Economist Deepak Nayyar writes that despite wide diversity among Asian countries, there are common discernible patterns.

The low productive agriculture continues to provide maximum employment and the high-skill services maximum income, while the manufacturing sector remains relatively insignificant in either

Interestingly, even as India has agreed to the 'services' agreement, it has not yet yielded to the demands in the 'e-commerce' chapter that is still being negotiated by participant countries

When social media generates social capital

The shift might be aimed at boosting farmers' income but there is no extra outgo for two crore additional beneficiaries

If proposals made by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman are implemented in spirit, and investments are made, there could be employment generation in the medium to long-run across sectors such as real estate, core infrastructure and food processing

This government envisions using the rivers for cargo transportation, which will also help to decongest roads and railways

Union Budget 2019: From stepping up public spending in labour-intensive areas to giving a fillip to the MSME sector, experts have a host of suggestions for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a time the news on the unemployment front is getting progressively worse

In a joint statement after their informal meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) leaders also reiterated their commitment to fight the exploitation of internet for terrorist purposes.

A national logistics policy, an integrated IT backbone, dedicated freight corridors, multimodal transport systems and a string of ports are poised to transform India's logistics sector.