Who benefits the most?
Interim Budget
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Budget analysis from various angles is found reflected in the media. Economists, financial experts, and others involved in the analysis rarely...
Running out of time
India's Water Woes
By Poonam I Kaushish
India’s first major climate catastrophe is at our doorstep: Water. Groundwater levels in 21 major cities, including Delhi, Bangalore...
Agri alone can sustain India
GDP Euphoric
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s GDP is rising, large corporate is aiding recovery and popular decisions are helping the people having an ease of living,...
Aiimsinfo breach is risky
Indian Health Data Worth $7 b
By Shivaji Sarkar
Health data is critical. Had one secret been known, the Indian subcontinent may have had different political...
New Delhi must reengage
The Ukraine War
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
The rivalry with Pakistan leading to a limited 88-hour war has deflected India’s...
Playing with people’s money
RBI-Govt Spat
By Shivaji Sarkar
There is both good and bad news. India rises to 77th in ease of doing business, jumping 23 paces in World...
Sainyam & sankalp not enough
Losing Covid Fight?
By Poonam I Kaushish
In Covid 19 season, I am daring to pick two truisms. One, tomorrow never comes. Two, as economist John...
India secures Ram’s future
Kashmir: Risky Silence
By Poonam I Kaushish
5 August is a red letter day for the BJP which has a corollary for India. It stands testimony...
What about common man?
Applauding Govt Feats
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is a tendency of our politicians to applaud achievements wherever the opportunity rises. While there are areas where India...
UN, WIR Reports
India grows, but high ineqality
By Shivaji Sarkar
The world economy has grown at 3 per cent but still the pace of global investment is uncertain,...
Jobs scarce since 1947
Caste Back With Rigour
By Shivaji Sarkar
Caste is back with rigour in a supposed casteless society envisaged at Independence. Even Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar was...
Towards strategic ties
EU-Central Asia
By Bakhtiyor Mustafayev
(Dy Director, Institute for Strategic & Regional Studies, Uzbekistan)
Samarkand hosted the first-ever high-level meeting between the European Union and five countries...
One nation, one poll, anyone?
India's Perpetual Election Circus
By Poonam I Kaushish
Barely have the victory bugles in the recent five Assembly polls ended that Parties are gearing up for...
Tu kaun main khamkha
Law & Order Clash
By Poonam I Kaushish
It all started over who had rights to a particular parking spot which escalated into a free-for-all epidemic...
Trump eyes gains, India brand image
Indo-US Trade
By Shivaji Sarkar
Ahead of a re-election, normally a President needs massive support at home. However, United States President Donald Trump looks overseas and...
Imeratives for heath sector
Third Wave
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
A third wave is predicted in India any time between September and December. Scientists and leading doctors predicting this wave...
Bihar repays Rs 63 cr a day
Victory Cheers, Debt Tears
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Bihar election delivered a clear mandate, but the celebrations mask a harder truth: the state is walking into...
Govt must reveal reality
Economy Data Suppression
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Notwithstanding the claim of every ruling party politician that India is progressing, the facts including grass root data of the...
Can India mitigate impact?
US Tariff War
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Amidst the tariff war, India will now become one of the most heavily taxed US trade partners, equal to Brazil...
Has it outlived life?
Changing WTO
By Shivaji Sarkar
World trade is changing fast and in a unilateral direction. The US President Donald Trump is deciding the course. He raises...