A Guide to Petrol Pricing in India: Components, Mechanisms and Daily Price Change

The following article outlines the features and implications of the current regime change in fuel prices that was put into effect from 16 June, 2017. It also sheds light on the involvement…

India Before 1991: Stories of Life Under the License Raj

On 15 August 1947, when India achieved independence, the country was grappling with problems of widespread poverty and crises in agriculture as well as industries. The First Five Year Plan was launched in 1951 which mainly focused…

Demonetization: How Modi got away with it? Read the Arthashastra.

Beer in India: Getting high on taxes

Beer is likely one of the most socially acceptable and culturally cherished alcoholic beverages. It is also the oldest and the third most consumed (after water and tea) beverage in the world. The state governments in India though would rather have you drink…

Uttarakhand Floods — The Role of State in Rescue, Relief and Rehabilitation

Demonetization: Policy vs. Narrative

How effectively can narrative shield a policy from public censure? Arvind Ilamaran explores how…

India vs. China: How far the political system could influence growth?

Both China and India have grown rapidly in the last decade. However, India seems to perform less well in terms of economic growth and poverty alleviation compared to China. China’s results are striking: 9%…

Undressing the Incoherence of ‘Modinomics’

“Modinomics is an immoral economic approach to individual freedom and socio-economic libertarianism.”

Let’s Talk about LGBT+ Rights of People in India

With the Pride Month in India receiving little to no attention, Aashi Srivastava delves into the hypocrisy of upholding human rights in the face of legal literature such as Section 377 (IPC). Also questioning the binaries of “natural” and…