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Opinion

Zombie companies stop productivity growth

Since weak firms take up scarce resources, their prolonged survival inflates wages relative to productivity, depresses market prices and undermines investment

4 min read9 May 2017
Politics

Can Modi’s ‘Make in India’ drive address India’s productivity challenge?

India's productivity growth has been led by a few capital-intensive sectors, and has witnessed a slowdown in recent years

5 min read20 Mar 2017
Opinion

Is low import penetration hurting productivity growth?

While trade has risen, a recent paper notes that import penetration has shown a muted increase, which may be a reason for lower productivity growth

2 min read5 Feb 2016
Opinion

Tyranny of numbers

On reports saying China is showing a reversal in technological progress for the first time since the Cultural Revolution

1 min read30 Aug 2014
Opinion

India losing competitiveness

The trend productivity growth in India has been falling since 2007, something that will hurt the ability of the economy to easily regain its lost trajectory

4 min read30 Apr 2013

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Budget

The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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