India’s numbers on women and work look impressive at first glance. Rural women’s labour force participation nearly doubled, from 24.6% in 2017-18 to 47.6% in 2023-24, one of t...
The World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings are under way in Bangkok, running from 12 to 18 October, and the agenda is a familiar one: debt, growth and “reform”. What rarely makes ...
India’s four new labour codes came into effect in November 2025, and the rules to run them were notified in May 2026. They were meant to make labour law simpler and wider in ...
Finance Matters | 18 September 2026
For years, UPI has been sold to Indians as a triumph of public infrastructure, free, instant, and universal. That story just changed. Starting O...