Opening scalable value addition path

Reports indicate that the government is drafting a new policy with a stronger push to reduce reliance on imported inputs and develop backward linkage industries, aiming for increasing value addition-at least by 50 per cent by 2029. Furthermore, if an exporter fails to meet this requirement, they will lose cash...

Why technology training must accompany government patronage

The government's renewed focus on the creative economy, that is, artisans, weavers, blacksmiths, musicians, drama artists, painters, and countless other cultural practitioners, is a welcome and long-awaited recognition of the people who carry our heritage forward. Allocating funds for financing these trades is not merely an economic intervention; it is...