Indian economy
EXIM Matters: Funding technology transfer for vax better than IPR waiver
Experts say merely waiving IPR will not raise vaccine supply unless pharma companies transfer the technology and trade secrets that will enable others to produce the vaccines Topics exim matters | T N C Rajagopalan | Coronavirus Vaccine Last Wednesday, the Biden administration signalled its intention to support the proposal of India and South Africa at the World …
Technology in agriculture
The agricultural sector carries immense importance for the Indian economy. It plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic fabric of India. It contributes about one-sixth of the national income and provides direct employment to nearly 50 per cent of the workforce. It has positioned itself as more relevant for meeting the food, feed, fodder, …
‘Technology is an enabler that helps in the optimization of costs, and isn’t a job stealer’
Technology is an enabler that makes data available at a single touch and helps in cost optimization, collaborations and governance, experts said at a closed-door roundtable meeting. At the event titled Microsoft Future of Work—CXO Dialogues, hosted by Mint in Mumbai last month, they also sought to dispel perceptions that digitization and automation were responsible …
View: Breaking the resource curse
By Amit Kapoor India has an abundance of mineral deposits. The country is the second-largest producer of steel; the third-largest producer of coal; the fourth-largest producer of iron and has the fifth-largest bauxite reserves in the world. Overall, India produces over ninety different types of minerals. A country with such a rich resource base should …