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Multidimensional Poverty Index: A new poverty marker

The government’s jubilation over the ‘economic recovery’ hides the bitter reality of persisting low wages and poverty among a large section of the peo

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Interview: Prof. T.V. Sekher

‘Population explosion is not a concern now’

Interview with Prof. T.V. Sekher, head of the Department of Family and Generations at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Policy and economic recovery

Engineered setback: Government's COVID response aggravates economic crisis

The 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

C.P. Chandrasekhar

Families in distress: Latest NFHS findings paint bleak picture

The latest NFHS findings point to many areas that need improvement, but the Central government decides to give the whole report a positive spin, under

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Economic situation

India's working classes bear the brunt of the Narendra Modi government's economic policies

The cumulative effect of the Modi government’s flawed policies and the unfair tax burden have sent millions into unemployment, truncated the small and

KABEER SHRIVASTAVA

RBI proposal to loosen lending norms for private players a catastrophe in the making

The RBI’s proposal to loosen regulations for private lenders in the microfinance space will have disastrous consequences for the poor, especially wome

Modi government's decision to privatise United India Insurance indicates terrible consequences for general insurance sector

The Modi government’s move to privatise a public sector general insurance company, threatens to undo years of progress that nationalisation initiated

More stories from Economy

M.K. Stalin, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, handing a package of essential commodities to a migrant labourer, in Chennai on June 25.

Tamil Nadu sets up advisory panel with eminent economists

The 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.

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Teachers serving students the midday meal at a school in Hyderabad on February 3. Schools reopened for Standards IX and X after being closed for nearly 10 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Budget does not help those facing hunger, unemployment and loss of educational opportunities

The euphoria with which the Budget was received petered out upon close examination of it. Instead, it is a disappointment because it fails to address

Rahul Lahoti ,Surbhi Kesar

With traffic suspended in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, railway workers undertaking repairs to the track on the bridge across the Krishna in Vijayawada on July 10, 2020. Gross underfunding has meant that projects for modernising and refurbishing of existing assets have languished because of prolonged neglect

The Finance Minister has dressed up the Indian Railways’ balance sheet, indulged in tokenism and in grand projections

The budget reveals a shocking collapse of the Railways’ revenues and shows that no significant investments are likely to be initiated to build its neg

Farmers transporting harvested paddy on the outskirts of Guwahati on June 2, 2020. The losses for farmers from the absence of markets and lower prices is estimated to run into thousands of crores of rupees.

The Union Budget is marked by an overall compression of expenditures for agriculture

The Budget shows no commitment to agricultural growth or farmers’ welfare. Against the background of the raging farmers’ agitation, this is only likel

Migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh leaving Mumbai on foot on March 28, 2020, shortly after the nationwide lockdown was imposed. The Union Budget, which was expected to provide fiscal support to this section of the precariat whose livelihoods have been jeopardised since the pandemic, has simply ignored their existence instead.

A Budget that doubly punishes victims of the pandemic

The Union Budget 2020-21 is biased in favour of those who were spared the worst effects of the pandemic and imposes even more burdens on those whose l