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Covid-19: Can it be the Sputnik Moment for India?

History often tells us that the best in you comes out in the worst of circumstances. At times devastations caused both by man and nature has impelled people and nations to rebuild from the ruins. There is no dearth of instances when people have rise....

April 11, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Commentary , COVID-19 , APIS , India China trade , Telecom equipment , Domestic manufacurers

Covid-19 and Indian Economy

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Epidemic is inversely proportional to economic enterprise and growth in any country. Likewise, any pandemic has a penchant to puncture the global economic growth. Corona virus will lead to recession and economic collapse if corrective measures with r....

April 06, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Commentary , World Bank , Covid , IMF , PM CARES Fund , 2008 financial crisis , GDP growth rate , contraction of economy , Economic Intelligence Unit , Corona impact , Coronisation

Achieving Global Competitiveness-Improving Ease of Doing Business

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Round Table Discussion (RTD) on ‘Achieving Global Competitiveness-Improving Ease of Doing Business’ on 14 February 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, opened the floor by laying the purpose ....

March 16, 2020 Economic Studies , Interaction , logistics , Business , Global Competitiveness , Policy Framework , Land Acquisition , Taxation

Interaction with Dr Anantha Nageswaran on Union budget 2020-21

The Vivekananda International Foundation recently organized a talk by Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran on the Union Budget 2020-21 and the macroeconomic challenges that the country faces. Dr. Nageswaran is a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisor....

March 06, 2020 Economic Studies , Interaction , Indian Economy , Union Budget 2020 , Economic Slowdown , Policy Reforms

Vimarsha: Panel Discussion on Political Stability and Transformation of Union Budget

A special edition of Vimarsh was organized on Political Stability and Transformation of Union Budget at the Vivekananda International Foundation on February 15, 2020. The public event which marked the launch of the newly set-up VIF Centre for ....

February 25, 2020 Vimarsh , Economic Studies , Government , Political stability , Transformation of Union Budget , Union Budget 2020 , GDP , CAD , UPA government , Budget 2020-21

Interaction with Dr. Anantha Nageswaran

"The Chinese Economy: Trump Effect, Deleveraging, or Both?" The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an interaction with Dr Anantha Nageswaran (non-permanent Member of PM Economic Advisory Council and Distinguished Fellow, VIF) on....

December 17, 2019 Economic Studies , Interaction , Chinese economy , CCP , Military power , RCEP , Trump Effect , Chinese Growth

After Withdrawing from RCEP What Next?

… should other members of RCEP be more accommodative towards India’s needs, and signal their willingness to discuss a win-win deal for India, that should be welcome ... the decision to join should be based primarily on whether it can significantl....

December 09, 2019 Economic Studies , RCEP , WTO , FTA Strategy

The China Factor in RCEP

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

After seven years of negotiations, the 16 participating states in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement issued a statement on 4 November 2019 at Bangkok, conveying that 15 of the participating states had concluded text-base....

November 26, 2019 Economic Studies , Article , RCEP conditions , India’s economic interests vs RCEP

Brexit and UK Elections

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Brexit debate has spilled over from Parliament to vote in elections. British Prime Minister Johnson suffered an initial set-back when Parliament voted Letwin Amendment on 19th October to delay Brexit deal by a vote of 322 to 306 until after it ....

November 01, 2019 Economic Studies , Commentary , Brexit manoeuvres , UK and EU , Brexit economics

Potential Paradigms of Connectivity: The Vladivostok Summit

Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The annual Summit mechanism between India and Russia, established during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first visit to India in October 2000, marks its 20th anniversary on 4-5 September 2019 in Vladivostok. Today, Vladivostok is Russia’s ....

September 03, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Economic Studies , Commentary , Vladivostok Summit , Indo-Russia economic cooperation