Ahead of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s third budget, a key question is whether India will increase defence spending and by how much in FY 2021-22. Tensions with China are s ... Read more
Ahead of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s third budget, a key question is whether India will increase defence spending and by how much in FY 2021-22. Tensions with China are simmering. It has emerged as the key strategic challenge for India. Besides seeking parity with the US in military terms in Asia by 2027, Beijing is also putting in big money into Artificial Intelligence, space and cutting edge technologies like drone swarms. With the Indian economy just recovering from the Covid-19 shock, where are the resources for the defence sector going to come from? From the borders to cyberspace, how can India counter the China challenge? Join this LIVE panel discussion in Mint’s marathon run-up to the Union Budget coverage for answers these and other questions. Joining our moderator Mitali Mukherjee live for this conversation are PS Raghavan (Former Chairman, National Security Advisory Board), Dr Laxman Kumar Behera (Associate Professor, Special Centre for National Security Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University), G.Mohan Kumar (Former Defence Secretary), Dr Rajeshwari Rajagopalan (Distinguished Fellow and Head, Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative, Observer Research Foundation) and Lt Gen (Retd) S L Narasimhan (Director General, Centre for Contemporary China Studies). Read more
The upcoming Budget will have to account for the social costs of a year-long pandemic. Rising inequality has always been a challenge in India but the pandemic's effect has been sha ... Read more
The upcoming Budget will have to account for the social costs of a year-long pandemic. Rising inequality has always been a challenge in India but the pandemic's effect has been sharp--jobs have been lost, informal and formal networks splintered, careers have been set back by years, new graduates face an uncertain employment market and education has taken a hit. What is the way forward and how can the Budget address this? Joining our moderator Mitali Mukherjee for this conversation are Manish Sabharwal (Chairman & Co-Founder of Teamlease Services Ltd), Dr. Jyotsna Jha (Director, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bengaluru), Rosa Abraham (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Employment, Azim Premji University), and Ashutosh Gupta (India Country Manager, LinkedIn). Read more
The upcoming Budget will have to account for the social costs of a year-long pandemic. Rising inequality has always been a challenge in India but the pandemic's effect has been sha ... Read more
The upcoming Budget will have to account for the social costs of a year-long pandemic. Rising inequality has always been a challenge in India but the pandemic's effect has been sharp--jobs have been lost, informal and formal networks splintered, careers have been set back by years, new graduates face an uncertain employment market and education has taken a hit. What is the way forward and how can the Budget address this? Joining our moderator Mitali Mukherjee for this conversation are Manish Sabharwal (Chairman & Co-Founder of Teamlease Services Ltd), Dr. Jyotsna Jha (Director, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bengaluru), Rosa Abraham (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Employment, Azim Premji University), and Ashutosh Gupta (India Country Manager, LinkedIn). Read more
Should the Union Budget 2021 reverse the protectionist barriers erected in the last couple of budgets, to enable India to integrate better with global value chains? Or should we co ... Read more
Should the Union Budget 2021 reverse the protectionist barriers erected in the last couple of budgets, to enable India to integrate better with global value chains? Or should we continue along that path, and promote import-substituting industrialization? The first LIVE panel discussion in Mint’s marathon run-up to the Union Budget coverage focuses on this crucial issue for the Indian economy. Joining our moderator Mitali Mukherjee live for this conversation are Ajit Ranade (President and Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group), Samiran Chakraborty (chief economist, India, Citibank), Saon Ray (senior fellow, ICRIER) and Santosh Pai (partner, Link Legal). Read more
Should the Union Budget 2021 reverse the protectionist barriers erected in the last couple of budgets, to enable India to integrate better with global value chains? Or should we co ... Read more
Should the Union Budget 2021 reverse the protectionist barriers erected in the last couple of budgets, to enable India to integrate better with global value chains? Or should we continue along that path, and promote import-substituting industrialization? The first LIVE panel discussion in Mint’s marathon run-up to the Union Budget coverage focuses on this crucial issue for the Indian economy. Joining our moderator Mitali Mukherjee live for this conversation are Ajit Ranade (President and Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group), Samiran Chakraborty (chief economist, India, Citibank), Saon Ray (senior fellow, ICRIER) and Santosh Pai (partner, Link Legal). Read more
