Economists like Raghuram Rajan, Abhijit V Banerjee and Manmohan Singh, as well as politicians like P Chidambaram and Yogendra Yadav, have been advocating more cash be put in the hands of people. But they haven’t answered ‘How?’, ‘How much?’, and ‘At what cost?’ Synopsis Economists like Raghuram Rajan, Abhijit V Banerjee and Manmohan Singh, as … Read more
During the three years up to 2018-19, over Rs 58,000 crore of foreign funds have been received by non-government organisations (NGOs). The rising quantum of funds, received by those registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010, could have prompted GoI to usher in tighter controls. The avowed objective of the amendments is to … Read more
For a country where people often get reduced to statistics given the humongous population, India hardly has any effective data measurement tools that can be relied upon and swung into action amidst a pandemic, as the ongoing Covid-19 crisis has exposed. The Indian administration doesn’t have data on how many migrant workers lost their lives … Read more