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
Credit policy and corporate plunder Creating oligopolies? The pitfalls of neoliberal banking and agri-credit policy D. Thomas FrancoTwo successive NDA governments have taken forward the neoliberal agenda set in motion in 1991, with disastrous consequences for banking and agricultur
Public Sector Time to revitalise the public sectorDinesh Abrol Thomas Franco It is surprising that the government does not envisage a major role for public sector enterprises in its post-COVID-19 strategy for development, and p
A new phase of censorship creep in India A proposal to amend the IT Rules 2021 and the ban on a BBC documentary are part of a larger trend of Internet censorship, growing since 2014.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
