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A Rural Awakening for Manufacturing

The lopsided nature of spatial development and structural transformation in India has weakened the linkages between economic growth and job...

15.11.2024 10

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Ejaz Ghani

Persistent Backwardness of the Rural Economy

The backwardness of the rural economy is one of the most critical challenges facing the government. The article examines the conditions of the...

15.11.2024 1

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B A Prakash

Women-owned Non-agricultural Enterprises Can Translate Recent Employment Surges into Faster Growth

Employment increased by about 150 million between 2017–18 and 2023–24. About half of this increase in employment in six years is traceable to...

15.11.2024 1

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Bishwanath Goldar

Issues and Challenges in Measuring Informal Economy in India

Exploring the evolution of the informal economy within the System of National Accounts framework, the article discusses  the classification of...

08.11.2024 1

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Ramesh Jangili

A Non-neoclassical Perspective on Private Property and Inheritance Tax

These reflections are prompted by the furore caused by the proposal of an inheritance tax and, independently, the questioning of the meaning of...

08.11.2024 3

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Romar Correa

Distinction between Work and Employment in Rural India

In 2013, at the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, it was decided to make a distinction between work and employment....

08.11.2024 5

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S Chandrasekhar

Erosion of Purpose

As the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity has just concluded, this article analyses how this...

08.11.2024 2

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S Faizi

Bengaluru’s Higher Education Landscape

The National Education Policy 2020 aims to attract foreign students to Indian higher education institutions. This article delves into the migration...

08.11.2024 9

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Shambhavi Bhushan

Menstruation as Additional Work

The recent remarks on menstrual leave in the Indian Parliament raise many issues about the states’ understanding of menstruation and women’s body....

28.10.2024 2

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Madhura Joshi

Operation AMRITH in Kerala

Antibiotics are one of the most significant medical developments of the 20th century. However, their widespread inclusion in therapeutic use has...

26.10.2024 1

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Bhagyalakshmi R

Why Do GST Data Differ across Sources?

The goods and services tax data varies based on sources. Therefore, depending on the database one chooses, the revenue performance assessment of...

26.10.2024 3

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Sacchidananda Mukherjee

The Colonial Origins of Economics

By providing an easy and elegant “answer” to the complex process of development, albeit a wrong one, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James...

20.10.2024 1

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Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven

The Rise of the Nondescript

A close look at the Periodic Labour Force Survey data so far reveals a definite increase in the participation of women, especially in rural India....

20.10.2024 1

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Keshab Das

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