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How Do Health Expenses Continue to Shape Economic Inequality in India?
1+ week, 46+ min ago (744+ words) Published: Sep 07, 2026 15:45 IST - 8 MINS READ For many Indian households, falling sick is not only a health concern but also a financial issue. A hospital visit can bring costs for treatment, medicines, tests and travel, while an illness can also mean…...
Raghuram Rajan: India’s Jobs Crisis Needs a New Growth Model
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1815+ words) Published: Sep 01, 2026 12:58 IST - 31 MINS READ Also Read | Beyond the factory floor Last month, the “Cockroach protests” by young Indians stunned the country. It was about corruption in the education sector, but it was also about a broken ladder of opportunity…...
India’s FTA Push Faces a Critical Utilisation Gap
2+ week, 4+ day ago (598+ words) Published: Aug 26, 2026 17:53 IST India’s free trade agreement (FTA) strategy is entering a different phase. For much of the past decade, success was measured by how many markets New Delhi could bring within its preferential trade network. As that network expands,…...
Indiaâs FTA Push Faces a Critical Utilisation Gap - Frontline
2+ week, 4+ day ago (601+ words) Published: Aug 26, 2026 17:53 IST - 8 MINS READ India’s free trade agreement (FTA) strategy is entering a different phase. For much of the past decade, success was measured by how many markets New Delhi could bring within its preferential trade network. As that…...
India’s Jobless Growth Threatens Viksit Bharat: Why Policy Must Shift Before 2040
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (190+ words) Published: Aug 24, 2026 13:17 IST - 6 MINS READ The current average rate of India’s GDP growth at 6.2 per cent is woefully inadequate to realise its dream of becoming a high-income country. India needs to grow at least 9 per cent annually for the next…...
How Foreign Private Equity and Big Finance Transformed Indian Healthcare Into a Global Profit Asset
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (258+ words) Published: Aug 24, 2026 13:19 IST - 7 MINS READ The players are big. The who’s who of global capital—Blackstone, BlackRock, KKR, Carlyle, Temasek, and Vanguard—are all investing in Indian hospitals, pharma companies, insurance players, and diagnostic laboratories. It is often a trade…...
The Cost of Cash Transfers: India’s Welfare Dilemma
3+ week, 2+ day ago (691+ words) Published: Aug 22, 2026 11:51 IST - 10 MINS READ On August 1, when the Delhi government launched a cash transfer scheme under which eligible women in the national capital would get Rs.2,500 a month, it triggered a huge debate on the burden such schemes are…...
MMDR Act 2026: Mining, Federalism, and Big Business
3+ week, 3+ day ago (116+ words) Published: Aug 21, 2026 13:27 IST - 6 MINS READ There is another violation implicit in the amendment. In its 2024 judgment, the Supreme Court held that States, having the power to impose taxes, could raise tax demands for the period beginning April 1, 2005. The 2026 amendment seeks…...
Central African Republic Gold Mine Collapse Kills 100+
3+ week, 4+ day ago (614+ words) Published: Aug 20, 2026 16:31 IST - 5 MINS READ A landslide at an illegal gold mine has killed more than 100 people in the Central African Republic, on the border with Cameroon, the latest of many such accidents in the mineral-rich nation. The low-tech, artisanal…...
India’s New Pharma Policy Could Make Life-Saving Drugs More Expensive
3+ week, 5+ day ago (609+ words) Published: Aug 19, 2026 11:01 IST - 6 MINS READ For more than five decades, India has built a pharmaceutical ecosystem founded on a simple but powerful principle: reward genuine innovation but ensure that life-saving medicines become affordable. This balance has enabled India to well…...