The 1991 New Economic Policy set the Indian economy into a journey of market oriented exponential growth in which the private sector assumed a vital role. However, in the two following decades, a dedicated policy for the needs of industries remained missing. Considering that the manufacturing sector constituted merely 14 to 16 per cent of […]
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The demand for power-generating plants has been increasing regardless of several appeals in energy conservation. Factors such as urbanisation and industrialisation propel the need for energy production (Singh, 2015). Consequently, it increases the need for cooling water at various steps during energy generation procedures. In general, water bodies, such as rivers and ocean were often […]
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Copper is one of the most important elements and is the oldest known commodity in the world that has a direct effect on the history as well as the world economy. A widely used metal in various sectors, copper is the third most used metal in terms of world consumption, after steel and aluminium. Copper […]
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Update on November 9, 2016 India and the United Kingdom share a vibrant and healthy relationship. Both the countries have historical relations and are best examples of functioning democracies in the contemporary times. The current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May is in India. Arriving this Sunday, Theresa May attended the Tech Summit […]
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The recent global macroeconomic uncertainties including plummeting commodity price cycles, currency devaluation in Brazil, the cost reduction strategies of the firm, the falling economic growth in China, the lowering capital expenditure (CAPEX) investment on infrastructure projects have had tremendous impact on the firm level competitiveness and the underlying earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes and amortization […]
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Sufficient geological evidence points out mineral deposits like bauxite, iron, coal, manganese etc. are abundantly found in India. It is also pertinent to note that a major portion of these deposits remain untapped. Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh are among India’s major mineral bearing states, and as a consequence, most affected by mining. Mineral Production […]
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On December 30, 2015 a public hearing was supposed to be conducted in Sarguja, Chhattisgarh as a part of the ‘environmental clearance’ process of a thermal power plant (TPP). However, a few days prior to the scheduled date, the district collector of the region ‘postponed the public hearing until further notification’ (Das, 2015 December 26). […]
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