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Bihana Didi: The Third Indian Scientist to Receive Norman Borlaug Award
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Positive Bharat

As the industrial and service sectors have overgrown, agriculture’s share of the Indian economy has steadily decreased to less than 15%. However, the importance of agriculture in India’s economic and social fabric goes much beyond the boundaries ....

September 27, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , agriculture , Indian Economy , Food Security , Positive Bharat , rural development , Nutrition
The Expected Emergence of High GDP Growth Era
Praveen Menon Article

Last month, a leading multinational German investment bank published a report on fiscal health of key 17 States in India.[1] The report was based on four key fiscal parameters i.....

September 18, 2023 Economic Studies , Article , economy , Indian Economy , GDP , Budget , Fiscal policy , RB
The Elusive Golden Mean in PSB Privatization Goal
Praveen Menon Commentary

US President Harry Truman entangled in an array of economic views had famously asked for a “one-armed economist”.[1] A team of economists pronouncing “On the one hand, ....

January 13, 2023 Economic Studies , Commentary , Economics , Indian Economy , Reserve Bank of India , Banking sector , Public Sector Banks , Nationalisation
Introduction to India’s Strategic Thinking and its Determinants

The VIF organized the third series of lectures on India’s national security and strategic culture from 12 to 14 October 2020 in a virtual mode in continuation of the initiative taken in the previous year. The webinar enabled young students, academi....

May 20, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Seminars , Climate Change , Indian Economy , Article 370 , Indian Strategic Thinking , India foreign policy , COVID-19 , Civilizational state
Dissecting Macro Focus-areas for India this Decade - World Order, Domestic Economy & Technology
Praveen Menon Article

With the age-old Ram Mandir issue resolved Indian civilization took a step ahead in 2020 even when global and Indian economy took several steps back due to pandemic. A great historic wrong has been corrected which was imposed on our ancestors and the....

August 13, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , China , agriculture , Economics , technology , USA , Indian Economy , Soft Power , Urbanization , Civilization , BRI , military , Geopolitics , FDI , innovation , Financial system , Banking sector , World Order , World War I , World War II , Bretton woods , History lessons , Research , Economic Growth , Farmers , Domestic Economy
Webinar on “Indian Economy – Today and Future Prospects”

Key Takeaways
On 07 August 2020 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Vivekanand International Foundation (VIF) jointly organized a panel discussion on Indian Economy – Today and Future Prospects. The session delibera....

August 11, 2020 Economic Studies , Interaction , RBI , Indian Economy , GDP , MSME , Economic crisis , Macro economic , Financial Sector , EPC
Rural Growth, Agricultural Reforms & RBI Monetary Policy in a High Systemic Risk Economy
Praveen Menon Article

When the RBI meeting of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in August commences, it would probably be the strangest voting decision. On one hand, RBI may be acutely sensitive to the diminished consumer confidence and risk aversion the pandemic and subseq....

July 29, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , economy , agriculture , Indian Economy , Reserve Bank of India , Pandemic , Economic crisis , Rural economy , Monetary policy , Banking crisis , Liquidity , MPC , Financial system , NBFC , Agricultural reforms , Agrarian economy , Economy of India , NPA , Financial crisis
Igniting Total Factor Productivity Growth in Indian Economy
Praveen Menon Article

For decades, India has looked upon China as competitor in the economic sphere and rightly so. Indian civilization has historically been an economic superpower for centuries ahead of China. It was inevitable in contemporary economic history that a gia....

July 21, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , China , Indian Economy , Global supply chains , ROI , reforms , Purchasing Power Parity , R&D , spending , Total Factor Production , Research Excellence
Interaction with Dr Anantha Nageswaran on Union budget 2020-21

The Vivekananda International Foundation recently organized a talk by Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran on the Union Budget 2020-21 and the macroeconomic challenges that the country faces. Dr. Nageswaran is a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisor....

March 06, 2020 Economic Studies , Interaction , Indian Economy , Union Budget 2020 , Economic Slowdown , Policy Reforms
Maritime Transport has the Potential to Reinvigorate Indian Economy

… maritime transport can play a major role not only in creating mass jobs but also in enhancing the technical thresholds … investment in port infrastructure and shipbuilding sectors can absorb unskilled labour in large numbers … its manifestati....

August 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Economy , Indian Ocean , Economics of shipping industry , Ship and port building , Maritime Transport
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