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The Untold Toll of India’s Covid Crisis

The second wave of COVID-19 in 2021 was one of the worst health crises India has ever faced. Hospitals were full, oxygen...

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Inequality, Jobs, Hunger: Why You Should Care About the Union Budget

This budget is the last chance for course correction for the Modi regime. It is going to be a test of who the government...

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Karnataka: Flip-Flop on Migrant Workers Continues

Revival of an anti-migrant Bill smacks of hypocrisy, with both Congress and BJP forgetting lessons from the pandemic exo...

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India & Global Finance: An Annual Review (2023-24)

The first issue of India & Global Finance: An Annual Review for 2023-24 comes at a juncture where, on the one hand, ...

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Time to press the panic button: Job loss is widespread and galloping

Ashoka University study shows 14 million jobs lost during Jan 2020-Oct 2022; EPFO data shows 2.9 million subscriptions l...

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In Nagaland, Despite An Act To Protect Street Vendors, Women Vendors Struggle For Basic Amenities

The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 aims to protect livelihood righ...

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May 15, 2025

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The Untold Toll of India’s Covid Crisis

The second wave of COVID-19 in 2021 was one of the worst health crises India has ever faced. Hospitals were full, oxygen was scarce, and many families lost loved ones. But new government data shows that the true number of deaths was far higher than what was officially reported. The Civil Registratio...

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February 18, 2025

Kavita Kabeer & Haripriya Harshan

Inequality, Jobs, Hunger: Why You Should Care About the Union Budget

This budget is the last chance for course correction for the Modi regime. It is going to be a test of who the government sides with, the 90% citizens of the country or the top 1%. Representative image. Photo: Liv Unni Sødem/Flickr (ATTRIBUTION 2.0 GENERIC) The Ambani wedding episode was a stark remi...

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July 22, 2024

Pranita Kulkarni

Karnataka: Flip-Flop on Migrant Workers Continues

Revival of an anti-migrant Bill smacks of hypocrisy, with both Congress and BJP forgetting lessons from the pandemic exodus. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent unplanned lockdown announced in India, saw over one crore migrant workers returning to their home states between March an...

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May 6, 2024

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India & Global Finance: An Annual Review (2023-24)

The first issue of India & Global Finance: An Annual Review for 2023-24 comes at a juncture where, on the one hand, India is flexing its muscle to be a global leader and on the other India is vying for foreign investments in all major sectors. The Presidency of G20 in 2023 probably was the NDA g...

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January 14, 2023

Prasanna Mohanty

Time to press the panic button: Job loss is widespread and galloping

Ashoka University study shows 14 million jobs lost during Jan 2020-Oct 2022; EPFO data shows 2.9 million subscriptions lost during FY20-FY22 and CMIE data shows unemployment rate touched 16-month high of 8.3% in Dec 2022 India has officially acknowledged that 62.5% of its population or 813.5 million...

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December 16, 2022

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In Nagaland, Despite An Act To Protect Street Vendors, Women Vendors Struggle For Basic Amenities

The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 aims to protect livelihood rights and social security of street vendors but its implementation has been sluggish, putting street vendors at risk. Every morning, 42-year-old Loni Yalie neatly places vegetables, f...

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The Untold Toll of India’s Covid Crisis

Inequality, Jobs, Hunger: Why You Should Care About the Union Budget

Karnataka: Flip-Flop on Migrant Workers Continues

India & Global Finance: An Annual Review (2023-24)

Time to press the panic button: Job loss is widespread and galloping

In Nagaland, Despite An Act To Protect Street Vendors, Women Vendors Struggle For Basic Amenities

The Untold Toll of India’s Covid Crisis

Inequality, Jobs, Hunger: Why You Should Care About the Union Budget

Karnataka: Flip-Flop on Migrant Workers Continues

India & Global Finance: An Annual Review (2023-24)

Time to press the panic button: Job loss is widespread and galloping

In Nagaland, Despite An Act To Protect Street Vendors, Women Vendors Struggle For Basic Amenities