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Terms of Trade: Are universities as radical as they were 50 years ago?

India, June 6 -- This column was written on a day which marks 50 years of Jaiprakash Narayan's call for Sampoorn Kranti (total revolution) in Patna (June 5). While JP's clarion call in 1975 was target... Read More


Electoral gains in states, a growth-inflation balance remain highlights of NDA term so far

India, June 6 -- In 2014, Narendra Modi became the second non-Congress Prime Minister in India to assume office on the strength of his party winning a parliamentary majority of its own. The first time... Read More


For economics students at IEG, a class by Sitharaman

New Delhi, May 30 -- The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), founded by the grand old man of Indian economics V K R V Rao in 1952, normally a place for senior researchers and a training ground for the... Read More


An economics class by FM Sitharaman for students at IEG

New Delhi, May 30 -- The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), founded by the grand old man of Indian economics V K R V Rao in 1952, normally a place for senior researchers and a training ground for the... Read More


For economics students at IEG, a class by Sitharaman

New Delhi, May 30 -- The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), founded by the grand old man of Indian economics V K R V Rao in 1952, normally a place for senior researchers and a training ground for the... Read More


How consumer sentiment in rural, urban India differs | Number Theory

India, May 29 -- The Reserve Bank of India published data for its rural consumer confidence survey (R-CCS) for the first time in April 2025. R-CCS data has been published from September 2023 onwards i... Read More


TERMS OF TRADE: When the personal is political

India, May 28 -- Anybody who follows politics in Bihar will know that Tej Pratap Yadav, the elder son of Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav, is no stranger to controversies and i... Read More


Why are households borrowing more | Number Theory

India, May 27 -- These pages have discussed the trend of rising household credit and the headwinds it has generated for household savings in the Indian economy. While there has been a lot of alarmist ... Read More


Terms of Trade: How "spring thunder" became a doomed revolution in India

India, May 22 -- On 21 May, news broke that security forces had killed 26 members of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) in an operation in the forests of Abhujhmad, Chhattisgarh. Among tho... Read More


The economic effects of rising household debt | Number Theory

India, May 20 -- Last week, the National Statistical Office (NSO) released the National Account Statistics (NAS) tables for 2025 which has data up to 2023-24. An HT analysis of this data pointed out t... Read More