India’s GDP Growth: A Misleading Celebration | Finance Matters, 06 June 2025 | Editorial

There has been considerable noise in the media and government circles about India surpassing Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy in terms of GDP. While this sounds impressive, it hides the real story....

वन भूमि अतिक्रमण को लेकर सरकारी दावों में विरोधाभास

मध्यप्रदेश सरकार द्वारा नेशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्यूनल (एनजीटी) को दिए गए हलफनामे में बताया है कि 5.46 लाख हेक्टेयर वन भूमि पर लोगों ने कब्जा कर रखा है। एनजीटी ने वन भूमि पर अतिक्रमण का...

Read more May 14, 2025 at 4:46 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

India’s Census Delay and Its Policy Fallout | Finance Matters, 02 May 2025 | Editorial

India’s national Census, usually conducted every ten years without fail since 1881, has now been delayed for more than five years. Originally due in 2021, it’s now expected only in 2026 — a worrying...

अंतरराष्ट्रीय मजदूर दिवस (1 मई ): प्रकृति निर्भर मजदूरों की व्यापक आर्थिक सुरक्षा कैसे हो?

भारत में 60 करोड़ से अधिक लोग भूमि, जल, जंगल और समुद्र जैसे प्राकृतिक स्रोतों पर निर्भर हैं । देश में 14.6 करोड़ छोटे और सीमांत किसान, 14.4 करोड़ खेतिहर मजदूर ( बड़ी संख्या...

Read more May 1, 2025 at 12:55 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

अधोसंरचना विकास के नाम पर कर्ज का दर्द

वर्ष 2005 में नगर निगम जबलपुर ने शहर में सीवर लाइन व नाला निर्माण वाटर ड्रेनेज योजना के नाम पर एशियन डेवलपमेंट बैंक से 196 करोड़ का कर्ज लिया था।न तो सीवर लाइन का...

Read more April 17, 2025 at 9:47 am Raj Kumar Sinha

Trump’s Tariffs, India’s Silence | Finance Matters, 11 April 2025 | Editorial

Harsher tariffs, trade bullying, and open disregard for international cooperation mark Trump’s new term. This comes at a time when the world is already struggling—with wars, the aftershocks of the pandemic, and growing inequality....

It is not tariff which we should worry about. It is the non-tariff barriers and policies everyone should worry about.

It is interesting to see the havoc created by the tariffs announced by Donald Trump, who became President for the second time after a loss in 2020.

Read more April 13, 2025 at 2:23 pm Thomas Franco

स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं तक सभी की पहुंच सुनिश्चित हो

भारत के संविधान का अनुच्छेद 21 जीवन और व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता के मौलिक अधिकार की गारंटी देता है और राज्य के नीति निर्देशक सिद्धांत (अनुच्छेद 38, 39, 42, 43 और 47) स्वास्थ्य के अधिकार को...

Read more April 7, 2025 at 12:01 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Energy Matters | February 2025

Last month saw an important victory for communities fighting against the toxic Waste to Energy (WTE) incineration plants in Gujarat. Due to tremendous on-ground resistance, multiple follow-up letters and CSO engagement with the International...

India’s Financial Institutions and the Climate Catastrophe | Editorial | | Finance Matters, 21 March 2025

February 2025 was the hottest since 1901, and the warming trend is only intensifying. The IMD data confirms what scientists have warned for years—climate change is no longer a distant threat but an active...

Trade Deals or Traps? | Finance Matters, 14 March 2025 | Editorial

Is India being pressured into trade deals that could weaken its own industries? The US is pushing India to sign a broad macro trade agreement instead of making minor tariff adjustments while also questioning...

Disinvestment from dam challenged in court in fragile Himalayan state

A writ petition contests the Sikkim government’s decision to disinvest its stake in the public sector company that was operating the Teesta III dam. The petition raises allegations of wrongful financial gain by the...

Read more March 11, 2025 at 4:17 pm SIMRIN SIRUR

The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial

The latest Indus Valley report in fact shows that India’s consuming class is today just a thin layer of 10% and this section is only deepening, not widening. While people from the bottom 90%...

जलवायु परिवर्तन संकट में ताप विद्युत संयंत्रों की भूमिका

जलवायु परिवर्तन का संकट तो वैश्विक समस्या है। जिसके कई कारण हैं, जैसे कि जीवाश्म ईंधनों (कोयला,तेल और गैस) का जलना, वनों की कटाई और कृषि। वनों की कटाई विकास परियोजनाओं, कृषि विस्तार और...

Read more February 27, 2025 at 3:31 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

The (Few) “People’s Budget”

The budget this year has been touted as a middle class friendly budget. The proposal of no income tax for those with yearly income up to 12 lakh rupees was celebrated across news rooms...

Read more February 18, 2025 at 4:31 pm Anirban Bhattacharya

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