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Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 26, 2018
UIDAI denies security breach
The Unique Identification Authority of India, which manages the country’s Aadhaar system, has dismissed claims of data vulnerability made by the news website ZDNet..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 24, 2018
Foreign ownership in Indian military
In a renewed push to attract foreign investment, India plans to allow foreign companies own bigger stakes in defense joint ventures. With this, the country aims to turn into..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 19, 2018
Indian economy and beyond
Synergia Foundation in collaboration with the Harvard Business School organized a round-table discussion on the topic ‘Budget & Beyond: What Next for Indian Economy?
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 7, 2018
Choke Points - Food & Nutritional Security
The Synergia Foundation jointly organized a round table discussion along with the Agriculture department, Government of Karnataka on ‘Choke Points: Food and Nutritional..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 7, 2018
Budget & Beyond: What next for the Indian Economy?
In February 2017, Synergia Forum hosted Prof. Narendar Pani, National Institute of Advanced Studies; and Dr. Parthasarathi Shome, advisor to the Indian Finance Minister..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 2, 2018
What about public healthcare in India?
The Indian government has introduced an ambitious new healthcare plan that aims to cover the medical care for 500,000 people in the country. The government has called..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 19, 2017
Security a must for economic growth
The economy of a nation can only progress and grow if it can secure itself from multiple threat vectors that can derail its sovereignty. Suresh Prabhu..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 1, 2017
India is more business-friendly
India has jumped 30 spots and has been ranked 100 in World Ease of Doing Business index for 2018. This has been attributed to a series of reforms improving the..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 31, 2017
Betting on solar
In October 2017, State Bank of India, sanctioned loans worth $357 million to seven companies for installations of solar rooftops with aggregate capacity of 575 megawatt. India is a developing..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 21, 2017
Record high oil imports
India’s oil imports have hit a record high in September 2017 as the nation imported 4.83 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 20, 2017
Reviving Indian economy
The Indian economy continues to struggle as its growth has diminished in 2017. The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its growth rate for 2017 to 6.7%..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 7, 2017
Inflation vs Interest
The Reserve Bank of India kept has key repo interest rates unchanged as they have forecasted that widely inflation would accelerate beyond its 4% target in the current and..
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 12, 2017
Island of calm
Located roughly three hours from New Delhi & Neemrana, an industrial estate in Rajasthan, provides Japanese companies with largely uninterrupted power and water supplies. It also offers a…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 28, 2017
Relocating F-16 Production to India
Lockheed Martin announced in advance of a U.S. visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that it had struck a joint-venture agreement with Tata Advanced Systems to move its F-16 production line to…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 27, 2017
Will GST cause chaos?
On 1st July 2017 India will adopt the Goods and Service Tax, a new tax code, which would turn India into a single market. As India approaches the countdown various businessmen, accountants and…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 26, 2017
Hard negotiations
head of Modi visit, a group of US lawmakers have backed medical device makers by urging India to reconsider its decision to reduce prices of heart stents. This will be one of the key issues discussed…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 26, 2017
Market access vs manufacturing
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into power, he vowed to companies and businesses in India and across the world that India will become a far friendlier landscape for investments than…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 22, 2017
Make families pay
From July 1 of this year, Saudi Arabia will be collecting a new tax from expatriates and their dependents. The tax, which has been called ‘family tax’, will particularly affect the 41 lakh Indians…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 12, 2017
India-Middle East - A New Dimension
On 10th June, at Synergia forum, a talk was given by Ambassador Talmiz Ahmad centering on ‘Turmoil and Terror in West Asia, PS Raghavan gave his intervention on the new dimension in the India-Middle…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 6, 2017
Coca Cola the agriculture investor
The world renowned beverage company, Coca Cola is all set to invest Rs 11,000 crore rupees in the next five years in the agricultural ecosystem of India. This new venture into the food processing and…