Indiaās rising unemployment continues to cast a shadow over its much-touted economic ascent, with official data revealing that the jobless rate climbed to 5.6% in May 2025 from 5.1% the previous month. The worrying...
While the Union government proudly touts Indiaās position as the “worldās third-largest economy,” the latest employment data tells a more sobering story, which doesnāt feature in celebratory speeches or glossy campaigns. According to official...
There has been considerable noise in the media and government circles about India surpassing Japan to become the worldās fourth-largest economy in terms of GDP. While this sounds impressive, it hides the real story....
A model for the country and other states! We have seen many Union Economic Survey and Budget as well as State Budges. Kerala Budget especially by Dr. Thomas Issac used to have innovations and...
Slogans modified. No efforts to revive the Economy. In a surprise, Dr. Ananda Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, with his team of more than 150 people, produced an Economic Survey 2025 with certain critical comments....
During the year-long agitation in 2020-21, the farmers gave a call to boycott Ambani and Adani. Now they have given a call to Observe Corporate Quit India Day on 9th AugustĀ 2024. They have...
As the country gears up for the presentation of the Budget for the financial year (FY) 2024-25, the economic survey for 2023-24, tabled by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is key to understanding what...
We, former mayors, and commissioners who have served city governments in different periods of time welcome you to this historic town of Shimla.
As India prepares for the next budget, here is another critical issue it needs to focus on: The galloping trade deficit. According to the First Advance Estimate (AE1), released earlier this month, the trade...
Somewhat like āthalinomicsā of Economic Survey of 2019-20 which measured household incomes and ādosa economicsā of Raghuram Rajan in 2016 to explain inflation, ācar economicsā explains the higher-growth-higher-inequality paradigm
Import barriers are self-inflicted wounds which is not only disabling the fourth growth engine ā exports ā but also increasing forex outflows
For the past 36 years, banks' pensions have not been upgraded. No social security, like universal basic income, is considered. The vast majority of unorganised sector workers (94%) do not have access to provident...
Contrary to the claims of the Finance Minister, India is in recession. Even the RBI agrees. Inequality is on the rise. From jobless growth, we are in 'job loss' growth. Study after study confirms...
Nearly a month after Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava raised a stink by saying that peopleās ability to buy small cars has eroded and would continue to decline next year and national dailies reported...
The Indian tax system has been regressive for long with direct tax contributing less than indirect tax ā contrary to what happens in developed economies. It is also known that tax incentives benefit corporates...
