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Book Release: “Black Money and Tax Havens”, authored by Professor R Vaidyanathan

On 3 November 2017, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi, hosted the launch of Professor R Vaidyanathan’s latest book titled ‘Black Money and Tax Havens’. Professor R Vaidyanathan is Dean of Centre for Economic Studies at t....

November 09, 2017 Economic Studies , Book Discussions , demonetization , Black Money , Indian Economy
विमुद्रीकरण – राह ठीक करने की भारी, सफल कवायद
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

विमुद्रीकरण यानी नोटबंदी पर राजनीतिक शोरशराबे भरी मोदी-विरोधी राष्ट्रीय चर्चा में बहुआयामी स....

September 21, 2017 Economic Studies
विमुद्रीकरण – बहुआयामी परियोजना
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

गैर कानूनी घोषित किए गए 500 और 1,000 रुपये के 99 प्रतिशत नोटों की भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक (आरबीआई) के पास वाप�....

September 19, 2017 Economic Studies , India , विमुद्रीकरण , राजनीतिक बहस , बहुआयामी सुधार , denomination , 500 , 1000 , S Gurumurthy
Battle against Slow GDP Growth Rate
Rajesh Singh

The Central Statistics Office recently reported that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth had slipped to a three-year low of 5.7 per cent for the April-June quarter of the current fiscal. This is in contrast to the preceding quarter gr....

September 12, 2017 Economic Studies , GDP growth , demonetization , economic fundamentals
A Perspective on BRICS Development Strategies: Prospects and Issues
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Looking Back Last year Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) group conducted its summit in October under the Chairmanship of India. PM Modi had outlined ‘Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions’....

September 11, 2017 Economic Studies , BRICS , economic cooperation , regional terrorism
De-mon — huge, successful course-correction
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

Of all the multidimensional corrective elements that were missed — actually, side-stepped if not suppressed — in the politically uproarious anti-Modi national discourse about the demonetization exercise, the most important element was the huge cr....

September 07, 2017 Economic Studies , India , Demonetization success , 2016 , RBI , demonetization in India , CREDAI Indian Bank , HDFC , Black Money , PSU , Indian Economy
De-mon — a multidimensional project
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

That 99 per cent of the de-legalised Rs 500/1,000 denomination notes was returned back to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been cited by opposition parties, experts and the media alike as the sole test of failure of demonetisation (which, for brev....

September 07, 2017 Economic Studies , denomination , S Gurumurthy , Black Money , de-mon , Reserve Bank of India , 500 1000 , Narendra Modi Indian Economy
A Round Table Discussion on ‘GST-Making India a Single Market’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on 23 Aug 2017, gathered a powerful battery of former top bureaucrats and economic policy experts including Mr. K.M. Chandrasekhar, former Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Rajeev Kher, former Commerce Secretary, ....

September 04, 2017 Conference , Economic Studies , Conferences , GST , Indian Economy , GDP
स्किल इंडिया अभियान : सामयिक पहल
Dr Teshu Singh

आर्थिक वृद्धि पर आयु का प्रभाव हमेशा ही बहस का विषय रहा है। युवा कामकाजी वर्ग में बढ़ोतरी किसी भी....

August 17, 2017 Economic Studies , कौशल विकास , कुशल भारत , प्रशिक्षण अभियान , Skill India Mission , Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Digital India , Skill Development Ministry
Introducing Common Currency in South Asia
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

Background The present century is the Asian century. In last few decades, South Asia has emerged as a major economic power centre not only in the region but also in the world. This region inhabits 21 per cent of world population, ....

June 30, 2017 Economic Studies , Common Asian currency , monetary union , economic integration
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