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Did Indian Men Do More Housework During Lockdown? It Depends

It is also worth noting that the data confirms that, even with men helping out more around the house in…
Interpreting Gendered Impacts of Recent Economic Shocks

Now that work from home has become normalised for everybody, hopefully, the stigma that was attached earlier to working from…
Post-Lockdown, Marginalised Castes Suffered More Job Losses

Since the upper castes have more access to education and thereby have more secure jobs, they are less vulnerable to…
Nirmala Sitharaman Should Remember That a Stimulus Delayed Is a Quick Recovery Denied

While relief is of the essence in the short term, the far greater task is that of a reconstruction that…
India needs a strong fiscal stimulus

Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated “Jaan bhi aur jahan bhi”, implying that the economy cannot be ignored even…
Amend the FRBM Act, and spend more now

Not amending the Act is one of the sources of the paralysis in economic policy today. It ensures that the…
After Covid-19: Potential Challenges for Kerala’s Economy

While Kerala’s human development achievements are indeed noteworthy and could serve as a model of sorts for much of the…
Financing the Covid-19 economic package

For the moment, the government should seriously consider the money financing route as funding the deficit will raise interest rates.…
The economic package unpacked

The conclusion is that the government is keen on signalling fiscal prudence by sticking as far as possible to the…
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Are we ready for the long haul?

With nationwide lockdown and high unpredictability during COVID-19, this policy brief recommends a forward-looking relief package. The authors suggest disbursement…
To Rebuild the Economy, India Needs to Be Atmanirbhar in Ideas

In a striking demonstration of what can go wrong if we do not keep our own counsel, today India finds…
In the belly of the beast: Montek Singh Ahluwalia and economic policy-making

Lodged as he was in the belly of the beast, Ahluwalia narrates the developments in economic policy for about 25…
To revive the economy, Modi must turn to maximum government

The economic package announced by the finance minister in mid-May was not a stimulus, as it does not inject demand…
Macroeconomic Consequeces of COVID-19

The response of the Government of India to the likely COVID-induced recession is incommensurate. Assuming production is spread evenly across…
Adopting a public systems approach to COVID-19

So, States of India harbouring greater wealth than most have registered a higher mortality rate from COVID-19 even as some…
AtmaNirbhar Bharat

I do not see the economic package unvelied by the PM contributing significantly even to a revival of the economy…
How to pay for the stimulus

The media has recently reported some economists responding to the suggestion of money financing with the Friedmanesque quip “there ain’t…
Living with the earth in Kerala

It is useful to recall the belief that Kerala was named for its geography…In the 1990s, as mobile telephony was…
The RBI tunes in to the economy

In the recent reconstitution of the Monetary Policy Committee, which conducts monetary policy in India, we can find a refreshing…
Decade Of The POSH Law: Analysis Of Reporting Trends And Low Compliance

The Live Law quotes a CEDA Data Narrative on POSH complaints.
Despite Progress, Why is Female Sterilisation Still the Top Contraceptive?

The Quint quotes a CEDA data narrative on female sterilisation.