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Underfunding, misleading claims: The story of MGNREGA in New India

Govt has made tall claims on NREGA implementation; but it is neither keen on providing dignified wages nor allocating adequate funds for the scheme

Economy

Union Budget 2019-20: Same old wheel, neither oiled nor cleaned

Economy

Why the lack of industry in West Bengal?

The Left is often blamed for ruining the economic prospects of the state, but the truth is it inherited a weakening industrialisation scenario that it couldn’t reverse

Economy

Wealth, inequality and children’s right to survival in India

The National Family Health Survey – 4 shows how economic inequality has a direct effect on stunting and wasting of India’s children

Economy

Rise of the machines: Why India need not be afraid

Artificial intelligence, robotisation and automation would open avenues for new jobs rather than generating job losses

Economy

Sino-US trade war: Why China can’t win it

China has no future of becoming a game-changer and a lasting and trusted global leader

Economy

What does it take to tax the rich?

There is no doubt that we will not be able to fix the inequality crisis and build a more equal world without making the rich pay their fair share of tax

Economy

Wake Up World Bank

Absolute immunity leads to impunity, and that foments lack of transparency and the reluctance to be held accountable

Economy

Patent Prosecution Highway: The fast track to disaster

India's decision to start one for Japanese firms could open the tollgates to hasty approvals

Economy

Incremental child budget won’t bring transformational change

If tomorrow’s budget sticks to being just about an incremental change of numbers, nothing much will change. Transformation always needs exponential change

Economy

Unpaid work: Women and the burden of unpaid labour

By recognising unpaid labour as genuine work, India will not only benefit in terms of its GDP figures but also empower its women

Economy

African countries join hands to transform livelihoods

An Africa-led financial mechanism started in 2013 has achieved remarkable results by assisting African nations to address critical agricultural challenges, natural resources management, and climate change, while addressing resilience to livelihoods

Economy

Making the rich pay more to care for the poor is common sense

The growing gap between the rich and the poor is a result of how governments form policy

Economy

Who is economically secular?

The rich have the chance to get richer in an economic crisis while the poor face the prospect of sinking deeper in poverty

Economy

No worries? Ask Simba

A furore over Disney's trademark on the Swahili phrase Hakuna Matata heats up the cultural appropriation debate

Economy

World Bank: Kim and beyond

Here’s a lowdown on what good and bad came out of Kim’s reign as the bank’s president and what seems to be the future of the coveted title

Economy

MGNREGA is failing: 10 reasons why

The government is relying heavily on the MGNREGA MIS to show that all is well, while it should actually review its MIS system itself and correct the present gaps in implementation

Economy

Can activism check Big Pharma’s profit motives?

As prices of life-saving drugs skyrocket, people from diverse fields are getting together to fight Big Pharma

Economy

Measuring sustainability through inclusive wealth

United Nations Environment’s latest report suggests that the Inclusive Wealth Index (IWI), rather than GDP is better suited to capture a nation’s capacity to create and maintain the well-being of its people over time

Economy

US trading on thin ice

As Trump escalates the trade war with China, the key question is what constitutes theft of intellectual property

Economy

World's poor mostly reside in ecologically fragile areas

Looking at how poverty has reduced and where, it is clear that economic growth alone will not lead to poverty eradication. Global efforts must factor in the ecological reasons behind poverty

Economy

How to resurrect Gandhi

We don’t have leaders who can take his ideas and adapt and rework them for today’s world.

Economy

Average 71 patents per drug!

Innovator companies are seeking hundreds of patents on a single drug to extend monopolies and increase prices