India’s Elderly Care Crisis: Healthcare Costs, Digital Divide, and Policy Gaps Affect 153M Senior Citizens
“I still use checkbooks at the bank and don’t own credit cards, debit cards, or any net banking app,” says R. Sampathkumar, an octogenarian from Chennai. A retired deputy manager from Indian Oil Corporation, he is recovering from knee surgery performed seven months ago. He lives with his wife in
Deep-Sea Fishermen of Kerala and Tamil Nadu: Life, Risk and Survival in the Arabian Sea
The fishermen who go for deep-sea fishing are the most valiant among the marine fishing communities inhabiting the coasts of Kanyakumari and Thiruvananthapuram. Their predecessors used to set sail in all seasons on the Arabian Sea even before the arrival of GPS and wireless communication. | Photo Credit: Joseph Rahul
Punjab Paddy Crisis 2024: Worst Procurement Delays in 25 Years Hit Farmers
Gal lag ke seeri de jat rove, Bohlan bichon neer vagya, Le aa tangli, naseeban nu faroliye, Tudi vichon putt Jagya. (A farmer embraces a peasant, and cries, As sorrow flows through the grains. ‘Bring a rake, let’s sift through our fortune, In this heap of chaff, O son Jagya.’)
Bibek Debroy (1955-2024): The Scholar Who Shaped India’s Economic Transition
Bibek Debroy—”Bibekda,” “Bibek sir,” and simply “Bibek” to his close friends and colleagues—who passed away on November 1, 2024, was a policy advisor of a different breed. He straddled the complexities of economic policymaking with ease. His breadth of understanding of issues, diverse interests, ability to communicate intricate policy matters
Why has the Indian Rupee Slumped to a Lifetime Low, Slipping Below the Level of 84 to the Dollar?
In a recent tweet, a staunch supporter of the BJP government wrote about the Indian rupee’s strength versus the Turkish lira pointing to the lira’s staggering 92 per cent drop against the Indian rupee in 11 years. This, he believed, reflected significant economic instability in Turkey: the subtext of course,
What did the striking Samsung workers want?
Samsung workers’ strike entered its 25th day on October 3, in Kancheepuram. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ The principal demand of the striking workers of Samsung Electronics India Pvt. Ltd in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, was that their newly formed Samsung India Workers Union (SIWU) should be registered under the
TAMIL NADU | The Hidden Human Side of Industrialisation
At a Dell Computers factory in Sriperumbudur in Kancheepuram district. Tamil Nadu is home to numerous multinationals and ranks among the top States in the ease of doing business criterion. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Tamil Nadu is currently a “boom State”, being a leading manufacturing hub and a major exporter
Global Hunger Index: India’s Improved Ranking in 2024 Should Not Overlook the Lack of Critical Data on Nutrition
One of the biggest ironies of present times is that a substantial number of people still go hungry, without the required calorie and nutrient intake, often because of income disparities and circumstances that are beyond their control. In an era when most nations have achieved food sufficiency barring those that
Modi government shuns populist Budget as focus stays on infrastructure
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a news conference in New Delhi on February 1. In her last Budget speech before the general election, Sitharaman said that the Central government will increase infrastructure spending by 11 per cent in the coming financial year and curb its fiscal deficit. | Photo Credit:
PTR writes: Has UP’s economy surpassed Tamil Nadu?
A month ago, social media (LinkedIn and WhatsApp especially) were abuzz with an infographic which showed that Uttar Pradesh’s economy (as measured by Gross State Domestic Product, or GSDP), as a proportion of India’s economy (measured by Gross Domestic Product, or GDP) had overtaken that of Tamil Nadu—with Uttar Pradesh