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It has not amended its own party constitution to disavow secularism and create a Hindu state. Will BJP change the Constitution to...
It has not amended its own party constitution to disavow secularism and create a Hindu state. Will BJP change the Constitution to...
Modi accuses Congress of planning wealth redistribution through high taxes. Congress denies the allegations and underlines that social justice is its...
Synopsis It would be wrong to say that RBI blindly follows the US Fed. But it targets CPI, and that can lead to errors. India’s WPI has changed...
The impact of free rural electricity in Punjab is severe, leading to fiscal deficits. Climate change will drive electrification, impacting budgetary...
Synopsis The new Congress election manifesto makes no mention of OPS. Answering questions, P Chidambaram said OPS was very much on the party’s...
Research shows frequent polls are bad for India, but democracies need checks and balances. One way out would be not-so-simultaneous polls Holding...
Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest sparks debate on political vendettas and judicial delays, highlighting the public’s disillusionment with the legal system...
India has agreed to reduce import duties on electric vehicles (EVs) for companies like Tesla, clearing the way for the automaker to enter the Indian...
Had distress been driving poor people to work, Female Workforce Participate Rate would have risen fastest for the poorest deciles of the rural...
A second term for Donald Trump could have dramatic consequences for foreign policy and other big changes for India. The US election is still eight...
Consider per-capita GDP in the top half of states. The richest are the mini-states of Goa and Sikkim. Among major states, toppers are Telangana and...
While accepting that surveys grossly underestimate the spending of the rich, Indian statisticians have assumed that the non-rich mainly tell the...
Singh was a Jat farm leader of UP, whose grandson Jayant Chaudhary heads RLD. The grandfather gained fame in 1958 for opposing the forced...
With very high debt/GDP ratio and land prices, it is losing out to states like Gujarat Readers, do not sympathise with powerful farmer...
NDA adopted and improved on many UPA initiatives. So how can Congress criticise them? The White Paper on the economy “doth protest too much”,...
Some thought Marxism would die after the collapse of the USSR. But they were wrong. Every year, close to a billion youngsters reach the age of 20....
For any economy to grow at this rate when so many others are sinking is notable. Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh — all India’s neighbours —...
For Hindus, a tirth sthal is about seeking and fulfilling a search for one’s own salvation Prime Minister Narendra Modi succeeded in making the...
RBI projects economic growth at 7.3% for 2023-24, surpassing earlier estimates. The current year’s recovery is significant, especially considering...
Having served 14 years of a life term in jail, the convicts had asked for release on the ground of old age and ‘good behaviour’. How can ‘good...
Traditional data cannot capture the fantastic growth of globalisation through digital services. Much of it is free, and traditional statistics simply...
Letting youngsters decide who they want to marry might have an unexpected benefit for the economy. I am currently holidaying in Bali. Many...
Piketty and Chancel analysed different periods of taxation in India, and concluded that inequality dropped sharply from 1950 to the early 1980s under...
Will this interim budget really be a bore? After all, this is an election year. But the BJP is so certain of winning that it has no need to look to...