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Labour earnings have been mostly stagnant, too. On average, the quarterly rate of growth of GDP prior to the pandemic (between second quarter of 2017-18 and fourth quarter of 2019-2020) was 4.8 per cent. (File Photo)

Wages of inequality: The income-growth gapSubscriber Only

February 07,2024 07:34:34 AM

Gap between wage and GDP growth indicates a worsening of income distribution as well as weak improvements in welfare

Wed, Feb 07, 2024

Budget 2023 gestures in promising directions without paying for the fare to anywhereSubscriber Only

February 03,2023 12:52:01 PM

The government envisions economic growth driven by public investment, alongside more directed supply-side measures such as improved skilling, ease of doing business, and easing of credit. Whether these measures are working as intended is less clear.

Fri, Feb 03, 2023

What about the bottom half of Indian households?Subscriber Only

February 02,2022 03:40:14 AM

Amit Basole writes: Little has been done to address inequality and insecurity of the poorest in the budget

Wed, Feb 02, 2022