The Income Glass Ceiling Of The Fragile Middle Class

While we celebrate the growth of the aspiring class, the policymakers must ensure the middle income doesn’t slip and is left behind

Big Boost for Infrastructure

The robust infrastructure spending announced in the Budget bodes well for the growth prospects of engineering, procurement and construction companies

Budget 2023 Introduced Opportunities To Make MSMEs More Self-reliant: Experts

Experts from Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) industry believe that there is attention to the sector and budget will benefit the middle class, poor, farmers, MSMEs and women entrepreneurs

The Middle Classes Have Become Hollowed Out: Nobel Laureate Prof. Abhijit Banerjee

On an exceptionally clear afternoon in August, Manish Kumar Jha of BW Businessworld sought him out in the capital during a visit to India and picked his mind on the state of the Indian economy, India’s privatization programme and the need for centres of excellence in academia which is lacking in advance and cutting edge R&D. The discussion centered on the inflation--rise in prices of consumer products; a “realignment of the market” as it adjusts to the growing inequality among consumers. He advocated injecting more liquidity into the economy. He did not consider the Indian economy to be “unusually closed” in the perspective of the developed West or China. And let the “rupee slide” to promote Indian exports, among other things. Excerpts:

The Middle Class Is In The Middle Of Nowhere

The problem of increasing income inequality is not just problems that result from how the economic pie is divided but also causes of ‘too slow’ an expansion of that pie. This is why the middle -class should be the focus of our socioeconomic policy.

Move forward with 'Make for World' mantra along with 'Make in India': PM Modi

Move forward with 'Make for World' mantra along with 'Make in India': PM Modi

India Ranks 131 On Human Development Index

India has ranked a lowly 131 among the 188 countries surveyed for human development, a new UN report has said, bracketing the third-largest Asian economy alongside its South Asian neighbours like Pakistan, Bhutan and Nepal

Dal At Rs 200 Per Kg: Destroying Neo-Middle Class India

India, Indonesia Macro Markets For Micro Cars