C P Chandrasekhar & Jayati Ghosh

Despite its shortcomings, the current procurement regime is gaining in terms of farmer, crop and geographical coverage. That is why fear of it being dismantled is triggering protest

Conventionally, it is private investment that drives capitalism. But in recent times, in the US and China, it is public investment that has been the driving force

With Vodafone-Idea threatening to throw in the towel, India’s telecom business is headed for a private sector duopoly. But matters may not stop there

Millions of urban Indian residents are struggling without livelihood opportunities. A national urban employment scheme needs to be put in place immediately

The sharp spike in India’s foreign exchange reserves since March 2020 is a result of investors riding on cheap capital into Indian equity and debt markets

Financial liberalisation that was meant to mobilise more resources for domestic investment in the ‘dynamic’ East Asian region has led to exactly the opposite

Five years after the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was enacted, banks are still struggling to recover the vast sums they have lent

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