celebrated British sitarist Jonathan Mayer at the Kala Mandir auditorium recently.

2 mins

Ananda in Education: The Sanatana Perspective

The There are two words in the current theme: Ananda happiness and education.

5 mins

What Is Common Dharma?

"The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself." - Sri Ramakrishna

4 mins

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