With the passing of professor Abhijit Sen, the country has lost one of its most sensitive, progressive and grounded economists. Professor Sen’s contributions to academia as well as policymaking were significant, with his best-known work in the areas of agriculture,…
While the country continues to grapple with the health and economic crisis as a result of COVID-19, widespread hunger and food insecurity is a silent emergency that has not been getting sufficient attention. Unfortunately, the Union Budget also does not…
“Health Care Takes Centre Stage, Finally” was the title of a chapter in the Economic Survey 2020-21, released a few days ago. Sadly, as we look into the details of the budget figures, that does not seem to be the…
While the Covid-19-induced lockdown has yielded mixed and spatially diverse results so far in terms of disease containment, the socio-economic impact has been uniformly devastating across states in India. This warrants a careful appraisal of the lockdown strategy and a…
