Arun KumarThe Union Budget for 2023-24 has come at a time when the economy is ostentatiously doing well but is facing challenges both internally and externally. The unorganised sector is suffering due to the policies the government has been...
Sandeep ChachraThe residents of Joshimath in Uttarakhand are coming out in protest. Land subsidence in the region has put their lives, houses, and town at risk and impacted the surrounding land. As part of the relief efforts, at-risk families...
T K ArunTelling the truth to power is, of course, the job of journalists. But it used to be the case that the pre-Budget Economic Survey took pains to highlight challenges (near-term and structural) that policy and Budget outlay...
Arun KumarFocus has to shift from the automated large scale sector, to promotion of the rural economy and the small and micro sectors.The Union Budget 2023-24 is around the corner. A budget is expected to identify the issues facing...
Dhiraj NayyarLike previous Budgets, this too will be tailored to PM Modi’s longer term, prosperity-oriented approach to governance, rather than a short term, populist approach.One of the standard features of office buildings and residential complexes of a certain, not...
T K ArunBy 2051, India may have an additional 335 million urban population. Several new cities will be needed to settle them.ndia needs more than a pat on the back from fiscal-deficit-focused rating agencies and analysts, in order to...
Dhiraj NayyarEleven months ago, in a first for inland waterway cargo movement in India, the MV Lal Bahadur Shastri, a river cargo vessel, transported 200 metric tonnes of food grain over 2,350 km from Patna to Guwahati via Bangladesh....
Srikanth KondapalliLast month’s attack on Chinese nationals at a hotel in Kabul has rattled Beijing. For it had hoped to overcome the “graveyard of empires” and reap the benefits of its resources as well as fill the geopolitical vacuum...
Tikender Singh PanwarFor cities to develop it is essential that decision-making power is given to the local administration — holistic and sustainable city-specific development cannot happen in a top-down approach where the Centre or state decides.A prerequisite for development...
Anil TrigunayatWest Asia is India’s extended neighborhood with deep civilizational connect and historic and P2P roots. Over time, these have been categorized in the 3E matrix, which includes, though not exclusively, Energy Security; Economic Engagement; and Expatriates of Indian...
