Vizag Steel’s Revival Plan Ignores Core Reform: Mine Access
On January 15, when the rest of Andhra Pradesh celebrated Sankranti, the employees of Vizag Steel stood firmly outside the Visakhapatnam steel plant in protest. They demanded their pending salaries—In fact, since September 2024, their salaries have been inconsistent. But that did not stop employees from working at the steel
India’s Startup Revolution is No Longer Soaring Skyward. Lack of Consumption Demand and Funds are to Blame
Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses for a selfie during the launch of “Startup India”, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on January 16, 2016. For 2024, the Hurun Research Institute’s Global Unicorn Index showed that India’s startup ecosystem had slowed, with the number of unicorns down for the first time
Hindenburg Research Shut Down: Inside Story of the Short-Seller that Exposed Adani Group
Why did the US short-seller Hindenburg Research shut shop? Was it on account of real or perceived pressures and apprehensions of doom and despair? Or was it simply because the firm’s founder Nathan (Nate) Anderson and his 11 colleagues just wanted to move on, having achieved what they wanted less
Stringent Economic Policies and Growing Militancy have Left People in J&K Feeling Frustrated with the Centre
In September 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election rally in Jammu city, five years after the party he leads at the centre hacked away Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status and ended its statehood. “The Jammu region in particular faced decades of injustice at the hands of the
Manmohan Singh Combined Market Liberalism and Nehruvian Welfarism to Craft Modern India’s Economic Vision
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he received a special memento from K. Venugopal, Founder Editor of Businessline, in New Delhi on March 15, 2019. | Photo Credit: Kamal Narang In the tributes paid to Manmohan Singh, he has been described as the architect of economic liberalisation since he was
India’s Growth Slowdown Meets Global Headwinds
For many economists, India now is in what they call a “cyclical growth slowdown”: essentially a slump in demand that causes a temporary bump on the road. And this may be the more optimistic take. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Reams of news space were occupied this week by the
INTERVIEW | ‘Gujarat Model Undesirable, Should Be Replaced by Delhi Model’: Jasmine Shah, AAP leader
On December 15, 2024, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Jasmine Shah’s book, The Delhi Model: A Bold New Road Map To Building a Developed India, was released ahead of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election scheduled for early 2025. It is an insider’s account of the making of the “Delhi model”
How AAP’s Trickle-up Economics Offers an Alternative Path of Development | Book Excerpt from ‘The Delhi Model’ by Jasmine Shah
Aam Aadmi Party National Convener Arvind Kejriwal, flanked by Delhi Chief Minister Atishi (right) and party leader Manish Sisodia (left) during the book launch of Jasmine Shah’s The Delhi Model, in New Delhi on December 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Ahead of the final leg of the 2024
SUM AND SUBSTANCE | India’s Middle Class is the Biggest Loser of 2024
In a year of “yes, no, maybe” both the Reserve Bank and the Finance Ministry now agree that the country has a growth problem. If they had been listening to what consumer goods companies have been saying for a while, they may have reached that conclusion sooner. India’s festive season
France in Turmoil: Prime Minister Michel Barnier Ousted in No-Confidence Motion Amidst Economic Crisis
When Prime Minister Michel Barnier unveiled his deficit-reduction plan in October, promising to bring down the public deficit from around 6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to 3 per cent in 2029, it was seen as an attempt to steer the French economy into calmer waters. But on