No more climate neutral

Climate change entering the realm of formal economic policy-making is an acceptance of the crisis and a warning

Labourers in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tripura are paid lowest wages; Kerala tops the list: RBI

Of the 20 states and Union territories assessed, only 10 pay above the national average

Municipal expenditure declined from 2012 to 2018: RBI report

Report finds mismatch between functions & finances of ULBs

What is causing food inflation

It is protein products, not wheat and rice that are pushing food price index

100,000 Maharashtra farmers may not get loan to sow kharif crop

Reserve Bank of India refuses to bail out three district cooperative banks

Green bonds, banks can boost India’s clean energy market

India needs Rs 17.5 trillion to finance clean energy projects in order to ramp up its capacity to 160 GW by 2022

NPAs at Indian banks may rise to 8.6% of loans by March: RBI

NPAs had jumped to 7.6% in March 2016 from 5.1 per cent six months ago. This is because top borrowers are accounting for more and more bad loans.

Protecting the pocket: The impact of inflation and how we can fight it

Not just nations, individuals also have to mull over protecting their pockets given the severity of economic issues

Environmental & social responsibility of financial institutions must go beyond green initiatives 

Most Indian banks and financial institutions do not have any environmental and social safeguard mechanisms

UP Assembly polls 2022: Why state’s ‘jobless growth’ decade will be a headache for new government

Trends over the decade indicate that the pace of economic growth is slow and not sufficient if UP wants to achieve the goal of becoming a trillion-…

COVID-19: What about housing for poor?

Union government’s housing scheme tragets derailed; low-income house buyers face increasingly volatile financial markets 

Fuel, power costs in India rose five times faster than overall consumer prices from January 2021-August 2022: RBI

Urban households in Delhi spent at least Rs 4,100 more in 2022 compared to 2021 on fuel and electricity

India may have highest climate risk globally but its banks are unprepared to support climate action: Report

Yes Bank emerged as leader in climate-risk preparedness; State Bank of India most exposed to coal sector

MGNREGA causing labour crisis: RBI

Rural households in six states said they prefer working under MGNREGA rather than traditional labour, leading to an agricultural labour crisis

MSP on crops has major impact on inflation: RBI

After government said that it will provide 1.5 times the MSP on cost of production of crops in the 2018-19 Union budget, RBI re-assessed the …

Andhra HC dismisses petitions against law to regulate micro-finance companies

Suggests state government should review the law enacted in the wake of suicides by rural borrowers

HC gives temporary reprieve to three Maharashtra DCCBs facing liquidation

These banks being key pillar of the farm lending sector, 100,000 farmers may be affected this year