Economic impacts of festivals: A case study of Durga Puja in West Bengal
The economic worth of creative industries around this Durga Puja was estimated at Rs 32, 377 crores; it has sizeable shrunk due to COVID-19 and …
How the COVID-19 pandemic affected North America
One of the biggest factors that resulted in the rapid spread of the infection across the continent of North America was the overconfidence and …
In photos: Hard times for India’s wool industry
India’s wool industry may have set off on a decline: Degrading pastureland and an increase in agricultural activity has affected sheep herding …
GST collection for June 2021 below Rs 1 lakh crore
While GST collection is expected to increase from July onwards, a third wave of COVID-19 could again reduce it
COVID-19 vaccination has turned into a ‘battle of the brands’. But not everyone’s buying it
The best thing we can do is to tone down the brand narrative within the significant constraints we face. All COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective
COVID-19 aftershocks: This is an economic collapse triggered by a health crisis
Mehrotra is visiting professor, Centre for Development, University of Bath, UK, and former economics professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Larger share of senior citizens in India’s villages work compared to urban counterparts
Around 50% of male senior citizens were working compared to 22% women, according to the LASI report
What did the billionaires lose during COVID-19 pandemic?
The bloom of the billionaires continued uninterrupted without an exception even during the COVID-19 pandemic
Leg up for green bonds amid record sustainable debt in 2020
Sustainable debt worth $732 billion issued globally; $305 billion of that in green bonds
Antimicrobial resistance has a huge economic impact too
An additional 24 million people, most of them in poor countries, will be forced into poverty by 2030 due to costs of hospital visits arising out …
COVID-19: For migrant workers, a long road ahead
Back home, several daily wagers find themselves endlessly waiting to earn again
COVID-19 hits Bihar’s Buddhist tourist circuit
Steep drop in tourist footfalls from Asian Buddhist countries registered due to panic over virus
How India remains poor: Nine billionaires own as much as half the people
India protests against rising Inequality
Bolivian lithium: why you should not expect any ‘white gold rush’ in the wake of Morales overthrow
Demand for lithium depends on a several factors not under the Latin American country's control
RCEP deal to make investors stronger, people weaker, says trade group
The deal will affect access to medicines and seeds by raising the standards of intellectual property rights, claims Forum of Trade Justice
Mozambique case study shows that poverty is about much more than income
Representing poverty as a well-defined objective condition focuses attention on symptoms and risks diverting attention away from underlying …
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
95 per cent women in India involved in unpaid labour
Report says involving women in the workforce can help achieve future aspirations that can boost India’s GDP by 27 per cent
Global fruit pomace market expected to grow exponentially: study
Long discarded or used only as animal feed and compost, rising demand from health-conscious consumers will change fruit pomace’s fortunes, …
Goa’s mining muddle: Dependants to protest in Delhi
The closure of iron ore mining in the state has rendered 2 lakh people jobless, increased banks’ non-performing assets and impacted state&…
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 …
Not all is well with WTO: growing protectionism, trade wars threaten its existence
Countries are now getting into bilateral or regional trade deals as opposed to global agreements
Rich nations should reduce trade-distorting farm subsidies by 2019: India, China tell WTO
The countries say that talks on further discipline on domestic support can only happen after harmful subsidies are reduced
Poor land use can cost the world $23 trillion by 2050
If the world spends even a fraction of the predicted loss, it can reverse land degradation, which affects the poorest the most
‘Totalitarian movements are self-destructive’
The reason socialist awareness is not possible in the 21st century is that the middle class in India in the 60s was primarily dominated by the …