Energy Matters | June 2025
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights, Elisa Morgera, in her latest report, has warned that fossil fuels are at the core of the triple planetary crises of biodiversity loss,...
Is RBI’s New Plan for Bad Loans Just Another Quick Fix?
In a country like India, where millions hover between poverty and fragile middle-class dreams, every bad loan is more than a financial misstep – it’s a broken promise. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s)...
The Banking Sector Reveals the Middle Classes Aren’t Really Getting a ‘Bonanza’
There is a euphoria around the “tax bonanza” offered to the middle classes in this year’s Budget. The proposal of no tax for those with annual income up to Rs 12 lakh has been...
Budget 2025: Income Tax & the Growing Inequality Gap | Finance Matters, 25 January 2025 | Editorial
The Union Budget is only a few days away and speculations that the Income Tax will be reduced is high.
India’s stark disparities have finally found voice in political discussions
Since the pandemic, the gap between rich and poor Indians has never been more evident. But inequality was never a public concern – until now. For much of the first half of the year,...
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देश आजादी के बाद समाजवादी आर्थिक - सामाजिक व्यवस्था की स्थापना के लिए संकल्प लिया था। इस संकल्प को पूरा करने संविधान निर्माता भीमराव आंबेडकर ने इसे संविधान के प्रस्तावना में स्थान दिया।
The Economic Survey Only Increases Concerns of Inequality
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...
Inequality, Jobs, Hunger: Why You Should Care About the Union Budget
This budget is the last chance for course correction for the Modi regime. It is going to be a test of who the government sides with, the 90% citizens of the country or the...
Electoral Bonds: Or the Story of How the Rich Buy Their Way Up
The electoral bonds scam has opened up the complex nexus between business and politics, making it visible for all to see – how favours are earned and exchanged by the top 1% even as...
Mind the gap: It is time to close the gap in measuring inequality
A panel discussion at the Golden Jubilee Conference of CESP, JNU
It is Our Money: Voices for public accountability in the India Social Forum
The India Social Forum was held in Patna from 2nd December to 4th December, was a confluence of social movements and civil society organizations from across India.
Tipping the Scales: Why We Need to Tax the Ultra-Rich Tipping the Scales
An article series published in Deccan Herald, curated in collaboration with the Centre for Financial Accountability.
Just Taxation
Inequality has been escalating over the years in India. This concentration of wealth resulting from certain historical factors and current policies if not addressed will continue to shatter the lives of many. A just...
Recession – What India should do?
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...
Why are two Indias growing further apart?
In more recent times, it is strong rise in financial assets, aided by fiscal and monetary support to businesses in response to the pandemic crisis, which has led to a sharper rise in inequality
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