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What is Happening to Rural Welfare, Poverty, and Inequality in India?

An analysis of the draft NSO report that the Government has decided not to put out shows a deterioration in 2017-18 in consumption and poverty levels in rural India. The reasons may be the…

▶27-Nov-2019

S Subramanian

What Should We Do About the Indian Economy?

In the absence of structural reforms for transformative growth, a rural-led growth strategy is the only option for economic revival at this point of time. Growth may be slower but it will be…

▶25-Sep-2019

Ashok Kotwal, Pronab Sen

Explainer

Understanding India's Jobs Challenge

Unemployment today is at an all-time high but that is not the only challenge in jobs: more and more workers are withdrawing from the labour force, the wages of casual workers are below a reasonable…

▶26-Aug-2019

Radhicka Kapoor

Fiscal Federalism in India

There have been landmark changes in the framework for centre-state fiscal relations in recent years. What do these hold out for the future of relations between the union and the states?

▶02-Apr-2019

Pinaki Chakraborty

The Employment Question in India

The jobs question is begging for answers from the polity. Here an agenda for dealing with urban unemployment, in particular. A key element could be investment in universal basic services. It is all…

▶28-Mar-2019

Amit Basole, Arjun Jayadev

The Mirage of Modinomics

Over-promise and under-deliver has been the story of the Narendra Modi government's management of the economy.

▶22-Feb-2019

Maitreesh Ghatak, Udayan Mukherjee

Poverty in India

Contrary to appearance, measurement of income (or ‘money-metric’) poverty – by failing to be transparent about the assumptions and values informing it – can serve the purpose of apologetics.

▶19-Feb-2019