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Who Pays When the Exam Fails?

Image credits: Arjun Unnikrishnan/Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA)- Student protest, Jantar Mantar. Dharmendra ...

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Towards Budget 2026: Banks are Doing Great, But People Aren’t

Instead of fancy salons in the name of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code that gives convenient haircuts to the super rich...

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छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट

कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था के जानकार मानते हैं कि खेती को बरकरार रखने,विकसित करने और सबका पेट भरने की अधिकांश जिम्मेदारी छोटे और ...

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Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

The skewed trend of individual income tax payers contributing more to the union government’s coffers than corporates has...

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The Economic Survey Only Increases Concerns of Inequality

A closer look at the figures reveals a worrying story. Representative image. Photo: Icarda/Flickr (ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMER...

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When less than 4% of Indian dollar millionaires pay income tax

In FY18, the last year for which disaggregated income tax data is available, only 29,002 ITRs declared income above Rs 5...

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No escape from the lower-middle income trap, at least not yet

A 17% credit growth in the first quarter of November 2022 means little since personal loans continue to dominate over lo...

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Why are two Indias growing further apart?

In more recent times, it is strong rise in financial assets, aided by fiscal and monetary support to businesses in respo...

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India’s demographic curse in waiting

The UN’s 2022 HDI report reveals India remains at the bottom pile of countries in health, education and income levels – ...

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September 16, 2026

Haripriya B Harshan

Image credits: Arjun Unnikrishnan/Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA)- Student protest, Jantar Mantar. Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union Education Minister on July 25, ending 36 days of protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party, All India Students Association (AISA) and other student organi...

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January 29, 2026

Anirban Bhattacharya & Nancy Pathak

Towards Budget 2026: Banks are Doing Great, But People Aren’t

Instead of fancy salons in the name of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code that gives convenient haircuts to the super rich, we need a budget that makes amends to actually improve recoveries instead of the mounting write offs. Indian currency. Photo: Wikimedia Commons | The Wire Multiple reports on b...

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September 9, 2024

Raj Kumar Sinha

छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट

कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था के जानकार मानते हैं कि खेती को बरकरार रखने,विकसित करने और सबका पेट भरने की अधिकांश जिम्मेदारी छोटे और सीमांत किसान ही निभाते हैं। जहां 70% ग्रामीण परिवार अभी भी अपनी आय के प्राथमिक स्रोत के रूप में कृषि पर निर्भर हों तथा 82 % किसान छोटे एवं सीमांत हों, वहां यह बात वाजिब भी है, लेकि...

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February 18, 2025

Pranay Raj

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

The skewed trend of individual income tax payers contributing more to the union government’s coffers than corporates has its basis in the tax break given to corporates five years ago. The Budget at a glance establishes that the share of government revenue from income tax (tax on individuals) at 19% ...

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July 23, 2024

Pranay Raj

The Economic Survey Only Increases Concerns of Inequality

A closer look at the figures reveals a worrying story. Representative image. Photo: Icarda/Flickr (ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-NODERIVS 2.0 GENERIC). As the country gears up for the presentation of the Budget for the financial year (FY) 2024-25, the economic survey for 2023-24, tabled by Union financ...

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December 23, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

When less than 4% of Indian dollar millionaires pay income tax

In FY18, the last year for which disaggregated income tax data is available, only 29,002 ITRs declared income above Rs 5 crore, while Credit Suisse said India had 7.25 lakh dollar millionaires (the wealth equivalent of Rs 8 crore and above) that year. Often enough, the Center claims that demon...

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December 16, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

No escape from the lower-middle income trap, at least not yet

A 17% credit growth in the first quarter of November 2022 means little since personal loans continue to dominate over loans to industry, particularly large industry. In September 2022, the CFA explained how India’s credit outflows flipped or inverted even before the pandemic set in. Personal loans o...

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September 27, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Why are two Indias growing further apart?

In more recent times, it is strong rise in financial assets, aided by fiscal and monetary support to businesses in response to the pandemic crisis, which has led to a sharper rise in inequality More and more global reports and estimates are pointing to two Indias – the rich India and the poor India ...

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September 14, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

India’s demographic curse in waiting

The UN’s 2022 HDI report reveals India remains at the bottom pile of countries in health, education and income levels – far behind the global averages in human development parameters Human capital development is critical for the growth and development of any economy, but that is where India remain...

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Who Pays When the Exam Fails?

Towards Budget 2026: Banks are Doing Great, But People Aren’t

छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

The Economic Survey Only Increases Concerns of Inequality

When less than 4% of Indian dollar millionaires pay income tax

No escape from the lower-middle income trap, at least not yet

Why are two Indias growing further apart?

India’s demographic curse in waiting

Who Pays When the Exam Fails?

Towards Budget 2026: Banks are Doing Great, But People Aren’t

छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

The Economic Survey Only Increases Concerns of Inequality

When less than 4% of Indian dollar millionaires pay income tax

No escape from the lower-middle income trap, at least not yet

Why are two Indias growing further apart?

India’s demographic curse in waiting