ANALYSIS OF THE SUSTAINABLE HARNESSING AND ADVANCEMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA – SHANTI ACT 2025

1.0 Purpose and objectivesThe purpose and objectives of the, inappropriately titled, SHANTI Act are: 2.0 The SHANTI bill enacted by the Parliament without adequate scrutiny 3.0 Endangering not only lives but enforcing untold misery...

Read more December 25, 2025 at 3:13 pm K Ashok Rao

How Rural Credit Crunch Played a Role in the Birth of the State Bank of India

In the early years after Independence, India’s rural economy faced a deep and persistent credit crisis. Agriculture employed the majority of the population, yet formal banking institutions had little presence in villages. Rural households...

Read more December 24, 2025 at 2:46 pm CFA

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...

Read more December 23, 2025 at 12:14 pm CFA

Imaginary figures to dramatize the Labour Codes – Should SBI’s Economic Research Wing do this?

Researchers and writers are expected to analyse schemes critically. They should look at the positives and negatives. Once upon a time, SBI’s Economic Research Wing used to do this. Often, it used to be...

Read more December 22, 2025 at 12:26 pm Thomas Franco

INDIA’S “GREEN HYDROGEN” MIRAGE

India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), launched with the ambition of making the country a global hub and exporter, is promoted as a cornerstone of its climate strategy. This article argues that, far from...

Read more December 20, 2025 at 3:51 pm CFA

State of Finance in India Report 2024-25

This edition of the State of Finance in India report has India’s digital economy and its impact as its special theme. The term ‘infrastructure’ conjures up images of large projects made of steel and...

Read more December 19, 2025 at 3:00 pm CFA

स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं के निजीकरण और पर्यावरणीय स्वास्थ्य प्रभाव के खिलाफ राष्ट्रीय अभियानों की घोषणा

विगत 8 और 9 दिसंबर को रायपुर में राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य सम्मेलन का आयोजन जन स्वास्थ्य अभियान इंडिया द्वारा किया गया था। इस कार्यक्रम में 19 राज्यों के लगभग 350 प्रमुख स्वास्थ्य नेतृत्वकर्ता, एक्टिविस्ट्स, जनांदोलनों...

Read more December 19, 2025 at 2:06 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

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...

Read more December 11, 2025 at 5:06 pm CFA

The Labour Codes serve Capital

What better time to bring into effect the Labour Codes than right after a thumping victory in the Bihar elections. Bihar, a labour-sending state, saw out-migration, “palayan” of youth, lack of employment opportunities and...

Read more December 8, 2025 at 12:23 pm Anirban Bhattacharya

चरम मौसम की घटनाएं जानलेवा साबित हो रहा है

भारत में चरम मौसम (एक्स्ट्रीम वेदर ) तेजी से बढ़ रहे हैं और अब यह केवल मौसमी उतार–चढ़ाव नहीं, बल्कि जीवन और आजीविका के लिए गंभीर खतरा बन चुके हैं। हीटवेव, बाढ़, चक्रवात, सूखा,...

Read more December 2, 2025 at 6:13 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

संवैधानिक प्रावधानों से पारदर्शी एवं जवाबदेह व्यवस्था सुनिश्चित हो

पारदर्शी व्यवस्था में संविधान का महत्वपूर्ण स्थान है, क्योंकि यह एक मूलभूत ढांचा प्रदान करता है जो सरकार के कार्यों को परिभाषित और सीमित करता है, जिससे जवाबदेही सुनिश्चित होती है और सत्ता के...

Read more November 26, 2025 at 10:55 am Raj Kumar Sinha

कॉरिडोर में कृष्ण : ‘कुंज गलियों’ का पर्यटन

15 मई 2025 को, भारत के सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने उत्तरप्रदेश सरकार को मथुरा के बांके बिहारी मंदिर के आसपास 5 एकड़ भूमि अधिग्रहित करने की अनुमति दी थी, ताकि ‘कॉरिडोर विकास परियोजना’ को आगे बढ़ाया जा सके। इस ‘अवसंरचनात्मक परियोजना’ को न्यायोचित ठहराने के लिए 2022 की...

Read more November 22, 2025 at 6:35 pm Nishita Banerjee, Krishanu and Pavithra Chandrasekar

The Shaping of a Welfare Regime

Excerpt from Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy By Louise Tillin, published in 2025 by Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom. The struggles of workers, employers, and the state to...

Read more November 13, 2025 at 5:39 pm Louise Tillin

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...

Read more November 12, 2025 at 11:21 am Sanjeev Chandorkar

स्मार्ट सिटी योजना’ : पूंजी के लिए ‘प्राइवेट पार्टनर

साल 2015 में लॉन्च किए जाते समय ‘स्मार्ट सिटीज मिशन’ का उद्देश्य 100 शहरी क्षेत्रों का चयन करके उनके बुनियादी ढांचे को चमकदार बनाया जाना और निवासियों को बेहतर प्रशासनिक दक्षता उपलब्ध करवाने में सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी का उपयोग प्रस्तावित था। ‘शहरी...

Read more November 3, 2025 at 6:04 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

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