The panel on Louise Tillin’s book featured economist Jean Drèze, former CPR CEO Yamini Aiyar, HT editor Roshan Kishore, and political scientist Niraja Gopal Jayal.
To strike a balance between equity and efficiency, India needs to view welfare as a transition platform—one that protects the vulnerable while enabling upward mobility.
Report presented in Haryana assembly highlights serious concerns over the backlog of reserved category vacancies in govt jobs and underutilisation of funds for state programmes.
CM Khattar announces decision at Karnal programme. If scheme is implemented, Haryana, which faces assembly elections next year, will be 1st state with such a pension.
Published by HarperCollins, ‘Anchoring Change: Seventy-Five Years of Grassroots Interventions That Made a Difference' will be released on 7 September on ThePrint’s Softcover.
Shiv Sena’s audit reports filed with the Election Commission for the past six years reveal that a majority of the party’s spending is focussed on elections.
The allocation for the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities saw an increase of 30.19 per cent to Rs 1,171.77 crore in 2021-22 from Rs 900 crore in 2020-21.
Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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