The RBI annual State finances study, released this year on Oct. 27, comes with the special theme it has titled: “Covid-19 and its spatial dimension in India”. The 89-…
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A lot of economic frenzy that drives GDP has gone away, forced shut by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This means the way we live has changed in ways that we need to examine…
For so many students sitting in their homes and not knowing when the lockdown will end for their particular schools or colleges, this is a difficult time. Opening up has…
By Ajit Ranade |
In September 2018 a five-judge constitution bench that included the Chief Justice of India, pronounced an important verdict on criminals in politics. The Supreme Court…
By Arup Kumar Dutta |
Very few people outside India’s North-East are familiar with the achievements and legacy of one of the most fascinating dynasties in the nation’s medieval history,…
By Arun Maira |
The Covid pandemic has highlighted the urgency for economists to find a ‘new normal’ economics, which they have been searching for ever since the global financial crisis…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
RBI governor Shaktikanta Das recently spoke of a focus on human capital and productivity growth as ways of pushing economic growth in the medium term. Speaking to…
By John Chelladurai |
‘Social distancing’ has become the phrase of the year, perhaps the decade. An essential practice in the given situation, it has evidently saved a million lives and is lik
By Ajit Ranade |
Why do people repay a loan? Firstly, because they are bound by a loan contract to repay. If they break the contract, there could be a remedy in the form of a punishment…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
There was a unanimous decision to hold the policy repo rate constant primarily because the headline inflation measured in terms of Consumer Price Index Combined (CPC-C)…
By Martin Macwan |
Hathras is the first case of Independent India where the State has deprived the parents of sexual abuse victim to respectfully cremate their child by forcefully burning…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
An 18-year-old girl had been brought out of one of the best-known public hospitals in the country and left at the curb. She had been discharged from the hospital because…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The Monetary Policy Committee of the RBI, which concluded its third meeting for 2020-21 on Friday, kept the policy rate unchanged at 4 per cent and also announced its…
By Ajit Ranade |
This is the first time in India’s history that we are experiencing a steep recession without any adverse shock of drought or a failed monsoon affecting agriculture.
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Three farm bills passed by the parliament last week have become a bone of contention. At one level, they are a step in the right direction but have failed to get the…