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Exchange Rates, Imports and the Dominant Currency Paradigm Ever since China’s accession into the WTO, India has been running a trade deficit with it. This trend has only been rising in the last few years. While this imbalance could be accounted for by a variety of factors, economists’ understanding of the relation between trade and […]

Socioeconomic Conditions and Financial Inclusion The following story has been authored by Apoorva Ramachandra, Economic Analysts at Arthashastra Intelligence Financial Inclusion is proven to have a positive effect on the development of an economy.  It enables people to break the vicious circle of poverty and empower themselves. In 2014, The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Impact of Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) on India-China Trade For the time period in consideration, the data for the imports was taken from the trade ministry imports databank while the tariff data was taken from ITC Trade Map. We selected the years in which the tariffs of the negotiated rounds were implemented. Secondly, for

Does improved credit flow lead to increased agricultural output? The following story is written by Jayanta Chakraborty, Economic Analyst, Arthashastra Intelligence Even after 73 years of independence, India as a country is still largely dependent on agriculture and allied activities for earning its daily bread – nearly 70% of the rural Indian population are absorbed