Though not featuring in any of the three farm laws, the Minimum Support Price (MSP) at which the government promises to procure 25 different commodities through different agencies, is a central issue in the standoff between the government and protesting…
Carbon prices in the European Union (EU), or the value of one unit of an EU allowance (EUA) that gives the holder the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide (or its equivalent of other greenhouse gasses), are soaring.…
Announced with much fanfare as an innovative means of financing greenfield infrastructural projects, the National Democratic Alliance government’s asset monetisation plan raises a host of concerns. It seems predicated on undervaluing potential returns over a longish period to make the…
Capitalism is supposed to be all about economic growth, through the dynamism that is created by competition. This growth is meant to be driven by investment (or accumulation) which in turn is used to justify the shares of national income…
August 2021 6.14 x 9.21 inches (xx+292) 312 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-81-947175-4-6 Rs 900 The Covid-19 pandemic has generated human suffering and economic devastation across the world – but these reflect not just the effects of the disease but the…
With its gross debt as of March 31, 2021 placed at Rs. 1.8 lakh crore and losses in the preceding quarter totalling more than Rs. 7,000 crore, Vi (former Vodafone Idea), once India’s largest telecom company in terms of subscriber…
ESG investing, or investment that looks to “environmental, social and governance” factors when deciding on potential targets, is much the rage. High net worth investors concerned about human rights, inequality, environmental degradation and climate change have embraced the ‘movement’, happy…
The multiple encounters with government agencies and the courts of Videocon Industries—the now bankrupt durables-to-energy corporate group—on charges of violations of one kind or another get curiouser by the day. Having put behind media attention on allegations such as corruption…
At long last and more than a year after the need for such a scheme became obvious a parliamentary committee has recommended the institution of an urban employment scheme at the national level. The Standing Committee on Labour stated in…
On 16 July 2021 India’s foreign exchange reserves stood at $612.7 billion. That was almost 30 per cent higher than its level of $475.6 billion at the end of March 2020, when the effects of the pandemic began to be…
