Free Trade, Unequal India
The commerce minister’s celebration of yet another free trade agreement hides a deeper worry. Yes, India’s exports look strong on paper. Yes, the country seems more plugged into global trade. But the gains are...
Financing Precarity: Gig work and cheap labour in India
Gig workers struck work this Christmas and on New Year’s eve protesting against automated systems used by the platforms to penalize delivery workers and reduce their ratings when delays occur, and are asking for...
SHANTI Act: Another Dangerous Example of Profit Over People
President Draupadi Murmu gave assent to the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, formally opening up India’s nuclear energy sector to private players for the very first time....
VB – G RAM G to replace MGNREGA; a decimation of employment guarantee
In the recently concluded session of Parliament, amidst blaring opposition, Speaker Om Birla passed the Viksit Bharath – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (VB – G RAM G). Proposed as a replacement for...
India’s Wealth Gap Widens; Top 1% Dominates National Wealth I Finance Matters, 05 December 2025
The World Inequality Report 2026 delivers a sharp warning about India’s economic direction. It shows that India is now one of the most unequal countries in the world, with wealth and income concentrating rapidly at the...
India’s Labour Codes: Reform or Rollback of Workers’ Rights? | Editorial | Finance Matters, 28 November 2025
The Union government’s move to notify the long-pending Labour Codes marks the biggest overhaul of India’s labour laws since Independence. By replacing 29 existing laws with four sweeping Codes, the Centre claims it is...
Extreme Weather, Unequal Impact: India’s Growing Divide | Editorial | Finance Matters, 21 November 2025
India’s growing climate crisis is now impossible to overlook. A new Climate Risk Index by Germanwatch ranks India ninth among the countries most severely affected by extreme weather in the last 30 years. In...
GST Cuts: A Relief or a Mirage?
The GST Council’s rate reductions are being hailed as a relief for consumers, but the timing makes the move look reactive rather than reformist. If the intent was truly to ease burdens on households,...
Rising Personal Taxes, Shrinking Corporate Share: Who Bears the Burden?
Personal income tax collections have once again overtaken corporate tax revenues in India. At first glance, this looks like a success story of formalisation, digitisation, and better tax compliance. More people are filing returns,...
From Credit to Crisis: India’s Women in Debt I Finance Matters, 22 August 2025 I Editorial
A new nationwide survey has laid bare the dark side of India’s microfinance boom. Conducted by the All India Democratic Women’s Association across 15 states, the study of 6,685 women shows how non-banking finance...
Why Reckless Funding Deepens Disasters I Finance Matters, 15 August 2025 I Editorial
This monsoon has once again shown how unprepared India is for extreme weather. Cloudbursts in Jammu and Kashmir killed more than 60 people in a week. Flash floods and landslides devastated Himachal and Uttarakhand....
Guarding the Vote: Why the ECI Must Embrace Transparency I Finance Matters, 08 August 2025 I Editorial
When the credibility of an election is questioned, the first responsibility of the Election Commission of India (ECI) should be to open its books, show its data, and prove its processes beyond doubt. Instead,...
Eight Years of Finance Matters: Still Counting!
We have always been wondering whether our work reaches beyond our bubble? We got an answer to that a year ago when the government gave us the ultimate ‘shut up’ award: FCRA cancellation! Because,...
Eight Years of Finance Matters – A Matter of Pride – Salute to CFA Team – Present and Past
The first issue of Finance Matters was released on 1st July 2017 and had articles titled: Appointment of a new Indian ED at the World Bank raises a few questions The Draconian FRDI Bill,...
The Crisis of Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) I Finance Matters, 18 July 2025 | Editorial
The Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar is not just a bureaucratic exercise; it is a grave injustice unfolding in plain sight. What is being called a...
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