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

बिहार चुनाव में जंगल राज बनाम सरकारी नौकरी की बौछार

बिहार की राजनीति में अपराध, जाति और सत्ता का त्रिकोण लंबे समय से निर्णायक भूमिका निभाता आया है।जंगल राज’ शब्द का पहली बार प्रयोग 1997 में हुआ था, और उसका संदर्भ आज के राजनीतिक...

Read more October 28, 2025 at 4:29 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

नदी तू निर्मल बहती रहना

विश्व नदी दिवस 28 सितंबर पर विशेष भारत की संस्कृति में नदियां जीवनदायिनी है।अन्नजल देने वाली इन नदियों को मां मानकर पूजा जाता है। नदियों के बिना मानव जाति के विकास की परिकल्पना असंभव...

Read more September 26, 2025 at 2:52 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Chains of Power: State–Capital Fusion and the Erosion of Democracy | Podcast | Aditya Nigam

You, Me & the Economy Time Of Monsters:Fascism and the Fusion of the State and the Corporation | In conversation with Aditya Nigam In this episode, Aditya Nigam traces how India’s political economy has...

Read more August 25, 2025 at 5:38 pm CFA

Stop Silencing Independent Journalism: Civil Society Stands with The Wire

Press Release New Delhi | 23.08.2025 A broad spectrum of civil society voices has come together to strongly oppose the latest attempt to intimidate independent journalism in India. In a joint statement signed by...

Read more August 23, 2025 at 7:45 pm CFA

देश भर के किसानों ने राष्ट्रपति को पत्र भेजा

विगत 29 और 30 जुलाई को भूमि अधिकार आंदोलन के राष्ट्रीय बैठक में निर्णय लिया गया था कि 13 अगस्त 2025 को भूमि कब्जा और कॉर्पोरेट लूट के खिलाफ राष्ट्रीय एकता दिवस के रूप...

Read more August 13, 2025 at 4:53 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Regulating Coal Operations: Environmental and Social Impacts Through the Lens of the National Green Tribunal

India has announced plans to reach Net Zero emissions by 2070

Read more July 29, 2025 at 12:21 pm Kush Tanvani and Shripad Dharmadhikary

Environmental and climate governance in India in 2024-25

In the last one year of the union government’s environmental and climate performance, the negatives far outweigh a few positives. The Environmental Performance Index rank of India, at 176 out of 180 countries assessed...

Read more July 9, 2025 at 11:53 am Soumya Dutta, Dr Vishvaja S & Daniya Dabre

Too Many BRICS, Not Enough Cement

With India slated to take over the presidency once again in 2026, the question is, would India use the opportunity to address key issues or would it again, as seen during the G20 presidency,...

Read more July 7, 2025 at 3:48 pm Asmi Sharma & Joe Athialy

Loan Write-offs and Reduction in Rural Bank Branches Are Undermining Financial Inclusion in India

As the DFS gears up for its stock-taking meet, it must recall that true financial inclusion needs more public sector bank branches and staff. It appears that a major stock-taking and brainstorming is being organised by...

Read more June 27, 2025 at 5:09 pm Anirban Bhattacharya

Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

India’s rising unemployment continues to cast a shadow over its much-touted economic ascent, with official data revealing that the jobless rate climbed to 5.6% in May 2025 from 5.1% the previous month. The worrying...

Read more June 24, 2025 at 5:30 pm Counterview

Rising Unemployment in a Rising Economy! | Finance Matters, 20 June 2025 | Editorial

While the Union government proudly touts India’s position as the “world’s third-largest economy,” the latest employment data tells a more sobering story, which doesn’t feature in celebratory speeches or glossy campaigns. According to official...