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Faltering amidst high hopes
26 Aug 2023 8:59 PM ISTThanks to the differences between the USA and the UK, the Torquay Round of GATT negotiation could not optimally capitalise on the momentum triggered...
Genesis of equitable trade
19 Aug 2023 8:09 PM ISTDespite being driven by the interests of developed nations, the Geneva Round of Trade Negotiations, which was concomitant with the formation of the...
Evolving paradigms
12 Aug 2023 9:46 PM ISTThe international trade landscape has undergone defining transformations, evolving from the mercantilist epochs of the 15th and 16th centuries to the...
Winds of change
5 Aug 2023 8:33 PM ISTThrough the transformative period between eighth and twelfth five-year plans wherein India’s trade saw greater integration with the world, the...
Economic planning series: Prelude to chaos?
29 July 2023 11:45 PM ISTBarring surpluses during the fourth and fifth five-year plans, the Balance of Payment situation continuously worsened over the first four decades...
A quantum leap forward
22 July 2023 9:38 PM ISTThrough the plan period, India progressively shifted its focus from import substitution to export promotion — by trading in newer commodities and...
On the right trail
15 July 2023 9:12 PM ISTThe post-liberalisation expansion of trade in the Indian economy — coupled with a surge in services trade a decade later and a slew of effective...
Eying inwards
8 July 2023 9:23 PM ISTIn sync with India’s goal of self-reliance and establishing heavy industries, the first six five-year plans pursued the trade policy of import...
Unfinished battle
1 July 2023 8:55 PM ISTCredit to the explicit focus laid on poverty eradication since the rollout of the fifth five-year plan, India has come a long way in its fight against...
Poverty through varied prisms
24 Jun 2023 9:05 PM ISTThis first segment of a two-part article on poverty discusses in detail the various methods of poverty estimation deployed through the modern Indian...
Piecemeal approach?
17 Jun 2023 9:47 PM ISTDespite explicit focus and tit bit measures, unemployment, as an intractable problem, persisted through the plan periods without any directional...
Persisting despite remedies
10 Jun 2023 8:27 PM ISTExplicit focus had been laid on reducing unemployment since 1956, and considerable progress was made during the first six five-year plans, but the...