The government must focus on improving governance and performance at PSUs and public sector banks (PSBs)

Budget

This year should be a watershed year, transforming India into a "Product Nation," with Rs l trillion allocated for Research & Development to the private sector

AI technology, artificial intelligence, ML

The decline in poverty at the national level, by 17.2 percentage points, however, would be considered very sharp during the period from 2011-12 to 2023-24

poverty

AI has seen remarkable growth in recent years: Compared with 2018, when a 340 million-parameter model was considered "big", ChatGPT today has 1.8 trillion parameters, Gemini 1.5 trillion

Artificial intelligence, AI

A critical mass of creative, innovative management is a key human capital resource that countries need, just as much as a well-educated and healthy workforce. India lacks both

Satya Nadella,Satya,Nadella

Accelerating inter-state migration will not only enhance the efficiency of the labour market but also foster national integration

Indian economy, worker, labour, population

Not too many tears would be shed for a squeeze on capex if the hit is primarily on infusing equity into a state-owned enterprise and on new schemes that are yet to be announced

capex, budget

The Khel Ratna and Dronacharya awards could be supplemented with, for example, a Bhishma award for sports administrators

sports administration

As businesses grow, the operating environment becomes more complex, and investors become more demanding

Board meeting

Fact checking was initiated after the 2016 US elections and the Brexit referendum, which were both influenced by rampant disinformation on Facebook

e-commerce

The Ministry of Heavy Industries has identified 40 cities for electric four-wheeler charging-points with Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Hyderabad leading way, and 40 highway corridors for e-bus transit

EV, ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Delhi is not known for attention to public civility - except in the Metro, where the average rider pays far greater attention to such norms than they would on roads

Delhi metro

How businesses deal with such issues, which will increasingly be on their radar, will determine their longevity and popular image

OYO, Oyo rooms, Oyo app, Oyo logo

The government is unlikely to be pleased with the FAE, which could increase challenges both for the current year and the medium term

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