Rajasv 2k14-15; the Budget Decoded
By Anusha Choudhari
With the budget (also called ‘rajasv’ in our national and official language) for the fiscal year 2014-15 out, there is already hot debate...
First Step to MODIfication- BUDGET
Prediction of a below average monsoon, increased crude oil prices due to Iraq crisis, appreciation of dollar against Indian rupee posed an unpleasant effect...
Mutual Funds For Tyros
Let us start by understanding the basic concept of mutual funds investment:
Many investors with common financial objectives pool their money.
Investors, on a...
Prime Ministerji, Challenge Accepted?
After a lot of cheering for Narendra Modi, recently elected as a prime minister for a hoard of promises he made to the Indians,...
Somali Pirates
Let us analyse how geopolitical instability has become evident in the world. In this regard, i would like to talk about piracy.
Piracy is a...
Big corporate buyouts
By Aishwarya Kochar
Leading the world’s market has always been the top-notch priority of some of the biggest companies. Here are some of the head-scratching...
Thinking India on the Global Stage
By Kimberly Cecchini, New York City Journalist, photographer and educator
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Globalism. Every nation is seeking out how it will thrive...
Gender, Income and Wealth
I would like to analyze the contribution of gender towards the global trends of inequality. Let’s talk about gender, income and wealth.
Let me make...
Obesity economics
Let’s start by a question: are there more people in the world today who suffer from obesity or is it the people suffering from...
For Mans Irrationality- Behavioral Finance
What is the most common assumption economists make while formulating theories? That man is rational. Yet sometimes we see weird things happening in the...
Developing countries need trade, not aid
Aid is any form of assistance offered by one country to another in the form of loans, weapons, medicines, technology etc. whereas trade is...
Depreciation of Indian Rupee
By Ira Sharma
The rupee has been plunging to lows against the dollar. In simple words, the rupee depreciation means the value of Indian currency...
India’s economy in 2013; a time to revisit 1991?
By Neetu Suthar
With the value of rupee plunging to new lows, the current account deficit at an all time high, inflation at its peak,...
Food Security Bill: For real or another gimmick?
By Surangya Kaur
The Indian National Food Security Act, 2013 (also Right to Food Act), was signed into law September 12, 2013, retroactive to July 5, 2013. This law aims...
Microfinance to a Nationalized bank a big leap for `BANDHAN`& a ray of hope...
For any economy to prosper there is a mixture of optimally used ingredients which drives its growth rate. A million dollar question which lies...
MODI-NOMICS: the good, the bad and the ugly
By Aakash Sahai
The elections are just around the corner, and the enthusiasm can be felt everywhere, be it advertisement on TVs to random surveys...
How to stop doing dumb things with money? Carl Richard answers this question in...
Economy Decoded brings you another set of solutions to big & complex financial problems which we face as participants of financial markets. These 10...
US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell resigns
New Delhi: US ambassador to India Nancy Powell has resigned and will return to the United States, an embassy statement said on Monday, following a...
Current Account Deficit improves but a little sluggish in exports. Full report here.
By Nikita Agarwal
After months of bad prophecies about the drooping Indian economy, we finally get to hear some good news. With the rupee facing...
An opportunity for India and China to work together in weak times.
By Nikita Agarwal
Just because the Chinese bus has slowed down a bit, that doesn't mean that the Indian economy can get on that bus...
Why Satya Nadella wasn’t offered a job by an Indian Company?
By Yash Sood
Satya Narayana Nadella, the Microsoft CEO. Another Indian holding a key position in one of the world’s biggest companies. Over the past...
Africa: The new economic powerhouse?
By Aakash Sahai
After decades in the dark ages the African continent is entering into a renaissance-esque period. It has made humungous leaps in the...
1962: India China debacle. A complete report on this War between Giants.
1962- India China debacle
The front page of the, The Times of India reads “ 1962 war report leaked, BJP gets ammo to hit Congress”...
How the mysterious language of economics-network externalities provides guide to finding a mate
When I first entered the world of online dating, I was immediately drawn to Match.com. I didn't go there because it had the most...
Skipping the Industrial Revolution
By Ishan Banerjee
Ask a majority of the Indian population currently pursuing their undergraduate education right now “When do you think India had it’s Industrial Revolution?”...
