Liberal politics of Economic Survey 2011-12
The Economic Survey 2011-12 showcases the dividends of economic liberalisation started by the ruling party. But admits: growth is not possible …
Mission health for all
What prime minister needs to do to make good his promise on making 12th Five-Year Plan a health plan
India still scores low in human development in UNDP report
It is ranked at 136 along with Equatorial Guinea while Sri Lanka strides ahead
Pakistan elections: health on agenda
Pakistani politicians woo voters with proposals for improvements in country’s healthcare system ahead of polling on Saturday
Who are the poor?
Identifying the poor and measuring the poverty is a contentious issue. Poverty line is not a sacred line. At best, it indicates how far the …
GDP ignores cost to the environment
Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed?
Poverty level will increase if health expenditure included
Planning Commission factors in less than one rupee a day as health expenditure in its affidavit to the apex court
Planning Commission's poverty estimates do not reflect ground reality
Union Budget: challenges of public provisioning in India
Will the first budget of the 12th Five-Year Plan make a serious effort to plug loopholes in revenue collection and increase spending on social …
Agriculture ministry bats for GM crops
Calls for a national policy on GM crops in its report to Parliament
Budget through the years post liberalisation
Run up to Budget 2012-13
Growing burden
Our fanatical pursuit of GDP as the sole measure of development is only throwing up more catastrophic nightmares
Inheritance of loss
Whatever the poverty line, 50 per cent people in India will remain poor
Why environmental degradation is a big health risk
Down To Earth and Centre for Science and Environment jointly release Body Burden 2015, an annual health report
India’s GDP projected to grow at 7.6% in 2015-16
Agriculture, forestry and fishing sector is estimated to grow only marginally at 1.1 per cent
India loses up to $46 billion to malnourishment
Report by children’s non-profit links childhood malnourishment to educational performance, adult income and GDP
UN report forecasts positive growth outlook for India; pegs 2016 growth at 7.6 per cent
Report, however, warns that high levels of stressed bank assets and fragile business confidence could constrain investment growth
GDP obsession
If the growth rate is so great, why are the poor not getting a taste of it?
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 …
We live in a richer, but environmentally poorer world: UN
While 44 of 140 countries are seeing their GDP rise, their inclusive wealth index is registering a decline
Damage estimates for hurricanes like Dorian don’t capture the full cost of climate change-fueled disasters
Growth accounting incorporates the productive use of capital and innovation into the equation. The question we want to ask is what happens to GDP …
Worry for economy: Labour’s contribution to income keeps dipping
Income is being transferred from workers to capitalists, finds the latest UNCTAD report
Rising CO2 emissions may affect labour productivity in developing countries: Study
Agriculture, mining and quarrying, manufacturing and construction — sectors which account for 73 per cent of output in poor countries' are …
World to suffer $10 trillion loss by 2050 unless nature is saved: WWF report
However, annual global GDP will be 0.02 % higher by 2050 if conservation of nature is done
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