The 2025 Economics Nobel for explaining how innovation fuels growth was half-a-century in the making, in the process reimagining the mechanics of progress within economics itself.
Narendra Modi's decade in power has seen an erosion of democracy alongside soaring inequality. While religious nationalism diverts public attention, the super-rich add to their wealth. Economic…
Despite advances in digital finance, India’s gender gap in financial inclusion endures. Their true inclusion requires financial literacy, independent account ownership, and control over earnings—not…
The EBCs have been the unsung heroes of Bihar’s economy. Yet, their political influence has not matched their numbers. The 2023 caste census changed the game, highlighting their demographic…
Migrant workers fuel India’s growth yet remain excluded from its rewards. Policy silences and regional inequalities sustain their exploitation, and caste hierarchies have been reconfigured within…
The World Bank has used non-comparable data, made numerous and inexplicable changes to its methodology, and has departed from past accepted practices, thereby casting doubt on the quality of its…
A practical alternative to the US dollar system is possible through currency hubs of politically neutral, stable, and diverse currencies. Unlike single substitutes, these hubs will offer real…
India has been recording rapid growth and is currently the world’s fifth largest economy, but focusing solely on the growth rate or the GDP is misleading. India lags behind 108 countries of the world…
With its arbitrary imposition of tariffs, the US has dealt a body blow to the multilateral trading system and its guardian, the WTO. Yet, the US shows no sign of quitting the body it has weakened and…
PLI has contributed to growth in production and exports; however, given the scale of support, the rise in output, relative to total electronics production, falls short. Four fifths of the domestic…
