State of Finance in India Report 2024-25
This edition of the State of Finance in India report has Indiaās digital economy and its impact as its special theme. The term āinfrastructureā conjures up images of large projects made of steel and...
Indian Banking Paradox: Accounting Profit Vs Social Profit
We are in the midst of major changing times in recent history; internationally, domestically in general and the Indian banking system in particular. First time after independence, Indian banks are being sold to foreign...
Merger of Banks, Appointment of MDs from Private Sector and Privatisation of Banks
The Finance Minister has again started talking about the merger of 2ā3 big banks to compete in the global market, and newspapers say that the government is considering the appointment of Managing Directors in...
Micro Loans Are Driving an Already Forsaken Population Further Into Distress
The people for whom such micro-credits become a lifeline are those who are not considered credit worthy by the formal banking system. ‘These are the people for whom such micro-credits become a lifeline 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
Just taxation: An infographic
The curious case of Cash App; Hindenburgās latest victim
Hindenburg, which became a household name with the expose on Adani, is out with a new report. This time it is the mobile payment company based in the US, Block Inc. It has alleged...
Critically evaluating the proposed amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Recently the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had sought public comments on changes being considered in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016. In consultation with experts and civil society we submitted our responses to the...
Budget Analysis 2023: Taking People for a Ride
Be it the Global Risk Report 2023 or the RBI’s own Financial Stability Report, everyone today acknowledges that the world is staring at a rather grim future, and India is not immune to the...
The State of Finance in India Report 2021-22
The State of Finance in India report is a first of its kind that expands the domain of finance and economics beyond the confines of ivory tower experts.
While the RBI was sleepingā¦
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 Global hunger Index ā India denying its own data!
The Global Hunger Index has placed India at 107th position below Pakistan, Nepal and even Sri Lanka. The Indian government reacted with a strong rebuttal, alleging flawed data collection, poor methodology and conspiracy to...
Indiaās demographic curse in waiting
Human capital development is critical for the growth and development of any economy, but that is where India remains a global outlier, in spite of having entered the āAmrit Kaalā and becoming the fifth-largest...
Windfall tax on corporations goes as 5% GST on food items kicks in
In keeping with its anti-people and pro-corporate tax policy, the Central government withdrew the windfall tax on oil exports on July 19th ā 19 days after it was imposed ā with effect from July...
When Finance Ministry takes to fakery
It is absurd for the ministry to say 5.5% inflation in FY22 didnāt hurt the poor and even more so its claim that a fall in inflation from 6.2% in FY21 to 5.5% in...
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