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 »
China global governance bid

China’s global governance bid tests India’s diplomacy

China’s new white paper turns old positions into a bid to shape global governance, technology rules, and international diplomacy. Read more »
PSU disinvestment

PSU disinvestment no substitute for reform

PSU disinvestment can ease FY27 fiscal arithmetic; it cannot fix subsidy pressure or weak tax buoyancy. #PSU #disinvestment Read more »