Tag: Demonetisation

  • Demonetisation has shaken up the shadow economy

    Demonetisation has shaken up the shadow economy

    The efficacy of the Indian government’s move to demonetise bank notes in November 2016 must also be judged by its positive impact on the global supply chain, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa.   It’s a tale of two reports, each of which tells a different story. But…

  • The narrative is turning for the better in India – on economy and elsewhere

    The narrative is turning for the better in India – on economy and elsewhere

    Prime Minister Modi’s bold move into unchartered territories has changed the economic and strategic narrative for India on the global stage, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Sometimes, you can almost see the narrative turning. Close on the heels of India vaulting into the top 100 on the…

  • Sorry critics, but the figures say you’re wrong about the Indian economy

    Sorry critics, but the figures say you’re wrong about the Indian economy

    India Inc. Founder & CEO goes behind the headline data to highlight why economic growth is on a revival path. The problem with most economic reform measures is that the pain is front-loaded and the losers feel the pinch immediately but the gains are spread over many future quarters and…

  • Growth rate dip a temporary blip for India

    Growth rate dip a temporary blip for India

    Ignore the doom mongers, India will return to the high growth path by winter, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. There’s an old truism about India which holds that for everything that is true about this country, the exact opposite is also correct. This is true for the…

  • Demonetisation a failure: Really?

    Demonetisation a failure: Really?

    Lazy journalism has resulted in painting an incomplete picture of what demonetisation really means for the Indian economy, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. There is a large section in the Indian media (and I include the India correspondents of many western agencies and publications in this basket)…

  • De-Mon to Re-Mon: Economists are underestimating India's growth trajectory

    De-Mon to Re-Mon: Economists are underestimating India's growth trajectory

    The clean-up of the system as a result of demonetisation will ultimately increase the size of the Indian economy, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel is known to weigh his words very carefully before speaking. So, when he says the pace of…

  • Will the emergence of a 'New Delhi Consensus' be the big new idea of 2017?

    Will the emergence of a 'New Delhi Consensus' be the big new idea of 2017?

    Manoj Ladwa, founder and CEO of India Inc. argues that the world is in need of some new big ideas, and Modi’s guiding ideals of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas and Antyodaya may well be the answer. “The world today is wild with the delirium of hatred, the conflicts are cruel…