India@75 1969: Banks nationalisedTEAM FRONTLINEThe move increased the reach of banking in rural areas.
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 emerg
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 t
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-sh
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 a
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 wo
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 initiate
Tamil Nadu sets up advisory panel with eminent economistsR.K. RadhakrishnanThe Tamil Nadu government wins all-round praise for setting up a well-balanced council of eminent minds to guide it in the path to economic recovery.
Union Budget 2021-22 The Budget does not help those facing hunger, unemployment and loss of educational opportunities Rahul Lahoti Surbhi KesarThe euphoria with which the Budget was received petered out upon close examination of it. Instead, it is a disappointment because it fails to address
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
