Building Energy Efficient SMEs in India, New Delhi

The eighth seminar of the “PIF-YGI Monthly Seminar Series on MSMEs” was held in New Delhi on the 19th April 2018. Ms Gunja Kapoor, Associate Fellow, Pahle India Foundation made the introductory remark at the session. The panellists at the seminar included Shri Sudhir Garg, Joint Secretary, Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium…

The Need for a Regulatory Sandbox

While India has had an average savings rate of more than 30 per cent during the eleventh and twelfth five-year plans, the overall savings rate is on the wane of late (see Figure 1). The trend of household savings is no different. Also, gross household financial savings as percentage of gross national disposable income (GNDI)…

A rather slow progression?

Indian policymakers realized the importance of revamping the land records management system during the latter half of 1980s. Since then, there have been various modernization programmes directed towards updating and computerizing the existing land records, digitizing all the cadastral maps, simplifying the process of transfer and registering of property. The first of these centrally-funded programmes…

Stalled Projects – An Update

The latest data released by CMIE shows that the value of stalled projects have risen from INR 9.66 trillion in 2015 to INR 13.22 trillion in September 2017.CMIE’s capex database is used as a leading indicator for tracking the health of India’s economy which, in turn, acts as an incentive for capacity expansion by new…

Improvised Social Security

When the social security sector of a nation fails to deliver on its intended purpose, the populace takes up the mantle for social security on itself. The ensuing arrangements are not only sub optimal in providing social security but are also the genesis for a slew of other issues. These new issues emanating from improvised…