India, This Side An institute of Bodology to investigate the pastGanesh DevyThe Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
Economic Perspectives Long-standing debate on privatisation of state-run banks resurfacesC.P. Chandrasekhar
Dangers of ‘Libra’ Facebook’s plan to launch a cryptocurrency in 2020 raises questions about the company’s motives and the lack of regulatory control.
Towards a meltdownClose on the heels of the IL&FS crash in 2018, Dewan Housing Finance Limited “delays payment” on a Rs.1,000 crore debt, signalling a second major cris
Looming economic warIn the U.S.-China tariff war, there is no economic gain to be derived by either side. But the U.S. is pushing ahead by bringing in the national securi
Belt and road diplomacyThe second Belt and Road Forum reflected the directions in which China wants to take the Belt and Road Initiative in its reformed avatar.
Blind conservatismThe World Economic Outlook survey admits that global growth has slowed significantly in 2018, while the IMF accepts the need to push for a coordinate
Market analysts’ day out Attributing the recent buoyancy in financial markets to investors’ confidence about Narendra Modi’s return to power amounts to propaganda that market
Housing market mayhemThe decision to do away with input tax credit and reduce GST rates on housing will, it is hoped, bring down real estate prices and resolve the problem
Economic Perspectives Misplaced disinvestmentC.P. ChandrasekharThe NDA government’s disinvestment programme is turning out to be one in which surpluses are wrung out of public sector enterprises in order to suppor
The failed promise of jobsThe Modi government claims to have moved into the league of the fastest growing economies but it is well short of the target on employment as recent d
Behind the furore over farm debtAdvocates of neoliberalism who object to the farm loan waiver announced in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on the grounds that it would vio
Do markets talk sense?The buoyant trend in the stock market after the results of this round of Assembly elections surprised many, but as markets globally have proved in rec
Federalism and its alternatives-2A look at what motivated the leaders of nationalist or subnationalist movements to waver between the federal and unitary models of a constitution and
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
