The painful lessons of India’s latest corporate credit shock

IL&FS raises questions over management, regulation and infrastructure development...

The proof behind India’s rising income inequality

India’s top 5% today earn as much as the remaining 95% combined...

The haircut analysis that could have cemented Modi’s jobs rhetoric

“India produced 17,000 new Chartered Accountants in the fiscal year 2016-17. 5,000 of them may have started their own accounting practice...

Arvind Subramanian: A Century On A Treacherous Track

“This extended conversation is one of the most satisfying and rich I have had on the Indian economy.”...

Dark side of India’s nightlights

As states grow economically, the gap between the rich and poor districts within the state widens, as observed in night lights data from 1991 to 2015...

Stop this jobs charade with Jairam Ramesh

India must debate solutions to the employment problem, as a true democracy should and would...

ICICI controversy shows privatising public banks isn’t guaranteed to make them better

After the PNB-Nirav Modi scandal, there was an outburst of commentary calling for privatisation of public sector banks. It is far more complicated than that...

Congress’ Economic Resolution A Shift From Its Past Vision, Says Praveen Chakravarty

he Indian National Congress’ economic resolution, released at its plenary session over the weekend, acknowledged that the private sector will have critical role to play in fixing the economy...

Why RBI is watching currency derivatives

It is prompted by speculation concerns rather than intention to reduce volatility ...