In a video, a man walks into a vegetable shop for lemons. He pays 5 rupees for the lemon and presents a small glass. The vendor takes out a syringe, inserts it into the lemon. . .

The first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report published by the NITI Aayog has resulted in embarrassment for the BJP and its NDA allies. The MPI is based on the methodology developed by the Oxford Poverty. . .

The innovation story told by free marketeers goes something like this: You need to incentivise the ‘risk loving’ capitalists for inventions and innovations to take place. Patenting is essential because patents provide incentives to invent. . .

Covid-19 has intensified the indebtedness crisis that plagued Indian households even before the pandemic. An analysis by Dvara Research, a policy research organisation, found that even before the pandemic, debts had risen steeply by 84%. . .

Modi boasts that his is the first government to have brought any “development” to India in 70 years. “Ease of doing business” is a mantra of this regime. Why, then, are entrepreneurs leaving this Modi-made. . .

Data from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has pointed out that unemployment in India has risen from 6.5% in March to 13% in June. Urban unemployment increased to as much as 9.78%. These figures. . .

The G7 Summit, held between 11th and 13th June in Cornwall, UK in the backdrop of the ongoing COVID19 crisis and the deadly ‘second wave’ of infections in India. Key issues on the agenda were. . .