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POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Why India has to bite the Universal Basic Income bullet
A direct cash transfer to the poor is a powerful idea, and whichever political party comes to power at the Centre will feel compelled to move towards it in order to repair India's broken fiscal engine.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Who took your jobs away? The data doesn't lie
Why is the world's fastest-growing economy also suffering the fastest growth in joblessness? And how can the next government break through this vicious impasse?
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Lok Sabha Elections: Why Narendra Modi in 2019 needs a bigger wave than 2014
Is anti-incumbency the basic nature of Indian electoral mandates? Do people vote on performance or promises?
POLITICS
| 3-minute read
Post-Pulwama: India wants Pakistan to lose its IMF bailout. But that may result in Islamabad inching closer to Beijing
Losing the IMF bailout battle might just be the opportunity a beleaguered Pakistan needs to get closer to Chinese and Saudi support.
MONEY
| 7-minute read
Interim Budget 2019: It’s deflation that's hurting you! And it could hurt BJP too
The biggest chink in Narendra Modi-Amit Shah’s electoral armour is the economy which is the grip of strong deflation and plummeting demand. It is here that the Opposition has its sharpest advantage.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Understanding the Davos dilemma
Has the WEF Summit turned into nothing more than an annual jamboree of global economic contradictions?
MONEY
| 4-minute read
What shines and who has been exposed in the politics over GDP numbers
GDP numbers tell a fantastic story of India's economic resilience in which the country’s politics has turned farcical.
ART & CULTURE
| 6-minute read
Laxminama: How religion and trade shaped each other, and human civilisation
[Book extract] Business in India blossomed always in tune with liberal religious thought, where profit and credit had its sanction in all religious texts.
MONEY
| 4-minute read
Rising fuel prices: Why India is paying the price for its irrational energy tax policy
It's more than worrying that the government and oil companies are seemingly clueless about the next course of action on petroleum prices.
MONEY
| 3-minute read