Tax alterations in budget 2025–26 include announcements of customs duty changes and income tax changes. Following up on the proposed comprehensive review of customs duty, the budget announces the ...

The high volatility that followed the massive pandemic shock of 2020–21 is possibly behind us and economic growth seems to have stabilised at around 6.5%–7%, higher than growth in any other major ...

The slowdown in 2024 provided an inadvertent proof of the effectiveness of this demand stimulus that also reduces bot­tle­necks and sustains medium-term growth.

This global rethinking, accelerated by the surge in debt following the COVID-19 pandemic, is driven by the realisation that the binding numeric targets may not provide the necessary flexibility to ...

The budget speech laid emphasis on the following: accelerate growth, secure inclusive development, invigorate private sector investments, uplift household sentiments, and enhance the spending power of ...

These provisions, framed as efforts to protect the right to privacy, could effectively render the RTI and the information power it accords to citizens toothless. With the DPDP rules set to be notified ...

A decade after Bengaluru’s last municipal elections and five years since the term of the previous municipal corporation (Tripathi 2025), yet another law has been passed ostensibly to restructure urban ...

Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza continues un­abated and unchecked. The brief and all-too-partial respite offered by the ceasefire evaporated as Israel reneged on the terms of the ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are ...

Through an analysis of images capturing death and suffering,  particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, the piece explores how photography bears witness to state failure, unmasking the malice ...

In the last quarter of the 20th century, following market-driven export-oriented strategies, Southeast Asia emerged as one of the new growth zones of the global economy. This inspired many countries, ...

His life’s most notable feature is his political career, which reveals a great paradox in the attitude of any contemporary reader. However, writing about his life and personality may result in ...