Columns: May 2021

Common citizen
GST
Inequality
RBI
The glass ceiling is unshattered in Kerala
by Lekha Rattanani
29th May, 2021
K.K.Shailaja, known as “Shailaja Teacher” in Kerala, and hailed as the “Corona virus slayer”... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Global, Jobs, India politics, Inclusive growth
Macroeconomic fallout of the second wave
by Ajit Ranade
29th May, 2021
The official economic data for the first quarter will be published by the end of May. Last year... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, China-India, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
Re-arming the global health order
by GN Bajpai
27th May, 2021
The Covid -19 pandemic has mercilessly pummelled the health system globally. The human toll exceeds... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, China-India, Global, Jobs, India politics, Inclusive growth
Time to look at ‘Ease of Living’
by Arun Maira
25th May, 2021
75 years after its Independence, India is shining at the top—the rich at the top have done very... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, China-India, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
A new pandemic of 'positivity'
by Jagdish Rattanani
22nd May, 2021
There is a steady echo of voices asking for the Prime Minister to step aside, many demanding that... read more
Categories: Common citizen, COVID diary, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Patent waiver on covid vaccines is welcome
by Ajit Ranade
15th May, 2021
Last October, India and South Africa proposed in the World Trade Organization that intellectual... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, China-India, Global, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
RBI's stitch-in-time act is spot on
by Himadri Bhattacharya
10th May, 2021
It is only but very rarely that a central bank announces emergency liquidity and other measures... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
The great Indian vaccine debacle
by Jagdish Rattanani, T Jacob John
8th May, 2021
The world’s second largest market for vaccines is India. The world’s largest vaccine producer (the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
Blind optimism on GDP growth
by Ranjit K Pattnaik
5th May, 2021
The severity, penetration and pervasiveness of the second wave of the pandemic opens new questions... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
Getting to the root of the police-politician divide
by Vappala Balachandran
3rd May, 2021
The Maharashtra police-politician squabble is now being legally processed by the CBI under orders... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics
The Centre must pick up the tab for universal vaccine rollout
by Ajit Ranade
1st May, 2021
Our daily infections are more than the cumulative total of the next eleven countries, including... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, China-India, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth