COVID-19: Bengal cotton loom trade hit

Exports fall by 10 per cent in five months, taant trade badly hit 

Employed but poor

Poverty among employed people underscores the need for a new strategy on job creation

It is official: The monsoon is the chief finance minister of India

Economic growth in 2016-17 depends critically on a good monsoon, says Economic Survey

Adverse weather pushes up food prices

Prices of sugar, palm oil and milk have gone up sharply

Have regional parties delivered?

They have not offered an alternative path to development to reflect local aspirations

End of dividend

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Ecologically subsidised city

Kolkata's ecosystem can educate one about living creatively with nature

Mileage debate re-ignited

Fuel inefficiency of US vehicles more conspicuous as petrol prices spiral upwards

Get cracking!

Trade threatens Brazilian nuts

Seeds of ruin

Indian farmers grapple with debt as economy grows

Dream work?

The UPA government's first full-fledged budget is full of promises. How real are they?

ILO says economic growth leads to longer working hours in Asia

From the blurbs

The first punch

It's the economy Americans are worried about

Tuber trouble

Poorest countries are in debt; spent record $443.5 bln in debt service payments

Interest payments by these countries quadrupled to all-time high of $23.6 billion in 2022

Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals

Researchers from the EU and other OECD nations demonstrated high levels of scepticism

Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt burden increased to record $702 billion in 2020 — highest in a decade

The region has more debt than it can pay off

COVID-19:The world is not on the track to green recovery, finds UN report

Only 18% of recovery spending to deal with COVID-19 impact was green, the report said

COVID-19 pushed 119-124 million into poverty: World Bank updates estimates

The number of pandemic-induced new poor is forecast to rise to 143-163 million in 2021

COVID-19: Sitharaman’s ‘agri bouquet’ does not cut ice with farm experts

Farmers need immediate help rather than plans for the future, they say

COVID-19: Sitharaman’s MSME talk draws scepticism

Demand needs a leg-up: experts; Migrants question goes unanswered

Sino-US trade war: Why China can’t win it

China has no future of becoming a game-changer and a lasting and trusted global leader