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The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

The fiscal challenges of maintaining a low fiscal deficit are used to curtail the entitlements of labour in India. The l...

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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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20ची टोळी – एक चित्रकथा

प्रकाशन का नाम: 20ची टोळी – एक चित्रकथा रचनाकार: ऑरिजित सेन, समर्थ, सोनल रघुवंशी मराठी अनुवाद: अनिल आठलेकर प्रकाश...

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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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PM-Kisan: Who and how many are getting income support of Rs 6,000?

Surely, the Center doesn’t know; had that not been the case, it wouldn’t be giving multiple sets of data, all of which c...

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Recession – What India should do?

Contrary to the claims of the Finance Minister, India is in recession. Even the RBI agrees. Inequality is on the rise. F...

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The State of Finance in India Report 2021-22

Download Report The State of Finance in India report is a first of its kind that expands the domain of...

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नोटेबंदी पर RBI की भविष्यवाणी कैसे हुई सच? | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

नोटबंदी की बात करने से केंद्र सरकार हमेशा कतराती रही है। लेकिन पिछले हफ्ते जब सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने नोटबंदी के खिलाफ याचिका प...

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What RBI told Modi about demonetisation and how it turned out to be true | THE MONEY TRAIL

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 The Union Government has always shied away from talkin...

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While the RBI was sleeping…

Another inversion took place, high frequency data it uses for GDP estimation shows high-end car sales overtook low-end a...

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December 23, 2022

Thomas Franco

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

The fiscal challenges of maintaining a low fiscal deficit are used to curtail the entitlements of labour in India. The labour codes even take away existing rights. The e-Shram portal has over 28 crore registrations, but no benefits are available to them. EPF benefits, including a pension of Rs 3,600...

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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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March 9, 2023

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20ची टोळी – एक चित्रकथा

प्रकाशन का नाम: 20ची टोळी – एक चित्रकथा रचनाकार: ऑरिजित सेन, समर्थ, सोनल रघुवंशी मराठी अनुवाद: अनिल आठलेकर प्रकाशन: ऑक्टोबर 2022 उपलब्ध भाषा: अंग्रेजी, हिंदी, मराठी, बंगाली उपलब्ध स्वरूप: प्रिंट, Epub, PDF *हेन्रिच बॉल फाउंडेशन (प्रादेशिक कार्यालय नवी दिल्ली) यांच्या सहकार्याने सेंटर फॉर फायन...

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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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December 5, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

PM-Kisan: Who and how many are getting income support of Rs 6,000?

Surely, the Center doesn’t know; had that not been the case, it wouldn’t be giving multiple sets of data, all of which contradict each other. One true “master stroke” that helped the Modi government clinch the second term in 2019 was the PM-Kisan announcement on February 1, 2019 in the ...

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November 29, 2022

Thomas Franco

Recession – What India should do?

Contrary to the claims of the Finance Minister, India is in recession. Even the RBI agrees. Inequality is on the rise. From jobless growth, we are in ‘job loss’ growth. Study after study confirms it. OXFAM India Report 2022 on inequality stated that 84% of households suffered a decline i...

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November 29, 2022

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The State of Finance in India Report 2021-22

Download Report The State of Finance in India report is a first of its kind that expands the domain of finance and economics beyond the confines of ivory tower experts. It invites writings from a cross section of academics, policy makers, activists, social practitioners and of cour...

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March 11, 2026

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नोटेबंदी पर RBI की भविष्यवाणी कैसे हुई सच? | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

नोटबंदी की बात करने से केंद्र सरकार हमेशा कतराती रही है। लेकिन पिछले हफ्ते जब सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने नोटबंदी के खिलाफ याचिका पर सुनवाई शुरू की तो उन्हें मजबूर होना पड़ा। केंद्र सरकार ने अपने हलफनामे में बड़े, लेकिन निराधार दावे किए हैं। उन्होंने नोटबंदी की जिम्मेदारी भी आरबीआई को सौंप दी, यह दावा करते हुए...

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March 11, 2026

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What RBI told Modi about demonetisation and how it turned out to be true | THE MONEY TRAIL

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 The Union Government has always shied away from talking about demonetisation. But last week they were forced to, as the Supreme Court is hearing the petition against demonetisation. The Union Government in its affidavit has made tall ...

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November 23, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

While the RBI was sleeping…

Another inversion took place, high frequency data it uses for GDP estimation shows high-end car sales overtook low-end and mid-segment cars in FY22 and continue to do so in FY23 (April-October 2022) Nearly a month after Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava raised a stink by saying that people’s abili...

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The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

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

20ची टोळी – एक चित्रकथा

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

PM-Kisan: Who and how many are getting income support of Rs 6,000?

Recession – What India should do?

The State of Finance in India Report 2021-22

नोटेबंदी पर RBI की भविष्यवाणी कैसे हुई सच? | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

What RBI told Modi about demonetisation and how it turned out to be true | THE MONEY TRAIL

While the RBI was sleeping…

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

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

20ची टोळी – एक चित्रकथा

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

PM-Kisan: Who and how many are getting income support of Rs 6,000?

Recession – What India should do?

The State of Finance in India Report 2021-22

नोटेबंदी पर RBI की भविष्यवाणी कैसे हुई सच? | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

What RBI told Modi about demonetisation and how it turned out to be true | THE MONEY TRAIL

While the RBI was sleeping…

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