In fact, some would argue that owning a house is among the main strategies adopted by Indian households towards de-risking their future lives, substituting for a lack of pension plans or social ...

This kartavya is to be realised through specific “interventions” in at least three areas aimed directly at reviving India’s manufacturing sector. These include: (i) scaling up manufacturing in seven ...

What is infrastructure? It is an odd, but important question, especially in the context of the Indian budget.What is infrastructure? It is an odd, but important question, especially in the context ...

This, however, is a misconception. All economies cannot experience an acceleration in their growth rate by moving to an export-led growth strategy. And if some economies do, they must be doing so at ...

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal (United) (JD[U])—that have been at the helm of political power in the state for more than three decades now are products of the politics of social justice, ...

Whether the kartavyas so enumerated—worded in the language of growth, productivity, competitiveness, aspirations, and inclusive development—will propel the economy forward in the face of a war-induced ...

The geopolitical order established by the US and its allies is being torn down, ironically by the US itself, while the contours of any emerging new order remain unclear. The uncertainty of this ...

Further, the shares of livestock and fishery sectors in agricultural gross value added (GVA) have grown from 22.86% to 30.77% and 5.17% to 7.44%, respectively, during the same period, as they have ...

Insufficient allocation for social sectors such as health, education, and social security in India is not unusual. Spending goals set by national policies for education and health and repeated in ...

Today, there are ministries, departments, policies, and curricula designed to promote happiness. In Madhya Pradesh (MP), happiness has a state department. The Rajya Anand Sansthan (State Happiness ...

The inability to sew up new multilateral agreements ensured that the body runs the risk of slowly sliding into irrelevance like other august bodies such as the United Nations. To make things worse, ...

The 2024 elections delivered Trump an expanded base among working-class voters, with notable shifts among Latino men (reaching near-majority support in several key states) and younger Black men ...