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

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,...

Read more September 3, 2025 at 6:44 pm CFA

A note complicating the claims around financial inclusion through Banking

When the RBI announced recently that its Financial Inclusion Index had jumped from 64.2 to 67 this year, celebrating “significant improvement,” it painted a rosy picture that masks a troubling reality. The Department of...

Read more September 3, 2025 at 11:35 am Anirban Bhattacharya

Shadows of Monopoly: Crony Capitalism & the capture of India’s Economy | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta | Podcast

In this episode, veteran journalist Pranjoy Guha Thakurta dives deep into the Adani Group’s meteoric rise and the complex web of debt, state policy, and global finance that fuels it. From offshore tax havens...

Read more August 19, 2025 at 8:54 pm CFA

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...

Read more August 12, 2025 at 3:49 pm Amitanshu Verma, Anirban Bhattacharya and Haripriya B Harshan

India’s Unequal Tax Structure: The Rich Pay Less, The Rest Get Less

In effect, India’s tax system mimics advanced economies in numbers but lacks the redistributive structure of the progressive nations.The World Economic Forum (WEF) has described severe income inequality as the biggest risk facing the...

Read more August 1, 2025 at 11:35 am Pranay Raj

Who Gains, Who Loses? Rethinking India’s Global Trade Moves

India is reportedly planning to open parts of its massive $700+ billion public procurement market to foreign companies, starting with the U.K. and the U.S. This marks a big policy shift. The government claims...

अधोसंरचना विकास के नाम पर कर्ज का दर्द

वर्ष 2005 में नगर निगम जबलपुर ने शहर में सीवर लाइन व नाला निर्माण वाटर ड्रेनेज योजना के नाम पर एशियन डेवलपमेंट बैंक से 196 करोड़ का कर्ज लिया था।न तो सीवर लाइन का...

Read more April 17, 2025 at 9:47 am Raj Kumar Sinha

स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं तक सभी की पहुंच सुनिश्चित हो

भारत के संविधान का अनुच्छेद 21 जीवन और व्यक्तिगत स्वतंत्रता के मौलिक अधिकार की गारंटी देता है और राज्य के नीति निर्देशक सिद्धांत (अनुच्छेद 38, 39, 42, 43 और 47) स्वास्थ्य के अधिकार को...

Read more April 7, 2025 at 12:01 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Where has the money gone in the last 10 years?

Can you see that the entire country is run by three business magnets? There are a few more. As told by the former Chief Executive of Niti Ayog, Amitabh Kant, they are creating 5...

Read more May 1, 2024 at 2:51 pm Thomas Franco

Banking Industry gets Wage Revision – Settlement Signed

Bankers have successfully achieved their dream of five-day work along with wage revision with the help of their unions, but there is more than meets the eye. Let’s get into the details and understand...

Read more March 13, 2024 at 9:00 am Thomas Franco

Relooking the Past Decade of Indian Economy: Article Series with The Wire

What have the past ten years meant in the transformation of the Indian economy for the citizens of the country?

Read more January 15, 2024 at 3:50 pm The Wire & CFA

Fund with a heart

Banks need to fully assess the risks and engage with the local communities and seek free, prior and informed consent before investing in projects.

Read more January 1, 2024 at 12:17 pm Amitanshu Verma & Nancy Pathak

Average 30 Farmer Suicides Per Day in Modi Govt Years Points to a Systemic Apathy

The attempt by neoliberal governance has been to steadily depoliticise farmers' suicides and strip them of any deeper messaging.

Read more December 18, 2023 at 12:12 pm Anirban Bhattacharya, Pranay Raj and Nancy Pathak

भारत के वित्तीय संस्थानों में पर्यावरण और सामाजिक जवाबदेही नीतियों की आवश्यकता

ज़्यादातर देशों द्वारा बड़े स्तर की विकास परियोजनाओं को आर्थिक और सामाजिक विकास के लिए अपरिहार्य माना जाता है। यह दृष्टिकोण भारत में भी अधिक मान्य है।

Read more November 28, 2023 at 5:35 pm Priya Dharshini and Amitanshu Verma

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