India@75 2016: DemonetisationTEAM FRONTLINEThe government was not prepared to handle the mayhem that followed the announcement.
BANKING The missing Rs.2000 notesDivya TrivediThe Rs.2000 currency notes introduced at the time of the 2016 demonetisation are hardly seen anymore, and there are concerns whether they are being us
All Things Economy Is India’s ‘economic recovery’ a mere illusion?V. SridharThe same hubris that characterised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s premature declaration of victory over the pandemic last year is at play now in the d
The Economy Reviving India’s beleaguered creative economyJayati GhoshThe creative sector, which holds immense potential for employment generation and a healthier, happier population, suffered a body blow during the pand
STATE OF THE ECONOMY Agenda for inequality: A new report raises red flags over privatisation Thomas FrancoThe People’s Commission report cautions the government against privatisation, as it will find it difficult to deliver on the future challenges emergin
Interview: Aakar Patel Aakar Patel: ‘Modi shrank India’s workforce by a fifth’Ziya Us SalamInterview with Aakar Patel, author of ‘Price of the Modi Years’.
ECONOMY Multidimensional Poverty Index: A new poverty marker Divya TrivediThe government’s jubilation over the ‘economic recovery’ hides the bitter reality of persisting low wages and poverty among a large section of the peo
Interview: Prof. T.V. Sekher ‘Population explosion is not a concern now’Vikhar Ahmed SayeedInterview with Prof. T.V. Sekher, head of the Department of Family and Generations at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).
NFHS-5 report Families in distress: Latest NFHS findings paint bleak pictureT.K. RajalakshmiThe latest NFHS findings point to many areas that need improvement, but the Central government decides to give the whole report a positive spin, under
Policy and economic recovery Engineered setback: Government's COVID response aggravates economic crisisC.P. ChandrasekharThe COVID-induced devastation and the state’s tepid response have enhanced the severity of the current economic crisis and official claims of a V-shap
Economic situation India's working classes bear the brunt of the Narendra Modi government's economic policiesKABEER SHRIVASTAVAThe cumulative effect of the Modi government’s flawed policies and the unfair tax burden have sent millions into unemployment, truncated the small and
Finance RBI proposal to loosen lending norms for private players a catastrophe in the makingRana MitraThe RBI’s proposal to loosen regulations for private lenders in the microfinance space will have disastrous consequences for the poor, especially wome
Privatisation Modi government's decision to privatise United India Insurance indicates terrible consequences for general insurance sector V. SridharThe Modi government’s move to privatise a public sector general insurance company, threatens to undo years of progress that nationalisation initiated
IMF endorses increase in US interest rates even as global crisis unfolds Doing so can precipitate a recession that would be far more damaging in the South than in the North.
