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The (Few) “People’s Budget”

The budget this year has been touted as a middle class friendly budget. The proposal of no income tax for those with yea...

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Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

73% of the wealth generated in India in 2017 went to the richest 1%, while the poorest half of the population saw only a...

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An “Amrit Kaal” which entails feeding 62.5% population with “free” food

India remains home to most poor people in the world, its per capita income is well below the global averages and it adde...

General Indian Economy

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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...

General Random Reflections

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Why is India crying foul over worsening hunger?

The Global Hunger Index 2022 relies on India’s official data in two of the four indicators, and gives extra marks in the...

General Indian Economy

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India added a whopping 79% to the global ‘extreme poor’ in 2020

Shockingly, World Bank estimated this using a private firm CMIE’s surveys, because the Indian government wouldn’t collec...

General Indian Economy

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Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

We witnessed an infantile jubilance on the part of the government since last year about a “record recovery” from the pan...

General Indian Economy

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Modi’s welfare offers: Extreme poverty led people to condone govt failures during polls

One of the striking factors in the BJP’s electoral win in the recently concluded election in five states is the role wel...

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February 18, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya

The budget this year has been touted as a middle class friendly budget. The proposal of no income tax for those with yearly income up to 12 lakh rupees was celebrated across news rooms ad nauseum. Right before the Delhi elections the budget was used as a tool to woo the sizeable middle class populat...

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January 11, 2023

Suchak Patel

Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

73% of the wealth generated in India in 2017 went to the richest 1%, while the poorest half of the population saw only a 1% increase in their wealth. Economic inequality in India impacts every aspect of our everyday lives, despite the country being a welfare state. As we celebrate 75 years of Indep...

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January 9, 2023

Prasanna Mohanty

An “Amrit Kaal” which entails feeding 62.5% population with “free” food

India remains home to most poor people in the world, its per capita income is well below the global averages and it added the maximum (79%) to the global “extreme poor” during the 2020 pandemic. How do you describe a nation that is the fastest-growing major economy in the world and also the fifth la...

General Indian Economy

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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...

General Random Reflections

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October 18, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Why is India crying foul over worsening hunger?

The Global Hunger Index 2022 relies on India’s official data in two of the four indicators, and gives extra marks in the third, while for the fourth, it relies on FAO’s survey as India has no data! India has been crying foul so often in response to adverse global assessments for so long that it is e...

General Indian Economy

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October 10, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

India added a whopping 79% to the global ‘extreme poor’ in 2020

Shockingly, World Bank estimated this using a private firm CMIE’s surveys, because the Indian government wouldn’t collect household consumption data, lest it reveals the ugly truth The World Bank’s latest poverty estimate delivers shocking news: India added a whopping 79% of new extreme poor to th...

General Indian Economy

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July 15, 2022

Anirban Bhattacharya

Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

We witnessed an infantile jubilance on the part of the government since last year about a “record recovery” from the pandemic. Finance Ministry’s report claimed that armed with necessary macro and micro growth drivers, India is on its way to becoming the fastest growing major economy in the world. T...

General Indian Economy

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April 2, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Modi’s welfare offers: Extreme poverty led people to condone govt failures during polls

One of the striking factors in the BJP’s electoral win in the recently concluded election in five states is the role welfarism played in overcoming anti-incumbency. Ground reports and political analysts have reported and commented on this. The post-poll survey of Lokniti-CSDS and the exit poll of Ax...

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The (Few) “People’s Budget”

Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

An “Amrit Kaal” which entails feeding 62.5% population with “free” food

Recession – What India should do?

Why is India crying foul over worsening hunger?

India added a whopping 79% to the global ‘extreme poor’ in 2020

Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

Modi’s welfare offers: Extreme poverty led people to condone govt failures during polls

The (Few) “People’s Budget”

Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

An “Amrit Kaal” which entails feeding 62.5% population with “free” food

Recession – What India should do?

Why is India crying foul over worsening hunger?

India added a whopping 79% to the global ‘extreme poor’ in 2020

Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

Modi’s welfare offers: Extreme poverty led people to condone govt failures during polls