Revival of an anti-migrant Bill smacks of hypocrisy, with both Congress and BJP forgetting lessons from the pandemic exodus. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent unplanned lockdown announced in India, saw...
International finance and geopolitics are quite dynamic and will tend to alter each day. We must have a clear view of our nation and where it stands in this landscape.
The second edition of the State of Finance in India Report was released in November 2023. It is a first of its kind that expands the domain of finance and economics beyond the confines...
India has officially acknowledged that 62.5% of its population or 813.5 million people are extremely poor and need to be fed
The Union Government has always shied away from talking about demonetisation. But last week they were forced to, as the Supreme Court is hearing the petition against demonetisation. The Union Government in its affidavit...
As the world recovers from the pandemic, and many across the country are trying to find their feet with gainful employment, a study released early this year by CMIE reveals that agriculture absorbed an additional 11...
We witnessed an infantile jubilance on the part of the government since last year about a “record recovery” from the pandemic. Finance Ministry’s report claimed that armed with necessary macro and micro growth drivers, India...
I was travelling from Chennai to Bhopal by Tamil Nadu Express, which is supposed to be a Superfast Express to attend the ‘All India People's Science Congress.’
The 15th Finance Commission maintained states’ higher share of central taxes while recommending an overall increase in government health spending to prepare better for the next pandemic, but the increase is inadequate considering low...
The pandemic wreaked havoc on Pappu Singh and Sheela Devi’s family, residents of Nagla Vidhichand village situated on the Agra-Gwalior highway in the southern part of Agra district. While none of their family members...
In an interview of Joseph Stiglitz that appeared in Investopedia on 23 April 2020 he said “Covid 19 reminds us that when we have a crisis we turn to collective action and to government.”...
It was a cold December evening when I met Kavita Yadaw of village Mardapoti (Nagri block, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh). Kavita struggled with her mask. She adjusted and readjusted it. She remembered that the pandemic...
It’s 5 decades since the UN General Assembly designated June 5th as World Environment Day, marking the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. And the first World Environment...
Oinam Rajen appears to have suddenly grown old in the past one year. Sitting in his wooden canoe, his eyes wander over the vast expanse of Loktak lake that surrounds his village, in search...
If GDP growth rate is an indication of where our formal economy is, then there’s a lot to worry about. It fell to -7.3% in FY21, from the low of 4.2% in FY20. Unless...
