Press Release | New Report Shows Wealth Tax On 1688 Ultra-Rich Families In India Could Generate Over ₹10 Lakh Crore For Welfare: Calls For Wealth Tax
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100 Days of Economy & Finance: More of the same. But also forced reversals on some fronts
A hundred days isn’t really enough to evaluate the policies of a regime pertaining to finance and economy, but it is enough so far as to get the drift. And an overview of the...
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...
The OPS, NPS, UPS Pension Debate
CFA Explainers The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) launched by the government as its compromise formula is being celebrated by the godi media as the “best of both worlds”, i.e. the Old Pension Scheme (OPS)...
Pension is not a bounty or grace, it is the right of every worker
India is ranked 45th in the Pension Grade System of 47 countries. The USA ranked 22nd is a capitalist country but 100% of its population is covered under a pension system. In most countries...
How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS
Issue highlights a systemic failure that undermines constitutional guarantees and perpetuates hardship for the most vulnerable segments of society.
If There Was Political Will, India’s Raging Cost of Living Crisis Could Be Eased
While the government is happy to externalise the crisis to the invasion of Ukraine alone and its effect on fuel prices, it is the food inflation that has seen a much sharper upward swing.
Narendra Modi’s Decade in Power Has Brought a Shrinking Welfare Landscape to India
Declining allocations on social welfare spending, and neglect of existing schemes and programmes, underscore how welfare has come to be constrained in the past ten years.
Changing Financial Architecture
Does configuration or reconfiguration of a nation’s financial system, which is comprised of financial institutions and markets, imply its growth and welfare? The question has a lot of gravity since it helps reconfiguring and/or...
Investing in public well-being is not ‘populism’: Why the ‘freebie’ debate is flawed
Instead of being limited by fiscal deficits, governments should instead raise tax the super rich to raise funds for healthcare and other welfare measures.
