Many countries in the developed world are ageing in terms of their distribution of population. Conversely, a number of countries in the south have younger population. India for example, has 60% of its population in the age group of 15-59, with the mean age close to 27 years as of present times....

Public Investments in India have witnessed large delays and cost overruns. The same are estimated and shown to continue to be large, even though they have declined despite many changes in economic policy. What has brought about change in efficiency of overall investments is the sharp decline in...

The costs of doing business internationally are many. Economizing on such costs is essential to be globally competitive. In this context, a rather overlooked area of cost reduction is the refund of global VAT incurred abroad on business expenses. A large number of exporters across the world do...

Abstract India is at a crucial juncture in its fight against COVID-19 pandemic, which is inflicting unprecedented health, economic, and financial stability challenges. The first priority is, of course, to save lives. But the necessary containment measures to limit the spread of the virus are...

In a remarkable feat, India has been rather successfully observing an almost 100% lockdown over more than two weeks now, and there is an increasing speculation that the current lockdown may get extended further. While such a lockdown - and extensions of it - are imperative to arrest the spread...

Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited, (ECGC) is a company wholly owned by the Government of India. It functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Commerce and is managed by a Board of Directors representing Government, Banking, Insurance, Trade and Industry...

The main concern in making micro finance, a success is indifferent mass. The task to make public aware and adminsister their matters of skill development amp; small business activities require their own involvement. The paper discusses successful linkages in India, through Self Help Group amp;...

A nation can be socially and economically strong only if none of their citizens are without work and basic necessities. Ideal position is practically impossible to derive for even the wealthiest country like USA. But any society itself should think and work that least of their citizens faces...

India has a long history of running fiscal deficits. Two broad considerations motivate a government to run a deficit: tax smoothing and tax tilting. This paper tests a version of Barro`s tax-smoothing model, using Indian data for the period 1951-52 to 1996-97. The empirical results indicate that...