India@75 1969: Banks nationalisedTEAM FRONTLINEThe move increased the reach of banking in rural areas.
Panama Papers The Panama connectionV. SRIDHARThe Panama Papers expose, the biggest leak ever of a database, made possible by a unique journalistic venture, rocks governments, shines a light on po
Economic Perspectives A candid assessment?AS 2015 drew to a close the Finance Ministry released its Mid-Year Review (MYR), which summarised the official view of the state of play in the econom
Economic policies Price of economic policy failuresA lot of the media discussion on the global economy nowadays is based on the notion of the “new normal” or “new mediocre”—the phenomenon of slowing, s
Depreciation of the yuan No case for complacenceC.P. CHANDRASEKHARThe Chinese decision to use depreciation of the yuan as an instrument to address its own crisis can trigger a chain of events that can convert the rec
Stock market Market mayhemV. SRIDHARANUPAMA KATAKAMThe recent collapse of the stock market punctures the euphoria that has been driving Indian stocks since the Modi government assumed office.
Taxation policy For tax harmony?Enforcing a national market by removing trade barriers through a harmonised commodity tax and reducing the fiscal autonomy of federal institutions is
China’s surplus & strategyTO the politically inclined, infrastructure lending may sound like an innocuous political terrain that is of interest only to financiers. But, it is p
Industry Small and ignoredThe myopic proposal to create a dedicated bank for MFIs does not address the systemic problems in the banking sector that work against the interests o
Economy Public funds to push neoliberal agendaThe Modi government has apparently realised that the private sector is not up to the task of driving growth. It hopes to fund its neoliberal dream of
Preoccupations Averting a Greek tragedy, for nowTHE citizens of Greece are not the only ones who have been watching the tense negotiations between the new government in Athens (led by the radical pa
Economic perspectives Lessons in coal block auctionTHE first round of the auction of mining rights in 18 coal blocks to user firms in the private sector in the power, steel and cement industries has be
National income statistics Rejigging statisticsThe comprehensive overhaul of India’s national income statistics, which places India among the fastest-growing economies in the world, confounds econo
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.
