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The Energy Crunch: Policies, Promises, and Performance

April 18, 2026

A Fragile Passage: Latest Turns in the Strait of Hormuz Crisis The latest phase of the Middle East crisis has unfolded in a blur of competing claims and fragile assurances, with the Strait of Hormuz once again at its center. On Friday,

Trouble Mounts For MGNREGA Despite Government’s Denial

Jayanta Bhattacharya

November 28, 2023

Economy & Development

Condemning the BJP-led Central government for allegedly not disbursing salaries for MGNREGA workers in Tamil Nadu for nine weeks, Virudhunagar Member of Parliament Manickam Tagore on Sunday said that this has impacted around 91 lakh workers.—The New Indian Express, Monday, October 23,

Is A Double Engine Government Pulling UP At The Pace Required To Achieve A $1 Trillion Economy By 2027-28 ?

Vivian Fernandes

October 23, 2023

Economy & Development

Can Uttar Pradesh (UP) become a trillion-dollar economy by 2027-28, as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath proclaimed in June? UP’s gross domestic product was $250 billion in 2021-22 at current prices. To meet the goal, the state’s economic output will have to grow

Lip Service: Indian Banks Are Woefully Underprepared To Deal With Climate Change Risks

Kalyan Chatterjee

August 31, 2023

Economy & Development

While serious statements promising steps to mitigate climate change and curb the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG) are regularly delivered at international conferences on climate change, real movement on this front can only come when government policy is backed by the financial

Is The Index Cited By The PM on August 15 An Accurate Measure of Acute Poverty?

Vivian Fernandes

August 21, 2023

Economy & Development

One hundred and thirty-five million of “my fellow poor brothers and sisters have broken free from the chains of poverty and entered the new middle class” during his first five-year term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared in his Independence Day address to

How PMFBY Ensured Windfall Gains Of 350% For Insurance Companies

Jayanta Bhattacharya

July 31, 2023

Economy & Development

Nirmal Prajapat from Churu, Rajasthan, claims that farmers like him face an uphill task when claiming the amount payable to them under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). In most cases, he says, they are forced to resort to protest demonstrations

How Financial Stress Is Driving Families Into Suicide

Jasvinder Sidhu

July 28, 2023

Economy & Development

In February this year, a couple and their 21-year-old daughter died by suicide in their apartment in Kolkata. Bijoy Chatterjee used to run a small business in the Burrabazar area that provided for his stay-at-home wife and their daughter who was a

Do Karnataka’s Five Income-Boosters Expose The Limits Of GDP Trickle Down?

Vivian Fernandes

July 25, 2023

Economy & Development

Karnataka Congress government has not dithered in redeeming the five pre-poll promises it made. In the budget presented on July 7, it provided ₹39,815 crore for them. This is an income transfer to poor people, especially to women. But the government has

Manipur On The Brink Of Economic Catastrophe

Ninglun Hanghal

July 17, 2023

Economy & Development

It was a lifelong dream for Dimhau to own a beauty parlour. After training as a beautician, she realised her life’s ambition by opening a beauty parlour in Lamka district, Manipur, (also known as Churachandpur) on May 1. But little did she

Interlinked Crises Impacting Global Employment Divide: ILO

TC Web Desk

June 1, 2023

Economy & Development

Mutually reinforcing crises, including rising debt levels, are disproportionately affecting developing countries, worsening the global employment divide between high-income and low-income countries and widening existing inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, says a new ILO report. While global unemployment in 2023 is

$2.4bn Capital Funding In Indian Agrifoodtech Venture As Investors Move Upstream To Tackle Climate Change

TC Web Desk

May 29, 2023

Economy & Development

There was a $2.4 billion capital funding in Indian agrifoodtech startup investment in 2022, a 33% year-over-year decline from $3.6 billion in 2021. The decline matches the global downward trend but there were bright spots where investors backed innovations focused on farmers

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The Energy Crunch: Policies, Promises, and Performance

Trouble Mounts For MGNREGA Despite Government’s Denial

Is A Double Engine Government Pulling UP At The Pace Required To Achieve A $1 Trillion Economy By 2027-28 ?

Lip Service: Indian Banks Are Woefully Underprepared To Deal With Climate Change Risks

Is The Index Cited By The PM on August 15 An Accurate Measure of Acute Poverty?

How PMFBY Ensured Windfall Gains Of 350% For Insurance Companies

How Financial Stress Is Driving Families Into Suicide

Do Karnataka’s Five Income-Boosters Expose The Limits Of GDP Trickle Down?

Manipur On The Brink Of Economic Catastrophe

Interlinked Crises Impacting Global Employment Divide: ILO

$2.4bn Capital Funding In Indian Agrifoodtech Venture As Investors Move Upstream To Tackle Climate Change

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