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Walvekar was arrested on December 17 last year under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act. (Representational Image/ DC File)

DC Edit | No relief from rising prices

The Consumer Price Index â€” also called retail inflation â€” in India shot up to a 17-month high of 6.95 per cent in...

15 April 2022 12:23 AM IST

India has moved down three places to 77th rank in terms of money parked by its citizens and enterprises with Swiss banks at the end of 2019. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Managing future shocks: Way to self-reliant...

No one really knows what the world will look like in a year or two but at this moment it seems very likely that the war...

24 March 2022 12:32 AM IST

India has, according to the governments own data, the lowest labour participation rate in South Asia and one of the lowest in the world. (Representational Image/ AP)

Aakar Patel | Why are voters not bothered about economy, absence of...

The curious thing is that the economy does not appear to be a relevant subject in Indiaâ€™s political debate

8 Feb 2022 2:13 AM IST

(Clockwise from L) Founder and Executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab and WEF president Borge Brende listen Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking remotely during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda virtual sessions at the WEFs headquarters in Cologny near Geneva on January 17, 2022. (AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why itâ€™s tough to invest in India: Fix...

The challenge on the economic front now seems to be to place India as a strategic part of the global supply chain, a...

21 Jan 2022 1:57 AM IST

Indias GDP to contract 16.5 pc in Q1 as pandemic spreads, says SBI report. (Representative Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | The loss of momentum in Indiaâ€™s economic growth

The Indian economy, which has been in distress for most of the last decade, is now seriously stricken

28 Dec 2021 2:27 AM IST

Chinas Premier Li Keqiang has developed an index which measures real GDP growth through three indicators railway cargo volume, electricity consumption and loans disbursed. Representational Image. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | The middle class is not growingâ€¦ What does future hold...

The government is run like a kingdom and the elected leader does not need to respond to questions or hold press...

27 July 2021 2:28 AM IST

Indias services activity collapses as coronavirus palayses global economy. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | As world keeps growing, Indiaâ€™s sinking, going back to...

According to the government data, our economic growth began braking sharply before January 2018

29 Jun 2021 7:28 AM IST

It affirmed the Baa2 foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings for India.

Aakar Patel | If you do not admit thereâ€™s a crisis, you canâ€™t...

The problem is a major one, and it affects not just the Prime Minister but hundreds of millions of people across the...

12 Oct 2020 10:51 PM IST

Unemployment at the beginning of the year was at eight per cent, the highest in Indias history. This was before the lockdown. Today it is around 20 per cent. PTI Photo

Aakar Patel | Modi and his bhakts, and the reality of todayâ€™s India

Meanwhile, as if oblivious to the reality of the decline of India, Modi continues with his political games

16 Jun 2020 4:37 PM IST

It affirmed the Baa2 foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings for India.

A bad time for India, but with bad leadership

Outside of the formal sector, data has been difficult to collect credibly in India.

1 March 2020 1:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the at World Economic Forum plenary in Davos on Tuesday.

Dev 360: Vikas is there, but not sabka saath'

A chilling reminder comes from the WEF's latest Inclusive Development Index, which puts India at 62nd place among...

25 Jan 2018 7:22 AM IST

The demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations and RBI restriction on cash withdrawal has dealt a body blow to the citys chit fund business and it is on the verge of collapse.

Cash is pro-people, only rich love digital

The purest currency in people's economies is life, love, communion and trust.

30 Nov 2016 12:14 AM IST