Category: Economy

Millions of farmers in dozens of states in India follow the footsteps of Sikkim in their effort to adopt ways of agriculture that are more friendly to human health and ecology. Sikkim story When in 2003 a north-east Indian state Sikkim decided to go organic, few believed it will...

Many still question the sustainability of single currency union in Europe after the shocks and after shocks of the financial crisis. Several efforts of bailout through economic loans have given bleak picture of future economy in Europe. There are threats that countries might move out of economic union. As...

GROWING economic prosperity in China has given opportunity for the Chinese political elite to earn black money with political corruption believed to be slowly cracking through the walls of the tough and closed communist regime. Though slowly, the communist party has started acting. This action is likely to send...

The domestic air service in Bhutan is not quite successful. The government had postponed the plans several times on pretext of good preparations. When it came into enforcement, government words turned out to be hoax and hindrances seen thereafter clearly indicated that there had never been enough homework and...

Privatisation and nationalisation have become a complex subjects for the political parties and politicians. Both the parties, so far legally registered, have no clear vision what they choose to – nationalisation or privatisation. Even the government has no policy whether they promote nationalisation or privatisation. In one of the...

Ripples of US’s growth forecast is felt in Asia. The stock markets in Asia fell Thursday as investors registered dismay at initiative taken by the Federal Reserve to try to invigorate the stalled US recovery. After a prolong debate on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve said it was extending a...