India

Most of you must be aware that China’s per capita income (average income of an individual per year) is more than double of India – India’s is close to $3000 whereas, China’s is close to $6000 (after accounting for purchasing power…

A PPP Model for schools is noble move by the HRD ministry which could actually help improve the overall education standard in India. The government has finally proposed the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) in government school system. I…

Indians are big on savings - they probably save more than any other country in the world. This has put Indians (42% of them) amongst the ones who are very well prepared for their retirement. These are the findings of recently released…

Carbon Trading or Carbon Emission Trading is defined as, Carbon emissions trading is emissions trading specifically for carbon dioxide (calculated in tones of carbon dioxide equivalent or tCO2e) and currently makes up the bulk of…

Do you know that Indian Government has a website giving you details of people who have been caught taking bribe? I happened to look at the latest July 09 report to check out how many of them have been caught taking bribe and the action…

Admist all the speculations doing rounds on the India Growth Story, the recent upgrade of Indian Growth forecast by the Asian Development Bank clearly shows that India is going to come out stronger from the ongoing economic crisis. The…

Remember the extravaganza called Beijing Olympics? It was one of the most expensive & expansive Olympics ever to be held. People were in awe of what China had done with the Infrastructure & facilities for the pinnacle of sporting…

Kapil Sibal seems to be a man on mission – His tenure as Education Minister is beckoning to bring about a sea-change in the way students are going to get education. After announcing and implementing the bold move of discarding…

Ever wished you could invest into the Dragon Economy? The Stock Exchange of the world's most populous country has been made available to the Indian Investor courtesy the Benchmark Mutual Fund (BMF). BMF is an exchange traded fund on the…

I have been following the World bank reports for last 4 years and have featured it earlier on this blog as well. India is actually getting worse every year ! Infact, even in comparison to 8 South Asian Countries, India comes 2nd last just…

How competitive do you think India is when compared to other countries? If you are thinking India is better placed than most of the other countries, you are wrong. India is ranked a lowly 49th in the world when it comes to competitiveness…

Guest Post by Gopinath Mavinkurve India’s liberalization measures in the early ‘90s, by Dr. Manmohan Singh, the erstwhile Finance Minister, changed the fortunes of the Indian industry, which has grown from a protection-seeking,…

The Indian GDP numbers for June quarter showed that Indian Economy is bouncing back from the recession. The GDP registered a growth of 6.1% as compared to 5.8 in previous quarter. India still remains the 2nd fastest growing major economy…

If you go to a car showroom to buy a car, do you know which car brand will give you the most buyer’s satisfaction? It is Maruti Suzuki ! This is what the JD Powers Car Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) study has found. The survey rates 11…

This year has not been good for any of the Industry, except I guess for Medical Industry in India (Thanks to Swine Flu, recession related diseases :)). The tourism in India has seen a steep decline over last 12 months and the effects of…

It quite interesting how soon things are changing. Just 5 years back, when anyone used to call US /UK from India, it used to cost a bomb ! Close to 20 rupees per minute (or even higher), over last few years ISD costs have come down and now…

Any guesses? If you had Infosys Technologies on your mind, you are right! According to the survey conducted by Wall Street Journal on Top 200 most admired companies in Asia, Infosys Technologies has been named the most Admired company…

We have already written about ISRO Bhuvan, but were not able to give our reviews as we could not download the application yesterday. But, the site is up today and we were able to get our hands on ISRO Bhuvan. Here is the complete review of…

ISRO Bhuvan seems to be making news, some are hailing it to be Google Earth Beater. We had written about it more than 6 months back and asked if ISRO Bhuvan will be a Google Beater. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), today unveiled…

Congress Party seems to have played a masterstroke here. After not so impressive budget, they have announced something that will make the common man scream with Joy. In fact the Government has unveiled the draft of a brand new direct tax…