Targeted incentives will encourage consumers and merchants to consider moving away from cash. This might be achieved by reducing the cost of digital payments, introducing cash-handling charges or restricting the use of cash above certain thresholds
Modern agri-tech firms can be instrumental in empowering farmers, promote sustainable agricultural practices, reduce crop wastages, deepen domestic and international market linkages along with improving farmer income
Unmanned Aerial Systems - drones - are one technology that has come centre-stage in COVID-19 era. UAVs globally have encountered ambiguity relating to policy and governance, pricing and economics, lack of common knowledge and potential social implications
Persistent bull-run due to herding and systematic mispricing in the market could result in substantial resource misallocation in the economy and compound financial woes
Commercial lenders are shying away from their primary business as they turn risk averse despite the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) doing whatever it takes to spur credit flow to MSMEs
The next leap in economic growth is premised on the value multiplier of the digital economy, whose future in India appears cloudy with a storm of overbearing regulation fast approaching
The government has made a commendable effort in consolidating various central and state indirect tax levies into a single tax levy. GST is on its way to becoming a 'good and simple tax' as envisaged during the launch in 2017
This might sound uncharitable, but it does seem like there's a sense of entitlement that has seeped into start-ups and VCs alike-to make money for themselves before anything else
The need to provide local residence to data in India stems from the fact that India is a nation state and therefore would treat the data generated by its citizens as a national asset
