income inequality

Income inequality: What India’s tax data conceals

India is producing more high earners without creating enough productive jobs for its youth, and addressing the problem of widening income inequality. #inequality Read more »
India-UK CETA

India-UK CETA puts exporters’ capacity to test

India-UK CETA cuts tariffs across most goods, but exporters must still meet strict origin, quality and delivery requirements. #tariffs #India #UK Read more »
Unemployment:

Unemployment crisis: Exam queues are wasting away demographic dividend

India needs to address the unemployment crisis as the demographic advantage is being lost in exam queues, paper leaks and delayed recruitment. #unemployment Read more »
Tamil Nadu welfare programmes

Tamil Nadu welfare programmes need a stronger revenue base

Tamil Nadu welfare programmes face a revenue test as debt, interest costs and weak tax collection narrow the state’s fiscal room. #TamilNadu #welfare Read more »
India’s unemployment rate

Why India’s unemployment rate misses the jobs crisis

India reports low unemployment rate, but informal work, poor wages and agricultural underemployment define the country's labour market. #unemployment Read more »
Iron ore production

Iron ore production needs to match steel expansion pace

India's steel output is growing twice as fast as iron ore production, exposing the industry to a widening raw-material constraint. Read more »
India’s GDP growth data

India’s GDP growth data still face a trust deficit

India’s GDP growth data under the new series update the economic record, but clearer methods and revision data are needed to restore confidence. #GDP #economy Read more »
Core sector growth

Core sector growth rests on ore, power and public works

India’s rebased core sector index rose to 5% in June as iron ore and electricity offset falling oil, gas, refinery and fertiliser output. #coresector #IIP Read more »
EPFO needs investment

EPFO needs investment skills to match its financial weight

Different liabilities under EPFO’s provident fund, pension and insurance schemes require different investment strategies. #EPFO Read more »
Russian oil imports

Dependence on Russian oil imports carries a US trade cost

Russian oil imports comprised more than half of India’s June crude imports, leaving New Delhi exposed to renewed US tariff threat. #Russia #oil Read more »