State of Agriculture: Increasing output
While India’s overall economic output shrank in 2020-21, agriculture and allied sector recorded an almost 10% annual growth rate. As a …
Decline in mobility post-demonetisation spurred present economic crisis: Pronab Sen
While we hear a slowdown in demand in the urban corporate sector, the problem actually lies in rural India
A Gandhian economist ahead of his time
Kumarappa was a close associate of Gandhiji and a firm believer in the theory the village must be made the focus of economic planning. Aware of …
How India remains poor: ‘It will take 7 generations for India’s poor to reach mean income’
World Economic Forum’s latest report says social inequality negates gains from high economic growth
The new urban dream
Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.
Need to integrate human ecology and nature
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Power play
In 1999, Spencer Abraham tried to close down the US department of energy. Thanks to George W Bush, he now heads it
‘Centre using finance commission to promote its flagship programmes’
Centre is urging Finance Commission to finalise tax-devolution formula keeping in mind the national development programme
Sustainable agriculture can be key to reducing youth migration in Africa
Agriculture is Africa’s largest employer and a possible solution to its migration problem
Surgical strikes for fetching jobs
Like terrorism, jobless growth continues in India irrespective of who is in power. To tackle it, we need not cross borders
Sprucing up
...production techniques could go a long way in creating a pollution-free milieu as the final aim would be to achieve a no-waste company discipline
Cost of ecological balance
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Global economy to grow slightly in 2016: World Bank
Global economic activity will see 2.9 per cent growth this year as per a report, slightly higher than 2.4 per cent in 2015
OECD’s ‘new’ narrative on economic policy isn’t exactly new
It fails to acknowledge capitalism’s role in locking humanity into a regime of consumption-driven growth, resource extraction and widening …
Does poverty trigger extremism?
Two recent developments could precipitate a global debate on whether poverty triggers extremism
Today's profits, tomorrow's losses
Ecological economics attempts to evaluate the environmental and other external costs that a society pays to produce a commodity
Nigeria has just hiked interest rates: Why it’s the wrong recipe for curbing inflation
Hike would lead to an increase in the value of the Naira through what’s called “Carry Trade”
The past about to return
The US-China rivalry will lead to more competition, paving a comeback for a ’brown agenda’ we can ill afford
Wealth, inequality and children’s right to survival in India
The National Family Health Survey – 4 shows how economic inequality has a direct effect on stunting and wasting of India’s children
209,762 graduates in Delhi unemployed: Economic Survey
Worryingly, the number of unskilled people in Delhi has also increased from 32,033 in 2014 to 34,258 in 2015
Number of jobless swelled to 197 million in 2015
Nearly 2.3 million more unemployed people will be added this year. The increase in the number of jobseekers has occurred mainly in developing …
New raj wars the old
Its high time the panchayati raj institutions in India reviewed their actual role in spelling out developmental processes
Jharkhand
Most politicians and activists see the Forest Conservation Act as a hurdle towards empowering the tribal population. They want the act amended
Uttaranchal
The process of alienating people from natural resources has not stopped, even with the attainment of statehood
Chattisgarh
Fighting the drought preoccupies the new government. Charting a mining policy to explore the rich mineral deposits is next on the agenda