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Union Budget: Who Gains, Who Loses?
05 Jul 2019
Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta takes part in a discussion with economists Dr. Surajit Mazumdar and Dr. Rohit about the key takeaways from the Union Budget 2019-20.
Tikender Singh Panwar
Urban Poor Have Set Agenda for 2019 Elections
04 Mar 2019
It remains to be seen how many political parties pledge to protect the urban poor from eviction and homelessness and work for inclusive ‘Smart Cities’.
Samarth Grover
Research Scholars Protest, Demand Hike in Fellowship
21 Dec 2018
The scholars have further threatened to approach the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) if their demands are not met.
Prabhat Patnaik
The Emerging International Trade Regime
06 Dec 2018
The international economy seems set to move back towards a colonial-style trade regime, where one-way free trade is imposed on third world countries, thereby implying more anti-people measures in the…
Prabir Purkayastha
Dangerous Fall in the Rupee: What does it Mean for India?
25 Oct 2018
Prabhat speaks about how inflation is causing low growth rate in the economy, a problem that the government doesn't quite seem to know how to tackle.
Subodh Varma
Indian Workers on Starvation Wage
04 Aug 2018
By all accepted standards, the official minimum wages in states are just enough to keep the worker alive. What they actually get is even less.
Prabhat Patnaik
Abysmal State of the Indian Economy
21 Jul 2018
We thus have a remarkable combination of stagnation, inflation and a burgeoning trade deficit.
Sashi Sivramkrishna
Wither the Middle Class?
26 Jun 2018
Even as India struggles to regain its growth momentum, let alone provide jobs to tens of thousands of people entering the market for work every day, there are fundamental changes taking place in…
Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Vikas Rawal
US Food Security Double Standards
01 Dec 2015
Seven decades ago, the US provided a major fillip to international initiatives to eradicate hunger when the Roosevelts initiated creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…
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Union Budget 2014-15: Continuity Without Change
18 Jul 2014
Newsclick speaks to Prof. Surajit Mazumdar from the Jawaharlal Nehru University on the Budget 2014-15. Mazumdar says that the remarkable feature of this budget is that the numbers presented in this…