Budget 2019-20: Election Gimmick; No Relief for Agriculture and Unemployment
For the first time, this government has presented a budget for the country without revealing its assessment of the economy. This speaks volumes for what it wishes to hide....
Indian Polity Moves to Peril Under Modi Rule: Economic Situation Worsening
Rich are becoming richer. ‘Barclay’s Hurun India’ has published the ‘Rich list for 2018’. It is a list that carries the names of individuals with net worth exceeding Rs.1000...
Dollar and Gold Smuggling up: More Trouble for Shaky Rupee
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has launched a nationwide crackdown on foreign exchange smuggling, particularly of US$. For long, legal gold inflow occupied an important position, after petroleum...
HDI for India Suggests Good Days an Endless Wait
Good days’ have remained elusive for the majority of Indians because the major share of national income growth is going to sectors other than human development. The rich are...
Anti-Corruption Claims of Modi Govt. a Complete Sham
Arun Jaitley has a lot of explaining to do over his meeting with Vijay Mallya in parliament and hair-splitting arguments whether it was ‘formal’ or ‘informal’ are beside the...
Migrant Labour Issues Pose New Challenges to Labour Policy
While there is a policy vacuum at the Centre on migrant workers, Kerala offers a good model for how a state government should address the problems of incoming migrants...