Towards Tax Justice and Wealth Redistribution in India

Inequality levels have reached historical highs under the Billionaire Raj. These extreme inequalities and their close links with social injustices can no longer be ignored. A comprehensive wealth tax package would be an important step towards a more equitable growth path for India.▶21-May-2024
Nitin Kumar Bharti, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, Anmol Somanchi

June 7, 2024

Tax justice and wealth redistribution in India, Corporate business and political finance, Welfare spending in the past two decades, and more

The India-EFTA Deal: A Model for Developing Countries

Governments are shifting from investor-state dispute mechanisms to treaties that encourage and ease investment. The India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement could be setting a new standard…
▶15-May-2024
Danish

Fragile Petrostates and the Green Transition

Declining oil revenue in politically unstable petrostates invariably leads to heightened political crises and violence. Any green transition must recognise the risks from decarbonisation in these…
▶15-May-2024
Aditya Sarkar, Alex de Waal

Welfare Spending in the Past Two Decades

The last two decades have seen little increase in welfare spending. But the NDA government has created an image of being focused on welfare by renaming schemes, appropriating older ones, and starving…
▶13-May-2024
Reetika Khera, Md. Asjad

Corporate Business and the Financing of Political Parties

Corporate business financing of politics in India goes back decades. The court ruling on the electoral bonds scheme is not going to end this business-politics nexus. We can only hope that the nexus…
▶09-May-2024
Jagdeep S. Chhokar

Is it Time to Change the Way We Elect Our MPs?

The first-past-the-post system, once useful, now struggles to fit India’s complex socio-political landscape. It is time for India to rethink its electoral system to better ensure fair representation…
▶08-May-2024
Taha Ibrahim Siddiqui, Mohammad Shoaib Khan
Book
Book Review

An Economist on the Move

Economist Pranab Bardhan’s autobiographical account focuses on his intellectual growth alongside influential economists and ideas, rather than on personal details. It reflects the well-known…
▶06-May-2024
Pulin B. Nayak

Bombay Stories

Women writing on marriage, divorce, and intimacy in mid-century Bombay provide a unique perspective to the debates raging in the country over the reform of Hindu family law.
▶30-Apr-2024
Urvi Desai