policy

Real estate sector to contribute 13% to India’s GDP by 2025

November 30, 2021 Surya Behera 0

The report also predicts the market growth to go up to $9.30 billion (about Rs 65,000 crore) by 2040 […]

Maharashtra needs to relearn Chanakya

November 22, 2021 Surya Behera 0

If this confidence is eroded, business drifts away. Maybe, those that are already there will take a while to go […]

Why lowest bid may not be enough to win govt tenders

November 18, 2021 Krishna Biswal 0

The Modi govt has introduced quality-cum-cost based selection as a mode for awarding contracts, which means lowest-cost bid is no longer the chief criterion […]

UK mortgage approvals hit 14-month low as tax break ends

November 13, 2021 Krishna Biswal 0

Consumer lending also slowed more sharply than expected, which is likely to strengthen some analysts’ concerns that Britain’s rapid economic recovery from Covid-19 lockdowns is levelling off, just as the BOE considers raising interest rates […]

Finance ministry may tweak rules to finance infrastructure

November 8, 2021 Parameswaran Nair 0

The idea is to remove the stigma of loan restructuring in the case of viable infrastructure projects. The finance ministry’s plan currently needs to be endorsed by the Reserve Bank of India for implementation, the person cited above said on condition of anonymity […]

Gati Shakti master plan: DPIIT to monitor, implement infra projects

October 11, 2021 Krishna Biswal 0

The launch of the master plan is expected to boost infrastructure building by integrating key modes of transportation […]

NZ’s pandemic housing policy bakes in Māori inequality

September 19, 2021 Surya Behera 0

In Jacinda Ardern’s ‘team of 5 million’, some players have been rewarded very differently to others […]

Policy failure to tame soaring home prices brings social mobility crisis

September 14, 2021 Krishna Biswal 0

Many young people feel that the ladder to socioeconomic mobility has crumbled […]

China slowdown is triggering policy recalibration

September 8, 2021 Krishna Biswal 0

Threats to the outlook became evident after efforts to extinguish a modest wave of Covid-19 cases in July-August resulted in widespread – albeit temporary – mobility restrictions […]