The US announcement to lay a 5% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico (starting June 10) until it stops the flow of “illegal migrants” spurred sharp losses in the Mexican peso and general risk-off...
Post the Supreme Court’s decision in Puttaswamy versus Union of India case (2017), the right to privacy has clearly been established as a Fundamental Right under Article 21 of Indian Constitution. The judicial decision has...
Youth of today are the key instruments for positive social change and the driving force for economic development and technological innovation. The changing social and economic environment impacts people in different ways and it is...
General Elections are round the corner. There is lot of uncertainty about the outcome of elections. Many opinion polls are predicting a BJP victory. Even the stock market is going up under the expectations of...
Corruption and poor governance as a major deterrent to investment and economic growth is well known. Yet in many spheres we have accepted corruption as a way of life. However, with the growing public awareness...
Targeting the poor has been a constant challenge for policy makers in India. In the early 70’s the social planners followed the strategy of growth mediated development policies with the assumption of ‘Trickle Down Hypothesis’...
A mix of pulverized coal and toxic gases – known as fly ash – are polluting the air and water near power plants in southeast India. Villagers have decided to fight back. Karthikeyan Hemalatha reports...
Congress President, Shri Rahul Gandhi has promised that his party will implement the scheme of Universal Basic Income for all if the party comes to power after the next general elections. There are skeptics who...
Crime against women across the globe is both endemic and structural to any society. Number of incidents reported around the world demonstrate the gravity of this scourge. As per UN estimates, about 35% of women...
“Don’t blame God for creating the tiger, but thank him for not giving it wings. “One wonders if ancestral Indian wisdom has not again struck. And this time, Narendra Modi, having triumphed in power in...
The concerns on health issues is grave in rural India. Though average amount spent on health in rural India (₹ 16,956) is at least 40% less than that of urban India (₹ 26,455) but number...
IL&FS was incorporated in 1987, initially promoted by the Central Bank of India (CBI), Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) and Unit Trust of India (UTI). IL& FS is a systemically important Non-Deposit accepting Core...
