15 theories about why India is facing a cash crunch a year and a half after demonetisation

From ATM logistics to deliberate lack of supply to Nirav Modi, there are many explanations for the shortage.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

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M Rajshekhar

· Apr 18, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Political meddling to financial impropriety – it is all going wrong at Amul

The latest allegations of corruption at Kaira Union, underline the need for a fully independent audit of the entire Amul cooperative network.

M Rajshekhar

· Apr 17, 2018 · 09:00 am

Amul federation could be soured by corruption charges against its oldest cooperative in Gujarat

Kaira Union’s managing director resigned last month after board members accused him of overseeing a Rs 450-crore scam.

M Rajshekhar

· Apr 16, 2018 · 09:00 am

Song for the New Year: 2018 may not bring much cheer, but ‘Shine’ gives us a reason to dance

Scroll staffers pick their favourite tunes.

M Rajshekhar

· Jan 01, 2018 · 09:00 pm

Few people seem happy with BJP’s rule in Gujarat, yet the party still controls the state. Why?

Majoritarianism, largely.

M Rajshekhar

· Dec 09, 2017 · 09:00 am

Urban planning: Why Gujarat’s cities are losing their fight against a changing climate

The state’s model of urban development favours centralisation, which means local residents do not have much say in the planning of their own city.

M Rajshekhar

· Dec 05, 2017 · 09:00 am

Gujarat is battered by heat waves, floods, drought. How are its cities coping?

Rising climate variability is adding to the state’s environmental vulnerabilities.

M Rajshekhar

· Dec 04, 2017 · 09:00 am

‘Amul is now a Congress-mukt federation’: How BJP took control of India’s largest milk cooperative

The second part of a Scroll.in series on the respected dairy organisation explores how accountability has worsened with the centralisation of power.

M Rajshekhar

· Dec 01, 2017 · 09:00 am

The Amul story: How politics is hurting the economics of Gujarat’s milk cooperatives

The backbone of rural Gujarat is not in good shape.

M Rajshekhar

· Nov 30, 2017 · 09:00 am

The majoritarian project in Gujarat only serves the rich, says political scientist Ghanshyam Shah

Right-wing ideologues cannot wish away the complexities of competition, social insecurity within religions and castes.

M Rajshekhar

· Nov 16, 2017 · 09:00 am

‘This government is killing our businesses’: What small, medium enterprises think of GST revisions

Already in trouble, manufacturers and traders in Hosur and Surat want even more relief.

M Rajshekhar

· Oct 09, 2017 · 09:00 am

How palm oil from Malaysia fired the Patel agitation in Gujarat

It is hard to understand why the Indian government continues to favour palm oil imports over homegrown edible oils in Gujarat and elsewhere.

M Rajshekhar

· Oct 04, 2017 · 09:00 am