Economics

The 213 km-long six-lane access-controlled Delhi-Dehradun economic corridor has been built at a cost of over ₹12,000 crore.

Jackson, an economic historian at Berkeley, is a critic of capitalism, which he defines as a system that turns things like labour and land into assets for market exchange

The ongoing tensions in West Asia are increasing crude oil prices and putting pressure on supply chains and household expenses in India.

As The Wealth of Nations turns 250, debates over tariffs, inequality and monopolies show how Adam Smith's ideas remain strikingly relevant to today's economic battles

From the US Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's tariffs to India's AI ambitions and the paradox in small-cap stocks, here are the key takeaways from today's Opinion page

Three new books use economics to decode behaviour, war and nature - revealing both the power and the limits of economic thinking in explaining our messy world

India's premier tech institutes are witnessing a quiet revolution as economics, once sidelined, emerges as a key discipline with broad applications and industry demand

Why meritocracy is insufficient to get rid of inequity

India’s economic reset underway but clock is ticking: Panelists at BS Manthan

Today's columns encompass economics, politics, and cultural phenomena to bring you a rich mix of reading material.

On the passing of one India's tallest leaders, here is a look at former PM Manmohan Singh's education and career trajectory

There is a need for a shift in the taxation mindset from rates to revenue by moderating tax rates and widening base in order to achieve the goal of 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047, experts said. They underscored the need on transition from rates to revenue focused on lowering tax rates, enlarging the tax-paying base and thereby creating the means for financing of India's investment and development needs. "Conventional higher tax rates haven't resulted in significant tax buoyancy. Recognising this fact, governments in India since 1991 onwards have clearly batted for moderate tax rates leading to greater levels of transparency and compliance," EY India senior partner Sudhir Kapadia said. Time has come to bite the bullet for reforms in direct taxes, he said, adding, there could be one simplified rate structure for businesses and for individuals, there could be one simple three-rate structure with low or moderate rates, no surcharges and cesses and no significant deductions. On GST, he said, a

The existing prize categories will remain largely unchanged, except for Economics, which will now be a separate category instead of being under Social Sciences

The government on Thursday approved a Rs 10,037-crore new industrial development scheme, UNNATI, for northeast states. The Union Cabinet in a meeting approved the Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme, 2024, here, an official release said . The central sector scheme has been announced for the development of industries and employment generation in the states of North East Region. The scheme's main objective is to generate gainful employment, which will lead to the area's overall socio-economic development. The scheme will create productive economic activity in the manufacturing and service sectors. Under the scheme, incentives would be provided to investors for setting up new units or undertaking significant expansion of the existing units. The scheme will be effective from the date of notification and up to March 31, 2034, along with eight years of committed liabilities.

Creating interdependence between funding and ecological outcomes can establish an accountable framework, augmenting the efficacy of conservation initiatives

Georges-Olivier Reymond, co-founder of Pasqal, spoke with Pranjal Sharma at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos about applying quantum computing

The annual rate of increase in consumer prices dropped to 3.9% from 4.6% in October, pushed down in part by cheaper petrol, for its lowest reading since September 2021

Anne Krueger, First deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund spoke on India's growth prospects

The economic sciences award was added by Sweden's central bank in 1968, called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

The consumer price index was unchanged last month from a year earlier - the weakest rate since prices fell in February 2021, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday