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Prabhat Singh

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ARTICLES BY PRABHAT SINGH

VW in trouble, Modi in the Valley and haj tragedy

5 min read . 27 Sep 2015

Inflation dips, rich get richer and Floyd Mayweather retires

4 min read . 20 Sep 2015

A file photo of Amitabh Bachchan. Photo: HT

The Bollywood gender age gap

4 min read . 16 Sep 2015

Photo: Bloomberg

New iPhones, Bihar polls and migrant crisis

4 min read . 12 Sep 2015

Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Gold in a slump, monsoon worries continue, Infosys on a roll

3 min read . 25 Jul 2015

The reality is that in a competitive market, violation of net neutrality might spark the digital revolution that India has been awaiting with baited breath. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Net neutrality: it is all about consumer interest

5 min read . 19 May 2015

Water security for rural India is measured on the following parameters: quantity, accessibility and quality. If water is found lacking on one or more of these, water security is compromised. Photo: Reuters

The long walk to water

3 min read . 05 May 2015

Falling water tables prompted the use of expensive deep-water equipment, which added to the debt burden of farmers, and worsened the crisis. Photo: AFP

India’s groundwater crisis

3 min read . 01 May 2015

India’s biggest cities find it difficult to meet the minimum norm of 135 litres per capita daily (lpcd) recommended by the Union government. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

The dry taps of urban India

2 min read . 30 Apr 2015

With demand for water expected to rise further, the future appears extremely uncertain. Photo: AP

6 charts that explain India’s water crisis

3 min read . 28 Apr 2015

The push to the “Make in India” campaign could actually raise imports more than exports, at least in the short run. Photo: Bloomberg

As China turns inward, India opens up to global markets

2 min read . 23 Apr 2015

A file photo of RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. Photo: AP

Will tandoori bonds be as tasty as dim sum?

1 min read . 09 Apr 2015

The highlight of this year’s budget is the jump in share of untied transfers, which is the key to increased fiscal autonomy of states. Photo: Mint

India’s states still not as fiscally autonomous as they were a decade back

3 min read . 31 Mar 2015

A file photo of finance minister Arun Jaitley. Photo: PTI

One number to watch in Budget 2015

2 min read . 25 Feb 2015

The proportion of debt assets in the total stock of financial assets has only grown over the past few years even as the share of equity assets have seen a marginal decline since the mid-2000s, according to recent data on global wealth by Deutsche Bank. Photo: Bloomberg

Five charts that explain the world’s wealth distribution

2 min read . 18 Feb 2015

Surprisingly, the most frequent usage of Article 356 happened under the post-emergency government formed by the Janata Party, which used it to summarily dismiss almost all state governments headed by Congress party. Photo: HT

Has Article 356 been the Centre’s AK-56?

4 min read . 11 Feb 2015

Photo: Hindustan Times

Maximum government, maximum governance

2 min read . 02 Feb 2015

As the Annual Survey of Industries data released this month shows, real worker wages have been stagnant in the three decades to 2013 while real productivity has increased at an annual average rate of 7%. Photo: Madhu Kapparath/Mint

Higher productivity equals higher wages? Not for the Indian industrial worker

3 min read . 22 Jan 2015

The only efficient way to improve learning outcomes is by introducing more accountability in government schools. Photo: AFP

How can govt schools achieve same results as pvt schools? Spend Rs2.32 trillion

2 min read . 15 Jan 2015

The new Annual Survey of Industries (provisional) shows a nearly 4% decline in the number of industrial workers in the organised sector. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Industrial employment shrinks

2 min read . 10 Jan 2015

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