The writer is an associate professor, Economics, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
November 28, 2019 01:32 IST
The sugar and tobacco industry have gained notoriety for having done this in the past: Funding friendly research that cultivated doubts in people’s minds about independent research that highlighted the harmful health effects of sugar and tobacco.
April 28, 2018 00:02 IST
Chris Wylie took on a corporation, Facebook, Edward Snowden took on the state. With Aadhaar, we are up against the combined might of both.
June 02, 2017 02:15 IST
Aadhaar doesn’t empower people, only the state
April 05, 2017 00:10 IST
Discussion on Universal Basic Income shows an ignorance of inconvenient facts in our experience with direct benefit transfer and Aadhaar
February 03, 2016 00:08 IST
As it completes 10 years, there is enough evidence to show that India needs the MGNREGA
June 06, 2015 00:09 IST
Child nutrition is being held hostage to spurious, largely upper caste, arguments.
September 02, 2014 00:12 IST
Rajasthan’s decision to ‘target’ free medicines and diagnostics is contrary to the recommended role.