Udit Misra

From learning to enrollment, India's primary education is in a shambles

Aser surveys children between the ages of 3 and 16 to find out the status of enrolment and foundational skills (literacy and numeracy) across the country

Modi Sarkar's final frontier

Be sure of one thing: Modi Sarkar will not stand on ceremonies even if that means stepping on the Constitution

Modi's performance like that of a T20 batsman who fails in Test matches

Can Mr Modi learn from his missteps and change? How about starting off with a real press conference?

The Modi majority fallacy

The security of having a clear BJP majority has polarised Indian society

Saaf niyat, not really Mr Modi

Four years into his term, Modi Sarkar, as the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre hopes it would be characterised, seems to have shut its policy shop

Statsguru: Nearly half of all unbanked adults live in just seven economies

The report shows that since its last edition in 2014, 515 million adults across the world have gained access to financial tools

In defence of Prasoon Joshi

It was an extempore interview even though an untrained eye would have been tricked into thinking that it was completely choreographed

Pakodas to the rescue

It is a no brainer how most would stack up manual scavenging, doorman, front-desk employee and the corner office

Statsguru: Future of banking in India

Banks need to fundamentally reorient their business and adopt new strategies: Report

Lunch with BS: Ganesh Devy on elements that have led to ugliness in society

Devy, founder, Bhasha Research and Publication Centre & chief editor discusses how we are moving increasingly towards a visual language from an oral one

Demolishing notebandi, brick by brick

The book has a detailed, unbiased analysis of the design as well as the impact of demonetisation

Progress must be made to corporatise railways: Rakesh Mohan

Interview with Rakesh Mohan

Kanhaiya's Modi doctrine

It seems such a long time ago that Kanhaiya Kumar, the former president of JNU Students' Union, dominated daily news

Statsguru: Cash crunch to hit growth

Because Indian economy uses cash far more than other countries

Statsguru: India's black economy and impact of demonetisation

PM Modi announced demonetisation of existing Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes last week, while there is no sure measure of the black economy

StatsGuru: Taking stock of indebtedness in the Indian corporate sector

The combined debt of India's top family-owned groups has grown faster than their revenue and operating profits

Lunch with BS: Kanhaiya Kumar

Student of the year

StatsGuru: Doing business in India

StatsGuru: What ails exports?

StatsGuru: India's fight against hunger

The International Food Policy Research Institute's Global Hunger Index shows India has slid further down the rankings