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Why are Indian farmers killing themselves?

Global Subsidies Initiative describes itself as an honest broker of information on farm subsidies, which it says are killing the small farmer.

Study contests government's cooking gas subsidy claim

The cost of paying the subsidy in cash has increased the money spent by the government.

Why corporates must design projects to involve local populace

Businesses that either take local communities for granted or see them as an obstacle to be 'managed' are skating on thin ice.

Why corporates must design projects to involve local populace

Next demonetisation blow: Higher electricity bills

A digital economy can only work with uninterrupted electricity supply. So, states now face the unpleasant task of telling their citizens that electricity rates need to be hiked. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports.