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Economy
Sum and Substance
What broke Paytm?
The rise and fall of Paytm highlights the precarious balance between ambition and compliance in the country’s financial landscape.
Mitali Mukherjee
Public Finance
Maharashtra Budget: Ambitious focus on welfare programmes; but where is the money?
NDA government unveils welfare schemes targeting women, youth, and farmers, but experts cite implementation challenges and strain on exchequer.
Amey Tirodkar
Economic Perspectives
India’s foreign reserve buildup is a double-edged sword
Growing capital inflows mask underlying economic vulnerabilities.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economic Perspectives
Will the setback to Hindutva politics force Modi 3.0 to rethink economic policies?
Even though pressure mounts on the new government to address economic concerns, entrenched political objectives may hinder substantial policy shifts.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
SUM AND SUBSTANCE
The heat will kill the economy. But it will kill us first
India’s heatwave is a wake-up call for climate action and economic resilience. But what’s the government actually doing about it?
Mitali Mukherjee
Women Empowerment
World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report shows 134-year wait for parity
Global gender parity stands at 68.5 per cent, and at current rates, full parity is not expected until 2158. India ranks third-lowest in Southern Asia.
Vitasta Kaul
SUM AND SUBSTANCE
Gujarat’s growth paradox: A booming economy marred by lax safety standards
As the State aims for a $500 billion economy, recurring industrial accidents and tragedies expose the human cost of its grand economic vision.
Mitali Mukherjee
More stories from Economy
It’s the economy, stupid!
Key takeaway from Lok Sabha 2024 results: Religious hate can fan emotions, but it does not get you jobs.
Mitali Mukherjee
The other ‘Coal Scam’
Fresh evidence surfaces in the decade-long probe into “over-invoicing” of coal imports totalling over Rs. 35,000 crore by corporates including Adani.
Abir Dasgupta,
Ravi Nair,
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Digital Darkness: India leads the world in internet shutdowns
India recorded 116 deliberate internet blackouts in 2023, most of which were found to be in response to civil unrest and State-wide agitations.
Frontline News Desk
How a derelict 200-year-old opium factory symbolises Ghazipur’s industrial decline
The plight of the factory mirrors the economic struggles that have become a central issue in the Lok Sabha election battle in the region.
Anand Mishra
A vote too far: India’s election through the eyes of its internal migrants
Despite the Election Commission’s campaigns urging every citizen to vote, millions of migrant workers find it nearly impossible to cast their ballot.
Annie Philip
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