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Why we need government schools: They are the only educational lifeline for 60% of India’s children

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Loknath Das60, Are, Educational, for, Government, India's, lifeline, Need, of, Only, Schools, The, they, We, Why

There is change in our government schools if one cares to look for it. In a survey my colleagues conducted in 2005 in northeast Karnataka, only four out of ten schools had obtained uniforms and books in time for the start of the academic year. Today, this number has more than doubled. Nearly every school I visited had planned and procured books and uniforms well in time, even if it meant that their teachers had to sacrifice some holidays. In most schools that we visited, attendance was over 90 per…

The Election Fix: Have BJP’s attempts to solve India’s education problems done more harm than good?

May 13, 2019 Loknath Dasattempts, BJP’s, Done, Education, Election, Fix, Good, harm, Have, India's, More, Problems, Solve, Than, The, to

Welcome to The Election Fix. On Sundays, we take a closer look at one theme that will play a significant role in India’s Lok Sabha elections. In the past, we’ve looked at things like agriculture and the discrimination faced by Muslims in politics. This week, Shreya Roy Chowdhury takes a look at education, from how the big promises made by the Bharatiya Janata Party have turned into piecemeal efforts to the major challenges facing India’s policymakers in the future. We are running a reader survey about the Election Fix and what you would like to see from our…

Shah Rukh Khan’s brand value slips by 43%; Virat Kohli India’s No.1 celebrity endorser

January 12, 2019 Loknath Das43%;, Brand:, by, celebrity, endorser, India's, Khan's, Kohli, No.1, Rukh, Shah, slips, Virat, ‘value’

Virat Kohli, captain of Indian Cricket Team, is the Indian celebrity with highest brand valuation at $170.9 million, says a recent report by Duff & Phelps. After Kohli, the celebrity with the second highest brand valuation in the country is Deepika Padukone, the report says, at $102.5 million. However, Shah Rukh Khan, who was second in 2017, has slipped to number five and is valued at $60.7 million. The report –The Bold, The Beautiful and The Brilliant– lists out top 20 Indian celebrities with highest brand valuations and reveals that…

Podcast | Digging Deeper – India’s surge on World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index

November 4, 2018 Loknath Das-, banks, business, Deeper, Digging, doing, Ease, Index, India's, of, On, Podcast, surge, World, |

So you’ve heard the news, I assume. As the central government finds itself caught in a battle of wills with the RBI, this news should provide some cheer for the folks in the upper echelons of the administration. India has once more jumped a few places in the “ease of doing business” rankings. 23 places to be precise, so more than just a few. Besides the catchy name, what’s great about that list is that it acts as a fairly reliable weathervane for judging the business climate in any economy. The World…

S Korea’s Mirae to enter India’s investment banking with $300 million

May 10, 2018 Loknath Das'S, 300, banking, Enter, India's, investment, Korea’s, Million, Mirae, to, With

MUMBAI: South Korea’s Mirae will invest $300 million to set up investment banking operations in India and compete with established leaders like JM Capital, Kotak and ICICI Securities. The Indian operations of Mirae Asset Capital Markets India will be headed by Benedict Ryu, and supported by Aditya Loonkar, a former senior executive of Investec, and Anshul Mittal, a former senior executive from Tata Capital. Loonkar, who was heading fixed income at Investec and Mittal, who was heading M&A advisory at Tata Capital, will be co-heads of investment banking. Prior to this, Benedict Ryu was in charge…

India’s 7% projected growth rate ‘amazingly fast’, can double economy in 10 years: ADB

May 7, 2018 Loknath Das10', 7, ADB, amazingly, Can, Double, economy, fast, Growth, In, India's, projected, Rate, Years

India’s projected GDP growth of over 7 per cent for the current fiscal is “amazingly fast” and if this momentum is maintained the size of the economy can double within a decade, ADB Chief Economist Yasuyuki Sawada has said. The country shouldn’t worry about not achieving 8 per cent growth but focus on increasing domestic demand by reducing the income inequality, he said. Growth is driven more by domestic consumption than exports, he added. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected India to remain the fastest growing Asian nation with…