'It is unrealistic to expect that security dilemmas and strategic distrust to disappear or even diminish any time soon,' says Rup Narayan Das.
India, along with other South Asian countries, is expected to sustain a growth of 6-6.3 per cent in the next two years, although global economic growth is slated to decline to 3.2 per cent, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
Economist Dale W Jorgenson declares that India is doing "very, very well" and forecasts that India might continue to outrun world economies, including China over the next many years.
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United Nations warned of a political backlash and loss of faith in markets and openness unless immediate corrective measures were taken.\n
The advanced economies have been experiencing their longest period of slow growth in many decades.
Mumbai's alternative business district of Bandra-Kurla Complex was at 18th position.
Growth in India is expected to remain strong and stable in 2015
It's crucial for Modi to make India an easier place to do business.
Leading non-resident Indian industrialist Lord Swraj Paul on Monday said India should stop craving for foreign investments for economic growth as the Indian economy has much more potential and it does not require outside help.
Bilateral trade between India and Germany is expected to go up by 13 per cent during the current year (January-December) at Rs 26,000 crore
'The reform agenda is progressing in the right direction'.
Is it because of the failure to deliver serious institutional reform or that, at the end of the day, we are like that only, asks T N Ninan.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley leaves for Tokyo on Sunday evening for a security dialogue with Japan, a visit that acquires huge significance after North Korea's hydrogen bomb test on Sunday morning.
NCAER has warned that India's exports might miss the target of 12 per cent growth this fiscal due to the appreciating rupee.
India's manufacturing sector was lagging behind China and should be strengthened to increase competitiveness with that country, a study conducted by Confederation of Indian Industry and McKinsey said.
'Trump's anti-trade, anti-immigrant rhetoric reminds me of Chinese history,' says A V Rajawade.
Gold has once again assumed its function as a safe haven for investors.
The report said South Asia is expected to be the fastest-growing region.
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Policy discussions now should urgently focus on the road map for serious economic and institutional reforms to put India on a sustained high growth trajectory like the Chinese economy, says Jayanta Roy.
The agreement could substantially reduce transaction times and costs and would unlock new opportunities for both rich and poor countries.
Still, the failure of the agreement should signal a move away from monolithic single undertaking agreements that have defined the body for decades.
Markets now expect the Fed to normalise rates gradually.
A short war with Iraq could cost the world one percent of its economic output over the next few years and more than $1 trillion by 2010, Australian researchers said in a report
Our governments are easily prone to arbitrary decisions but if you are dealing with international firms, such arbitrariness can turn back and bite you, says T N Ninan.
We should improve the business climate in Mumbai and Delhi, and India's ranking would immediately shoot up, says Bibek Debroy, a full member of NITI Aayog.
'The Indian economy is full of potential.'
It was a year of stocks shining bright when it comes to adding to the investors' wealth, and the glitter of gold and silver fading for the second straight year in 2013.
India will see a gradual growth acceleration with its GDP expected to reach 5.9 per cent this year.
'Going ahead, I think the world trade will slow down or decline, and this will be bad for everybody.'
You have to really bungle to produce 5.7 per cent growth under the conditions this government is currently facing, says Mihir S Sharma.
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