Category Center for the Study for Finance and Economics

Nationalist Entrepreneurship and State Resistance: The Rise and Fall of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company

VO Chidambaram Pillai is not a household name. He comes up rarely in any list of the heroes of India’s freedom movement. He deserves better. From Tuticorin, a coastal town in southern Tamil Nadu, he promoted, raised funds for, and ran, Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company (SSNCo), to take on the might of the British India Steam Navigation Company, and of the British empire itself. And failed. And that failure illustrates what happens if you are the antithesis of the much-reviled crony capitalist.

Employment, Livelihood and Union Budget 2024-2025

On July 23rd,  The 'Modi 3.0' administration presented its first Union Budget since holding power at the Center. The budget was delivered by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, with key focuses on education, employment skills, industrial workers, and the middle class.

Challenges and Opportunities in the Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme 2024: A Mission-Mode Analysis

The Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme is a major initiative launched by the Government of India to create more job opportunities and improve livelihoods across the country. This scheme was introduced as part of the Union Budget 2024-25, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s package of five schemes aimed at providing employment, skilling, and other opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a five-year period.

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