-Hindustan Times It is the unfolding crisis in Pakistan and Sri Lanka which is forcing countries like Maldives, Nepal and Bangladesh to think again on Chinese infrastructure loans and being part of the BRI initiative. During his trip to India last week, Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba informally shared a conversation about Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s visit to Kathmandu in late March. The Nepalese PM, who has an equally political...
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FMCG CEOs flag rural slowdown
-Livemint.com Top packaged consumer goods companies had also flagged slowing rural demand in the December quarter, citing inflationary pressures NEW DELHI: Top honchos of large fast moving consumer goods companies have flagged slowdown in rural demand in the March quarter, citing high inflation across products and commodities. Analysts Manoj Menon, Aniket Sethi, and Karan Bhuwania at brokerage ICICI Securities interviewed chief executive officers of companies such as Marico Ltd., Dabur India, and Tata...
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-The Tribune The govt must fix the maximum profit margin a refinery is allowed to make FUEL prices have been rising almost daily for more than a week now. The bumps are small, 80 paise at a time. The petrol price hike philosophy appears to have been informed by a standard marketing ploy. Keep the number below a round figure and it will look less than it really is: Just as Rs...
More »Tough times ahead for aam aadmi as Ukraine war could send prices soaring in India -Aishwarya Paliwal
-IndiaToday.in The Russia-Ukraine war is likely to hit the Indian economy, resulting in rising prices, experts said. Here's what will get more expensive. Hundreds dead, buildings damaged, charred bodies on the streets. The large-scale destruction caused by Russian forces in Ukraine has left the world horrified. According to experts, the war will spell doom for the Indian economy, which will face turbulence in days to come. Moving at a snail's pace, petrol and...
More »Poverty rose but income inequality fell -Anup Malani Arpit Gupta, and Bartek Woda
-The Hindu There are signs that this pandemic has not followed the usual script — of the poor bearing the brunt of the pain COVID-19 has upended Indian society. Over two-thirds of the country has been infected by COVID-19 and perhaps five million or so people have died, directly or indirectly, from the pandemic. The economy too has taken a beating. Even though there has been a V-shaped recovery, output remains about...
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