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An aerial view of Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, located in the centre of Mumbai. The State government’s latest proposal to redevelop it is extremely controversial.

The great Mumbai robbery: How prime land is being sold to vested interests on the cheap

This is happening under the guise of rehabilitating residents displaced by redevelopment. Activists and concerned citizens are up in arms.

Fishermen repairing their nets at Versova in north-western Mumbai. Much of Versova, which used to be a fishing village, is now an upmarket neighbourhood.

Environmental degradation and urbanisation are pushing a 700-year-old fishing community to abandon their boats and nets

How Mumbai’s Koli fishermen swim against the tide to preserve their heritage.

Priyamvada Mangal

Economic Perspectives

The Italian job: What Unicredit’s bold bid for Commerzbank tells us about European economy

The Italian banking group’s hostile takeover bid for the German bank could signal the beginning of a restructuring in the European banking sector.

C.P. Chandrasekhar

Maharashtra’s Ladki Bahin scheme: Great expectations?

A Rs.46,000 crore scheme promising Rs.1,500 monthly to 2.5 crore women launches just months before elections, but critics question its sustainability.

A bulldozer being used in Prayagraj in June 2022 to demolish the “illegally constructed” residence of Javed Ahmed, a local leader who was allegedly the key conspirator of violent protests against a BJP leaders’ remarks on Prophet Muhammad.

‘Bulldozer justice’: Iron in the nation’s soul

Supreme Court’s intervention against unlawful demolitions renews hope for constitutional values, challenging state overreach and arbitrary punishment.

Samsung workers strike in Sriperumbudur. What’s driving India’s largest electronics workers’ protest?

Over 1,000 employees demand higher wages and union recognition, testing labour relations in the country’s burgeoning tech manufacturing sector.

Siddarth Muralidharan

The great Mumbai robbery: How prime land is being sold to vested interests on the cheap

This is happening under the guise of rehabilitating residents displaced by redevelopment. Activists and concerned citizens are up in arms.

More stories from Economy

Employees work on an EV assembly line at a BYD factory in Huai’an, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on August 26, 2024. Despite exploding demand for EVs, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence, ties between China and India have been strained since a deadly Himalayan border clash in 2020.

Modi government considers ‘Make in India 2.0’ to take on China amid reality check

Businesses are struggling to scale up manufacturing even with a host of government subsidies designed to boost local production.

Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, interacting with stakeholders from prominent global investment firms, on August 26.

Commerce Minister flip-flops on e-commerce

Piyush Goyal’s criticism of foreign e-commerce platforms for “predatory pricing” defends Indian businesses that similarly marginalise small retailers.

C.P. Chandrasekhar

The ordinary Indian travels in appalling conditions in crowded trains, squatting on floors, aisles and in toilets.

Bring back the Railway Budget

Merging rail finances with the Union Budget has led to less scrutiny, more accidents, and questionable priorities.

Mitali Mukherjee

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a delegation from the Joint Consultative Machinery for Central government employees, in New Delhi on August 24. The Union Cabinet approved the Unified Pension Scheme, which guarantees an assured pension to government employees who joined the service after January 1, 2004.

UPS: A half-measure that fails to address deeper issues?

The Modi government’s Unified Pension Scheme aims to placate employees but critics say it is merely a political ploy ahead of crucial State elections.

Frontline News Desk

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee leads a protest demanding that the Centre release MGNREGS funds for West Bengal, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi in October 2023.

West Bengal’s battle for federal autonomy

Withholding Central funding under various pretexts is a crude instrument used by the Modi government to hurt “recalcitrant” States like West Bengal.

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