Roshan Kishore is the Data and Political Economy Editor at Hindustan Times. His weekly column for HT Premium Terms of Trade appears every Friday.
Articles by Roshan Kishore
Number Theory: Will welfare be a crucial plank in J&K elections?
What made Jammu & Kashmir unique among Indian states was the fact that it was the only Muslim-majority state in India.
Published on Sep 25, 2024 08:13 AM IST
Economics has a monopoly problem, but possibly not because of Ivy Leagues
The real reason economics has not been able to make a positive contribution to the real world is due to political co-option and gatekeeping by the plutocracy
Published on Sep 20, 2024 06:40 PM IST
Number Theory: The Kisan factor in Haryana elections – II
Can the Congress harvest anger among farmers to capture power in Haryana after a ten-year gap?
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:02 PM IST
Number Theory: The Kisan factor in Haryana elections - I
The first part looks at the importance (or lack of it) of farming in Haryana
Updated on Sep 19, 2024 01:37 PM IST
Sitaram Yechury’s contradictions were captured by Mirza Ghalib, not Karl Marx
It is easy to criticise Yechury and his contemporaries. But it is important to appreciate that some of them embraced politics in the hope of changing the world
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 12:41 PM IST
Number Theory: Haryana economy much ahead of Punjab's, but most residents poorer
How the economic fortune and, with it, the political economy of these two contiguous states has diverged in the latter half of the post-reform period in India?
Published on Sep 11, 2024 06:30 AM IST
Number Theory: Does underreporting obscure scale of violence against women?
Violence against women may be misleading because of various factors. Is there a way to pinpoint the extent of such misreporting in India?
Updated on Sep 07, 2024 10:19 AM IST
Unlocking India’s economic fortunes requires shedding ideological blinkers
The ultimate economic wisdom in India is likely being lost in the cacophony of self-righteous arguments which are seeking gratification rather than the truth
Published on Sep 06, 2024 06:26 PM IST
Number Theory: How credible are official stats on sexual violence against women?
Official statistics show a wide divergence across states in crime against women
Updated on Sep 11, 2024 12:24 PM IST
India’s Q1 GDP growth below estimates at 6.7%
India's economy grew 6.7% in Q1 2024, slower than the 7.8% in Q4 2023. Strong investments and private consumption show resilience despite slower growth.
Updated on Aug 31, 2024 07:16 AM IST
Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
Number Theory: Can Champai Soren help the BJP in Jharkhand polls?
If the BJP has to wrest Jharkhand back from the JMM, it needs to focus on the larger challenge of undoing the tribal consolidation behind the JMM.
Published on Aug 30, 2024 08:20 AM IST
Why the Unified Pension Scheme is important and unimportant at the same time
Even though the fiscal implications are not exactly clear, the UPS is among the most important “reform” rollbacks in India’s history.
Published on Aug 28, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Terms of Trade | What Poland tells us about ideology
History is replete with instances where politicians thought that the only contradictions that matter are what they have solved but are then proven wrong
Published on Aug 23, 2024 05:32 PM IST
Terms of Trade | The indignity of pursuing self-interest
The urban poor, when they come to cities, hope to achieve basic sustenance on a regular income, which they cannot ensure in a village or a smaller town.
Published on Aug 15, 2024 06:53 PM IST
Number Theory: Core inflation, food basket, and the new targeting debate
Energy prices are an important driver of inflation in any modern economy, especially one such as India which is heavily import-dependent for its energy needs.
Published on Aug 14, 2024 10:40 AM IST
Inflation dips to 3.54%, lowest since August 2019
India's inflation rate dropped to a 5-year low of 3.5% in July, below the RBI's 4% target, mainly due to a favorable base effect, not a significant economic change.
Updated on Aug 13, 2024 07:30 AM IST
Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
Terms of Trade | Why “reformers” end up on the wrong side of history
Neither Hasina nor Buddhadeb saw what was coming because the political apparatus they were heading was more invested in virtualising the untenable status quo.
Published on Aug 09, 2024 05:26 PM IST
Number Theory: Students, Islamists — Did a perfect storm oust Sheikh Hasina?
This survey found overwhelming evidence for widespread dissatisfaction with the state of democracy in Bangladesh and the rule of law in the country.
Published on Aug 07, 2024 10:29 AM IST
Number Theory: Bangladesh shows limits of export led growth for large countries
Bangladesh has seen a rise in compound annual growth rate of its gross domestic product in every decade since it came into being in 1971.
Updated on Aug 05, 2024 01:44 PM IST
Terms of Trade | Bahujans against Bahujans
SC judgment is likely to encourage politics which seeks sub-stratification of political loyalties in name of sub-stratification of affirmative action benefits
Published on Aug 02, 2024 05:43 PM IST
The budget is over, let us talk about broader economic policy
Economic Survey was categorical in admitting that India will not enjoy the kind of global tailwinds available to countries such as China a couple of decades ago
Published on Jul 26, 2024 06:39 PM IST
Number Theory: What do we know about salaried jobs in India?
An adjustment of salaried workers with their share in the workforce shows that men’s share in salaried jobs is 1.11 times their share in the workforce.
Published on Jul 25, 2024 09:02 AM IST
How does the Union Budget impact growth?
The budget has continued with its focus on capital expenditure which can boost the economy’s long-term prospects
Updated on Jul 24, 2024 07:55 AM IST
How does the Union Budget impact reforms?
Budget speech emphasizes next-gen reforms for economic policy, focusing on consensus-building with states.
Updated on Jul 24, 2024 04:37 AM IST
How does the Union Budget impact stability?
This year’s budget shows no intention of departing from this approach even in the aftermath of depleted political capital after the elections.
Updated on Jul 24, 2024 06:09 AM IST
How does the Union Budget impact politics?
What this budget has not tried to do is undertake the exercise of correcting what could’ve been a mistake.
Updated on Jul 24, 2024 01:32 AM IST
Number Theory: Four things to watch out for in today’s budget
Any significant increase in transfers to select states is bound to eat into the fiscal room available to the central government for other things.
Published on Jul 23, 2024 07:17 AM IST
Progress made, but skills gap, agri big hurdles on road to 2047: Economic Survey
The survey is clear about India having to navigate the most critical part in its economic trajectory at a time when global conditions are anything but conducive
Updated on Jul 23, 2024 07:58 AM IST
Economic Survey calls for tripartite agreement to make India developed by 2047
A quick summary of what the 2023-24 Economic Survey says about the desired economic roadmap of the government
Updated on Jul 22, 2024 01:28 PM IST
Number Theory: Fiscal prudence and its fallout on the Centre's political capital
This is the last of a two-part pre-budget series. The first part looked at government’s tax performance in the last 10 years.
Published on Jul 22, 2024 09:16 AM IST