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Himanshu
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What Union Budget should have focused on instead of tax cuts for middle classSubscriber Only
February 10,2025 07:12:10 AM
Given the seriousness of the economic slowdown, what was needed was increase in public expenditure to boost aggregate demand
Mon, Feb 10, 2025
Cash transfers are not a panacea — they are merely quick-fix populism for electoral gainsSubscriber Only
January 03,2025 07:27:57 AM
They can supplement and expand social safety nets but cannot substitute for greater state investment in reforms
Fri, Jan 03, 2025
Budget 2024: Prioritising politics over economicsSubscriber Only
July 25,2024 07:17:10 AM
It misses the mark on reviving demand, fails to address rural distress
Thu, Jul 25, 2024
The cost of legal MSP is greatly exaggeratedSubscriber Only
February 17,2024 07:35:05 AM
Large figures to the tune of Rs 10-18 lakh crore have been floated as the cost of the guarantee. Most of these assumptions are based on a poor understanding of agricultural markets or the role of MSP in stabilising prices
Sat, Feb 17, 2024
What the Budget doesn’t tell youSubscriber Only
February 03,2024 07:55:58 AM
This budget is neither a true reflection of the real state of the economy nor does it provide any idea of the future agenda of governance
Sat, Feb 03, 2024
The poverty debate: Was there really a decline in poverty during the pandemic years?Subscriber Only
April 06,2023 16:32:50 PM
Frequent interference in the statistical system through changes in survey and questionnaire design, suppression of data and delaying the release of crucial data make it difficult to have a correct assessment of what really happened
Mon, Apr 10, 2023
Himanshu writes: Budget 2023-24 ignores rural distress, tries to fix demand problem with supply interventionsSubscriber Only
February 06,2023 18:53:42 PM
Government's infrastructure push is unlikely to work unless it is accompanied by the private sector increasing its investment. The track record in this regard has not been very good
Tue, Feb 07, 2023
Budget must address falling incomesSubscriber Only
January 13,2023 07:15:02 AM
Calling India the fastest growing economy is a deceptive claim. It hides the impending economic crisis.
Sat, Jan 14, 2023
Economist Abhijit Sen believed in power of policy to achieve growth, and alleviate povertySubscriber Only
August 31,2022 04:48:33 AM
Himanshu writes: Abhijit Sen had much more to contribute, especially during the current period when his wisdom is needed to make sense of what is happening to poverty, inequality, employment, and state finance
Wed, Aug 31, 2022
Poverty estimates are a shot in the darkSubscriber Only
April 12,2022 04:08:48 AM
Himanshu writes: The responsibility of anchoring policies and programmes to clearly defined goals of poverty reduction rests with the government
Tue, Apr 12, 2022
What the economy needed from this year’s budgetSubscriber Only
February 08,2022 04:00:49 AM
Himanshu writes: Expenditure on social welfare, agriculture and rural infrastructure is the best strategy in an economy struggling with low demand and investment
Tue, Feb 08, 2022
What true MSP meansSubscriber Only
December 11,2021 04:15:35 AM
Himanshu writes: It requires the government to intervene when market prices fall below a pre-defined level, not buy all the produce
Sun, Dec 12, 2021
Jobless growth: the pandemic has revealed India’s crisis of unemploymentSubscriber Only
March 29,2021 02:01:09 AM
The current model of economic growth prioritises capital over labour and is unlikely to resolve the unemployment crisis.
Mon, Mar 29, 2021
The ailing economy needs much more than what Budget 2021 offersSubscriber Only
February 03,2021 03:00:10 AM
While the government has failed to deliver what was promised through the main budget and subsequent mini-budgets, estimates for next year also point to missed opportunities to use fiscal measures to revive the ailing economy.
Wed, Feb 03, 2021
Farm bills are seen by farmers to deliver freedom — not to them, but to private capitalSubscriber Only
September 26,2020 04:05:30 AM
The fight to retain the APMC despite its shortcomings is also a fight to extract a commitment from the government on maintaining state support to the agricultural sector.
Sat, Sep 26, 2020
Freedom struggle was also about combating poverty — there has been a setbackSubscriber Only
August 15,2020 03:46:44 AM
These estimates by the Grand Old Man of the freedom struggle were closely linked to the idea of freedom not just from the British rule but also from a life of poverty.
Sat, Aug 15, 2020
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer introduced a paradigm shift in approach to alleviating povertySubscriber Only
October 15,2019 00:51:52 AM
There is no denying that all the three scholars have contributed a great deal to putting poverty and development economics back on the agenda of economics.
Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Face the declineSubscriber Only
October 06,2017 00:02:12 AM
To suggest that demonetisation improved rural wages on the basis of rise in income of some workers is misleading. It halted the recovery of the rural economy, which had begun after the 2016 monsoon.
Fri, Oct 06, 2017
A Union budget for the villageSubscriber Only
February 27,2016 00:10:44 AM
Government must address the stress in the rural economy, seen in falling wages and incomes, which could reverse recent progress in rural areas
Sat, Feb 27, 2016
The great forgettingSubscriber Only
December 27,2014 00:08:59 AM
The reference period, 2012-13, was a year with record foodgrain production and a normal monsoon.
Sat, Dec 27, 2014Journalism of Courage
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