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Maitreesh Ghatak

The pandemic in data: How Covid-19 has devastated India’s economy

The sharp drop in GDP is the largest in the country’s history – and even that may well underestimate the economic damage experienced by the poorest households.

Swati Dhingra
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Maitreesh Ghatak
· Jul 09, 2021 · 09:00 am
Modi's five years prove that sustained economic growth is incompatible with toxic Hindutva politics

Jobs are scarce, agriculture is in crisis, unorganised sector crippled, tax regime sputtering, corporate sector struggling and exports sinking.

Maitreesh Ghatak
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Udayan Mukherjee
· Mar 24, 2019 · 08:00 am
Gujarat model: The gleam of state’s high growth numbers hides dark reality of poverty, inequality

An analysis of data shows that the Gujarat model is a bubble waiting to burst.

Maitreesh Ghatak
· Oct 25, 2017 · 06:30 am