WhatsApp usernames

WhatsApp usernames face India’s fraud test

WhatsApp usernames protect phone numbers, but India wants answers on impersonation, fraud, and traceability before rollout. #Whatsapp #usernames Read more »
Caste wage gap

Caste wage gap weakens India’s education push

India’s skilling push cannot close caste wage gaps without measuring discrimination in private and informal work. #castegap #wage #discrimination Read more »
care economy

Care economy jobs can solve two labour failures

Ageing and smaller families are giving way to care economy, and India can turn it into paid work only with standards and public funding. #careeconomy #ageing Read more »
RBI Financial Stability Report

RBI Financial Stability Report flags small loans risk

RBI Financial Stability Report shows clean bank books, but household debt, micro firms and costlier deposits need closer watching. #RBI Read more »
West Bengal's debt

West Bengal’s debt: Economic growth must justify borrowing

West Bengal's debt-funded development can sustain only when institutions lift economic growth rate above borrowing costs. #WestBengal Read more »
Kerala migration

Kerala migration debate is trapped in remittance arithmetic

Kerala migration history and patterns should make it wary of treating workers from other states as outsiders. #Kerala #migration Read more »
yen crash against dollar

Yen crash shows limits of currency defence

The yen crash shows why reserves can slow currency pressure but cannot replace coherent monetary and fiscal policy. Read more »
GST reforms

GST reforms: Good and Simple Tax agenda remains unfinished

GST reforms have widened compliance and lifted revenue, but fuel, electricity and classification disputes keep the agenda incomplete. #GST Read more »
social registries, cash transfers to women

Social registries cannot settle women’s cash transfers

Social registries can target income support, but they weaken schemes meant to recognise women’s unpaid care work. Read more »
weak monsoon

Weak monsoon may test India Inc’s rural bet

IMD’s weak monsoon forecast has turned rural demand into an FY27 earnings risk for autos, tractors and FMCG firms. #FMCG #monsoon Read more »