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Terms of Trade | Transparency is overrated in realpolitik in India

India, March 22 -- The Election Commission of India, this week, finally released data which makes it possible to map donors and recipients for almost three-fourths of the total amount donated via Elec... Read More


Number Theory: Making sense of latest CPI and WPI numbers

India, March 14 -- We now have both retail and wholesale inflation numbers for February. While the Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew at 5.1% in February, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose by just 0.2... Read More


Terms of Trade | From coalition-dharma to coalition-karma for BJP's allies

India, March 14 -- The BJP dumped its alliance partner, the JJP in Haryana earlier this week, which had the deputy chief minister's position in the government. The decision, most likely, is driven by... Read More


Terms of Trade | The Opposition must revisit its economic approach if it wants to change the future

India, March 8 -- This edition of Terms of Trade is perhaps the last one before the Election Commission of India announces the schedule for the 2024 general elections. While predicting electoral outco... Read More


Number Theory: What HCES tells us about rural-urban inequality

India, Feb. 29 -- The 2022-23 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) data, when it is released in full, will hopefully facilitate a rigorous analysis on various aspects of consumption inequal... Read More


Terms of Trade | Will HCES findings change politics in India?

India, Feb. 29 -- When the government publishes the data for the 2022-23 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES), India will see a big debate on consumption levels, inequality and poverty. The... Read More


Terms of Trade | Politics must fight unequal growth, but sincerely

India, Feb. 23 -- Politics must criticize the failure of the new-economy to solve India's structural transformation problem, but it will be a half-hearted battle unless its decouples with dirty capita... Read More


Terms of Trade | India needs a White Paper on agriculture

India, Feb. 16 -- With some farmers' unions from Punjab resuming their protests and the Union government fortifying roads around Delhi, agriculture has made a reentry into public consciousness, this t... Read More


Number Theory: Four charts that explain the inflation numbers

India, Feb. 13 -- India's benchmark inflation number, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), moderated from its 5.7% print of December 2023 to 5.1% in January 2024. What are the underlying dri... Read More


Consumer inflation eases to 5.1% in Jan

new Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Retail inflation came down from 5.7% in December 2023 to 5.1% in January 2024 in India, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO). In another set of s... Read More