C P Chandrasekhar & Jayati Ghosh

The impending debt crisis is spread across low- and middle-income countries. Yet global leaders show few signs of urgency or adequate action to deal with it

Free foodgrain to targeted beneficiaries has been a major plank of the Centre’s safety net during lockdowns. But both in terms of need and state capacity, that effort has been limited

A survey conducted in October 2020 shows widespread hunger across 11 States. In the midst of the devastating second wave, immediate relief is needed

Despite similarities with other Asian emerging markets, India’s foreign portfolio capital inflows and market performance have destabilising features

The large gross and net foreign capital inflows into the country is not only not leading to increased real investment, it is also imposing a a large foreign exchange cost

China’s transformation into a global hub for R&D and innovation poses a challenge that attracts adverse attention from the rest of the world

Supply side disruptions, stockpiling and speculation are driving up global food prices, causing concern in a world yet to recover from the Covid blow

Even before Covid-19, the world was no longer on track to meet the SDG of eliminating hunger by 2030. Matters have got much worse since then

Defying all logic, India’s stock markets have been booming in a year the real economy contracted. A correction is inevitable