Cover Stories

Painting the Rainbow

Rajeev Deshpande

A 360-degree vision with a promise of sweeping changes in the rural economy and beyond

Betting on Growth

Siddharth Singh

There’s a clear shift in the balance between empowerment and entitlement in favour of the former with a commensurate increase in capital expenditure

Critical Success

Bibek Debroy

A sound policy template enabled the Indian economy’s speedy recovery from the pandemic

The Budget has set the stage for Modi in the run-up to 2024

Swapan Dasgupta

Over to the superstar

‘The idea of empowerment rather than entitlement has gained ground,’ says Nirmala Sitharaman

PR Ramesh | Rajeev Deshpande

In conversation with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Green and Global

Haseeb Drabu | Anil Padmanabhan

Behind the themes of digitalisation, decarbonisation and decentralisation, Budget 2023 seeks to pump-prime the economy with autonomous investment and consumption demand, thereby increasing incomes

The Doctrine of Indifference

MJ Akbar

Narendra Modi has formulated a cogent policy towards Pakistan: ignore the state and punish the rogue terrorist

Joshimath: Once Upon a Town

Rahul Pandita

When the earth cracked open to reveal the inevitability of a Himalayan blunder

Over a hundred startups are putting India on the road to becoming a major player in the global space economy. Their services range from building rockets, providing rideshares for micro and small satellites to launching space balloons for tourism, streaming live HD video from satellites and more