April 3, 2020

Knowns and Unknowns in the Covid-triggered Global Economic Crisis

The traditional toolbox of fiscal and monetary measures will not help deal with the exogenous shock given by Covid-19 to the global economy. In these unknown waters for now the state can at best ramp…
▶03-Apr-2020
C.P. Chandrasekhar

In Memoriam: Sociologist and Activist Abhay Xaxa

A reflection on the life and legacy of Abhay Xaxa, visionary Adivasi leader, teacher, and thinker, and what the relative silence around his untimely death says about us.
▶02-Apr-2020
Chitrangada Choudhury, Aniket Aga
Covid-19

Covid-19 in India

India could not have prevented the entry of Covid-19 but it could have responded better to the warning signs of January. If it had, it could have reduced the toll this disease will now take and the…
▶01-Apr-2020
Thomas Abraham
Covid-19

India Cannot Fight Coronavirus Without Taking Into Account its Class and Caste Divisions

The country must rethink its strategy of fighting Covid-19 by taking into account the lives, the work and the living conditions of the marginalised sections of the society.
▶25-Mar-2020
Anup Agarwal, Yogesh Jain

In Search of a New Theology

The Coronavirus outbreak calls for a major stimulus by the Government to rescue an already sagging economy. But the 2021 Budget was itself premised on fiscal conservatism and had made unrealistic…
▶24-Mar-2020
Parthapratim Pal, Partha Ray
Covid-19

How Well Prepared is India’s Health System to Deal with the Coronavirus Epidemic?

The government needs to give clear answers.
▶20-Mar-2020
Health Reporters
Covid-19

Coping with the Coronavirus Pandemic

India must act now to prevent a spike in coronavirus transmission that could quickly overwhelm its weak health systems. Cooperation between union & state governments, increased testing and…
▶19-Mar-2020
K Sujatha Rao
Essay

The Continuing Relevance of MGNREGA

For more than five years the Government has been lukewarm towards the MGNREGA. Yet, in the midst of the ongoing slowdown this very programme is a potentially effective instrument that it can and…
▶17-Mar-2020
Sudha Narayanan
Review Article
Book
Book Review

What Makes for Economic Growth Persistence?

‘India needs to build quality institutions of the kind that have been associated with the dynamics of growth in the high productivity countries. This also means that India needs to focus on creating…
▶11-Mar-2020
Anoop Singh