Making a Show: The Black Money Bill

Error message

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in _dmemcache_get_pieces() (line 330 of /public_html/www.epw.in/public/sites/all/modules/memcache/dmemcache.inc).

Notice: unserialize(): Error at offset 0 of 750513 bytes in _dmemcache_get_pieces() (line 340 of /public_html/www.epw.in/public/sites/all/modules/memcache/dmemcache.inc).

Appeal for Donations to the Corpus of Sameeksha Trust

This is an appeal to the subscribers, contributors, advertisers and well-wishers of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), published by Sameeksha Trust, a public charitable trust registered with the office of the Charity Commissioner, Mumbai, India. EPW has completed 50 years of publication. Details here.

EPW Engage

The Aadhaar Game: Can You Survive This Maze To Reach Your Food Ration?

EPW Engage

Read more about The Aadhaar Game: Can You Survive This Maze To Reach Your Food Ration?

Who Benefitted from US Aid to Pakistan?

EPW Engage

After putting Pakistan on notice through a tweet on 1 January, US President Donald Trump's administration suspended at least $900 million in security assistance to Pakistan, beginning from Friday 5 January, until Pakistan takes action against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network militant groups.

Read more about Who Benefitted from US Aid to Pakistan?

Is India’s Democracy in Jail, Asks Story of Qayyum Who Was Imprisoned for 11 Years in False Terror Case

Vol. 53, Issue No. 1, 06 Jan, 2018

EPW Engage

Read more about Is India’s Democracy in Jail, Asks Story of Qayyum Who Was Imprisoned for 11 Years in False Terror Case

When You Are Casteist and You Know It: A Survey

Vol. 53, Issue No. 1, 06 Jan, 2018

EPW Engage

Read more about When You Are Casteist and You Know It: A Survey

Follow the Money: What is Going On in the Healthcare Sector?

EPW Engage

Read more about Follow the Money: What is Going On in the Healthcare Sector?

Net Neutrality: Grey Areas in the Internet Economy

EPW Engage

This reading list compiles articles on net neutrality in India, taking into account both political and economic ramifications of a truly open internet.

Read more about Net Neutrality: Grey Areas in the Internet Economy

Politics of Preservation: Whose Story do Archives Tell?

Vol. 52, Issue No. 51, 23 Dec, 2017

EPW Engage

Read more about Politics of Preservation: Whose Story do Archives Tell?

What Should A Historian Do?

EPW Engage

Read more about What Should A Historian Do?

India's Water Policies Are Gender Blind

EPW Engage

Do water policies recognise the differential requirements and usages of water by women and the importance of adequate availability and accessibility?

Read more about India's Water Policies Are Gender Blind

India Spends Far Too Little on the Social Sector: A Reading List

Vol. 52, Issue No. 51, 23 Dec, 2017

EPW Engage

On 20 December 2017, sixty development economists wrote to the Financial Minister, Arun Jaitley, to draw his attention to urgent priorities for the forthcoming budget — social security pensions and maternity entitlements — for the forthcoming budget. They remarked that the central government's contribution has been "extraordinarily stingy". We produce a reading list of EPW articles which provide data and research insights into the state of social sector spending in India.

Read more about India Spends Far Too Little on the Social Sector: A Reading List

Breaking Down Babri: The Event, the Aftermath, The Verdict

EPW Engage

India changed as a nation with the destruction of the Babri Masjid on 6 December 1992. The events of the day have not only permeated the social and political fabric of the country, they unfurled a series of events that have led to the creation of a new normal. We trace the 28 years that created this normal, through 19 articles, the first one written in 1989: