Unfortunately, politics, law and economics are likely to converge to ensure that the brunt of the Adani bribery case befalls the Indian economy and consumers. To avoid that, public consciousness about corruption and cronyism needs to be raised.
A new cold war is building up and adding greater uncertainty and accelerating deglobalization.
The nation is not at peace. News of violence and protests have become routine. The result is diversion of the nation’s energies from tackling urgent long term national and international challenges that are piling up with implications for national well-being.
Data from the paper titled, ‘Relative Economic Performance of Indian States: 1960-61 to 2023-24’, show a growing gap that is leading to the questioning of federalism
The ruling BJP leadership attacked it as a Robin Hood idea of stealing from the rich to give to the poor. The idea makes sense given the rising inequality in India and its macroeconomic implications. Just before the elections, the government claimed that multidimensional poverty has declined drastically and that poverty has been almost eliminated. This needs analysis. For that some conceptual clarity is required.
In a recent case of a judge of the Karnataka High Court making certain unsavoury remarks, the Supreme Court called for judges to be “aware of their own predispositions”, but is that enough to deal with systemic bias, asks Professor Arun Kumar.