Budget 2019 – Appraising Reforms And Unfinished Business
Pahle India Foundation held the 2nd Annual Pre-Budget Seminar titled “Appraising Reforms and Unfinished Business” on 29th November, 2018, at New Delhi. A comprehensive report of the same title was released by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog during the first session. Four sessions were held, broadly classified under the themes of macro economy,…
Instituting An Inegrated Energy Spot Exchange in India
The third seminar of second volume of ‘BSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series’ was organised in Mumbai on 29th October 2018. Ms. Nirupama Soundararajan (Senior Fellow, Pahle India Foundation) welcomed the gathering and the opening remarks were made by Mr. Neeraj Kulshrestha (Chief Business Officer, Bombay Stock Exchange Limited). The panellists for the session included Mr.…
Integrating SMEs into Global Value Chain
The tenth seminar of the “PIF-YGI Monthly Seminar Series on MSMEs” was held in New Delhi on the 16th October 2018. Ms. Nirupama Soundararajan, Senior Fellow, Pahle India Foundation, made the introductory remark at the session. The panellists at the seminar included Shri Anil Bhardwaj, Secretary General, FISME, Shri Anurag Awasthi, Consultant, Govt e-marketplace (GeM)…
Have we actually reduced poverty in India?
India recently relinquished its numerouno position of being home to the largest number of poor according to the Future Development blog of the World Bank’s Brooking Institute. Now, Nigeria has become home to the largest number of poor people or people living on less than USD 1.90 a day. It houses 87 million such people…
Visa Policy: India and the World (Part I)
With travel and tourism being considered an important pillar for socio-economic and cultural development in India, the sense of urgency to strengthen tourism has grown. India is ranked 40th out of 138 countries in the 2018 Travel and Tourism Competitive Index of the World Economic Forum. India has jumped 25 places, improving upon its ranking…
Finance Growth Through Capital Markets
The second seminar of second volume of ‘BSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series’ was organised in Mumbai on 28th September 2018. Ms. Nirupama Soundararajan (Senior Fellow, Pahle India Foundation) welcomed the gathering and the opening remarks were made by Mr. Neeraj Kulshrestha (Chief Business Officer, Bombay Stock Exchange Limited). The session was moderated by Mr. Shiva…
