More Than a Delayed Monsoon

India’s southwest monsoon has entered the season on a worrying note, with rainfall running 35% below normal and central India recording a deficit of 63%. While June rainfall shortages are not uncommon, the current...

जहरीली होती जमीन

आधुनिक विकास के तमाम-ओ-तमाम खटरागों की तरह हमारे यहां खेती भी दिनों-दिन बदहाल होती जा रही है। कमाल यह है कि इस बदहाली को समाज, सरकार और सेठ की हैसियत के नागरिक विकास मानते...

Read more June 22, 2026 at 11:43 am Raj Kumar Sinha

Rising Temperatures, Failing Safety Nets

India is once again being caught unprepared by a climate crisis that is no longer “unusual” but increasingly routine. From the snow-deficit Himalayas to storm-hit plains, the warning signs are clear: rising temperatures, erratic...

Read more March 24, 2026 at 11:23 am CFA

FTA is not free trade but US dictated trade: Surrender to Trump is dangerous for the Country

On 7th Feb morning at 4.29 AM, the Government released a press statement by PIB titled United States–India Joint Statement. The full agreement was not even made available to the Parliament, and the media...

Read more February 13, 2026 at 2:58 pm Thomas Franco

A Note on Agriculture Debt Relief in Maharashtra

In 2017, Maharashtra implemented an agriculture debt relief scheme that waived debt amounting to ₹18,762 crore. This was followed by another debt relief program in 2019 for an amount of ₹20,497 crore. In the...

Read more November 10, 2025 at 6:23 pm Devidas Tuljapurakar

Critique on the Draft Framework for India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy

The Government of India’s Ministry of Finance released the draft framework for India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy on 7 May 2025. The draft framework discusses the country’s climate goals and commitments, including Nationally Determined Contributions...

RBI Attack on Small Borrowers – New RBI Governor Should Act

The Reserve Bank of India issued a circular on 30th September 2024 titled, “Gold Loans – Irregular Practices Observed in Grant of Loans Against Pledge of Gold Ornaments and Jewellery.” The instructions are for all banks and...

Read more March 31, 2025 at 12:13 pm Thomas Franco

Tamilnadu Economic Survey and Budget

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...

Read more March 18, 2025 at 11:55 am Thomas Franco

An appeal to SuPer SBI from a Common Citizen

SBI, the 218-year-old bank, the largest in the world in terms of number of branches and customers, which is a leader in housing loans, education loans, and many such areas, is conducting a massive...

Read more February 23, 2025 at 12:36 pm Thomas Franco

Maharashtra State Budget 2024-25 | An Analysis

Budget Allocation Analysis Based on % of Total Expenditure This analysis reviews the annual budget distribution of Maharashtra’s Tribal Component Scheme (TCS) across crucial sectors impacting tribal communities from 2020-21 to the projected budget...

Read more February 15, 2025 at 3:11 pm Amitanshu Verma, Anirban Bhattacharya, Nancy Pathak & Pranay Raj

26 नवंबर संविधान दिवस पर विशेषसंविधान सम्मत गांव गणराज्य की पुनर्स्थापना

समाज के गठन में अगर उत्पादन की पद्वति एक बुनियादी आधार है तो यह माना जा सकता है कि खेती ने मानव सभ्यता के विकास में मनुष्य को उसे स्थिरता दी और धीरे- धीरे...

Read more November 26, 2024 at 11:35 am Raj Kumar Sinha

छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट

कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था के जानकार मानते हैं कि खेती को बरकरार रखने,विकसित करने और सबका पेट भरने की अधिकांश जिम्मेदारी छोटे और सीमांत किसान ही निभाते हैं। जहां 70% ग्रामीण परिवार अभी भी अपनी आय...

Read more September 9, 2024 at 6:42 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

India & Global Finance: An Annual Review (2023-24)

The first issue of India & Global Finance: An Annual Review for 2023-24 comes at a juncture where, on the one hand, India is flexing its muscle to be a global leader and on...

Read more March 21, 2024 at 11:52 am CFA

Nexus of energy and food is where the climate battle is currently, says Vandana Shiva

Speaking at the inaugural session of the 5th Energy Finance Conference in Chennai, she says agricultural systems that use more external energy will not be able to deal with the changing patterns of food...

Read more January 19, 2024 at 12:56 pm The Hindu

PM-Kisan: Who and how many are getting income support of Rs 6,000?

Surely, the Center doesn’t know; had that not been the case, it wouldn’t be giving multiple sets of data, all of which contradict each other. One true “master stroke” that helped the Modi government...

Read more December 2, 2022 at 4:31 pm Prasanna Mohanty

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