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Economy

Cities’ economy and the role of urban industrial sectors, local businesses, employment, startups and entrepreneurship, jobs and livelihoods, formal, informal and gig economy.

Bengaluru street market
Economy

Explainer: How can ONDC make it easier for your local kirana store to sell online?

August 8, 2022 Utkarsha Srivastava

The Open Network for Digital Commerce, or ONDC, is aimed to make the digital marketplace accessible for all e-commerce players, big and small.

General view of Guwahati
Economy

NITI Aayog study focuses on economic potential of Tier 2 and 3 cities

June 28, 2022 Sravasti Datta

Can India leverage the economic potential of its Tier 2 and 3 cities to grow to a $40-trillion economy by 2047? Suggestions from a Niti Aayog report

A wholesale spice market in India
Economy

Editorial: Inflation statistics don’t lie, they are merely economical with the truth

June 24, 2022 T R Gopalakrishnan

Ever wondered why, even when the headlines talk of a drop in retail inflation, you end up paying the same for food? Well, you’re not alone.

Cooking oil and LPG prices have spiked, causing every Indian meal to become significantly costlier and often beyond the reach of the ordinary citizen. In the picture, a typical North Indian thali.
Economy

Editorial: Can’t afford cooking oil, gas or vegetables? Eat less, or eat cake

May 25, 2022 T R Gopalakrishnan

For the urban poor, the sharp rise in prices of cooking oil, gas and other essentials will inevitably mean having to go hungry for longer periods.

Property dealer's office at Khirki village
Economy

How the rise of brokers has changed low cost rental housing in Delhi’s urban villages

May 2, 2022 Malay Kotal and Rana Paul

The broker is the new ‘chowkidar’ in low cost rental housing markets in the capital’s urban villages. But how has this affected access for tenants?

Delhi Palika Bazar
Economy

US trade list names Delhi’s Palika Bazar among five ‘notorious markets’ in India

March 30, 2022 Sri Krishna

Palika Bazar features in the 2021 Notorious Markets List, among 42 online and 35 physical markets worldwide known for selling counterfeit or pirated goods.

Arvind Kejriwal
Economy

Delhi budget: Ambitious targets for job creation, education, mobility and health care

March 28, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna

The Delhi budget of 2022-23 targets creation of 20 lakh new jobs, increasing the employment level from the present 33% to 45%.

Delhi finance minister Manish Sisodia with entreprnerushp curriculum students
Economy

Participatory Delhi budget could spring some surprises, especially for the startup segment

March 23, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna

The economic survey noted that Delhi has replaced Bengaluru as India’s startup capital; how would that be reflected in the upcoming Delhi Budget?

Ethereum, a cryptocurrency platform
Economy

Definitions hazy and questions aplenty over cryptocurrency tax, but here’s what you must know

March 1, 2022 Utkarsha Srivastava

Unlike exchange of money in the real world, cryptocurrency payments exist purely as digital entries in an online database, unregulated by central banks.

Unemployed daily wage workers in Shimla
Economy

Budget 2022 offers no urban job scheme, but promises 60 lakh new jobs

February 24, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna

Budget 2022 seems to say that if the government spends more on infrastructure and continues to incentivise MSMEs, new jobs will follow.

Nirmala Sitharaman before the presentation of Budget 2022-23
Economy

Editorial: Why do we need this annual Budget Tamasha?

February 22, 2022 T R Gopalakrishnan

For the average citizen, the budget jargon means nothing. The real question is how does it affect him? Has it made his life any better?

personal finance women investing
Economy

What all women (and others) need to know about investing for the future

December 11, 2021 Arushi Jain

Urban women today are often educated and capable enough to work and earn, yet have little information about investing options available to them.

Farmer protests at the Delhi border
Economy

Opinion: The reforms that protesting farmers really want and need

December 2, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Farmers’ opposition to the farm laws stemmed from their fear that these laws would dismantle the traditional mandis in Punjab, Haryana and UP

Ahmedabad evicting street vendors selling non-veg food
Economy

Ahmedabad: Evicting non-veg food stalls violates right to livelihood of street vendors

November 28, 2021 Darshan Desai

The municipal corporations in Ahmedabad had reportedly launched a drive to remove street vendors selling non-vegetarian dishes in roadside stalls.

Second COVID wave in India badly hit daily wage urban workers
Economy

Editorial: Five key steps to jump start a job scheme for urban workers

November 15, 2021 T R Gopalakrishnan

With slowdown in industries making jobs scarce across the country, a work scheme for urban workers at the grassroots is much needed. And it can be done.

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