Book excerpt: How the Suez canal was built

Bob Brier’s 2022 book sheds light on the role played by Bonaparte and his rivals, the British in one of the most important human-made …

India’s poverty reduction slowing down since a decade

The world finally has an assessment of India’s poverty level in absence of an official one for the last 10 years. It increases global …

Bottomless pyramid: It takes only Rs 25,000 a month to be among India’s top 10% earners

What run-away food inflation is doing to inequality can be anybody’s guess 

Union Budget 2022-23: Number of centrally sponsored schemes cut by half

19 schemes under Ministry of Women & Child Development ‘rationalised’ revamped to only 3  

Four clothing businesses that could lead us away from the horrors of fast fashion

Post-pandemic world calls for the need shift towards a circular economy in which waste and pollution are removed from the system 

Make trade work for climate

EU’s carbon border tax won’t take us towards a cooperative world required to combat climate change

Fighting poverty : How jackfruit chips come to save Odisha tribals' day

Tribals resort to distress sale in absence of marketing facilities; the state trains 1,000 tribal women to prepare and sell jackfruit chips

A shift in grants

Mapping changes in total support estimate to the sector; producer support estimate; consumer subsidy estimate; general services support estimate 

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

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

10 million jobs: Vajpayee floated, Manmohan adopted, and Modi faltered

How the promise gave birth to India Shining campaign and ultimately led to defeat of NDA-I

Modi at 4: Where are the jobs? A question that haunts the government

As opposed to the promise of creating 2 crore jobs, the government now stands witness to a steady decline in job growth

Will Bitcoins unleash fresh round of volatility in global commodity markets?

Cryptocurrencies are not just guzzling energy or cornering investments; they have been recently granted entry into the world’s commodity markets

In a bizarre move, Argentina bars NGOs, civil society from attending WTO conference

Argentine government has revoked WTO accreditation of 31 civil society experts without offering any jusitfication

Centre levies 50 per cent import duty on peas; domestic prices likely to get a boost

The development will directly benefit chickpea farmers, who are likely to get higher price for chickpea crops this season

Will behavioural economics change state policy?

Will behavioural economics shape public policy now that one of its advocates has won the Nobel Prize?

Farmers need maximum government

In 2017, farmers will need more credit support than ever. Will the government come to their rescue?

Number of jobless swelled to 197 million in 2015

Nearly 2.3 million more unemployed people will be added this year. The increase in the number of jobseekers has occurred mainly in developing …

Affordable housing a thrust area, says FM

Experts remain doubtful if the poor will benefit from the incentives offered in the budget

International pact to tackle illegal fishing gathers momentum

Agreement promotes collaboration among fishermen, port authorities and coast guards to strengthen inspection at ports and on fishing vessels

Pickled power

Hill women, long deprived of any economic rights, have found their independent, confident voice in activities spurred by a welfare group

The altar is no alternative

SACRIFICING OUR FUTURE: THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT·Ashish and Miloon Kothari·The Consumer Unity and Trust Society, …

Bulls from bears

Book>> Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity edited by Michael Lewis Penguin, Delhi 2009

India smiling, are you smiling too?

India is smiling. The question is: are you in, or are you out? Have you signed up? India is smiling. For good reason. Never has living here been …

Millions of labourers to be affected by brick producers’ strike over hike in GST, coal rates

Uttar Pradesh manufacturers to cease production for a year; Coal rates doubled from last year, GST goes up to 12% from 5%