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GDP

Its explicit intent is to provide for the deprived and disturbed through direct fiscal spend from the budget. The Modi stimulus package is in three parts — direct government spend, bank credit, and rate cut and lending by RBI to banks. Mo....

May 28, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Commentary , RBI , COVID-19 , G7 , GDP , Economic Package , Indian financial model , Modi package

Covid-19 package — World and India

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Where there are six economists', said Winston Churchill quoting Barbara Wootton, “there are seven opinions or even more”. Churchill even chided the undoubtedly great economist John Maynard Keynes for giving him two opinions on every issue. Econom....

May 27, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Commentary , RBI , Modi Government , COVID-19 , GDP , Covid-19 package , Economic Package

Discussion on ‘Post COVID-19: India and the South Asian Neighbourhood’

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a discussion on ‘Post COVID-19: India and the South Asian Neighbourhood’ on 18 May 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, delivered the opening remarks followed with presentations by Dr Sreeradha....

May 25, 2020 Interaction , WHO , COVID-19 , GDP , South Asian Neighbourhood , Atmanirbhar South Asia

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 15, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Strategic

Putin seizes crude supply deal to oil relations with Trump

The Russian president and his US counterpart have held five conversations since March 30, more than in the whole of 2019, as they negotiated the largest ever....

April 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , World Economy , Coronavirus Outbreak , epidemic , WHO , COVID-19 , Pandemic , COVID-19 Daily Scan , IMF , Daily scan , GDP

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, March 31, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Medical

Battelle Pioneers Technology to Clean and Reuse PPE: Gets US FDA Approval

The Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System is the first of its kind, capable of cleaning up to 80,000 pieces of PPE (personal protectiv....

March 31, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , World Bank , Covid , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Coronavirus Pandemic , US healthcare groups , Chloroquine in COVID-19 , Swiss Pharma , Tokyo Olympics rescheduled , NPT Review , ASEA , LockdownN , China growth rates , GDP