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Business News > Mint Authors > Vidya Mahambare

Vidya Mahambare

ARTICLES BY VIDYA MAHAMBARE

More women in Uttar Pradesh now earn their own income. (AI-generated)

Is higher women’s employment in Uttar Pradesh an illusory gain?

4 min read . 01 Jul 2026

India's Chief Economic Advisor Reveals Exactly What We Can Learn From China, Vietnam & Japan

How India responds to the rise of AI will shape its middle class. Here's why

4 min read . 15 Jun 2026

The availability of decent-paying jobs, entry-level coding and similar work is shrinking, which will push down wages.

The young aren’t known for patience but their job wait is likely to stretch on

4 min read . 11 May 2026

RBI's flexible inflation targeting regime has offered a transparent, publicly declared commitment with constrained discretion within the inflation target range. (REUTERS)

A decade of inflation targeting: this regime can be tweaked for the better

3 min read . 29 Apr 2026

Data reveals a dual reality: excessive work hours for some young adults and too few for others. (HT)

Uneven employment: The work hours of young Indians reveal a dual reality

4 min read . 14 Apr 2026

Job-guarantee reforms should take stock of who repeatedly seeks work. (PTI)

The rejig of India’s rural job guarantee scheme needs a trial run

4 min read . 05 Feb 2026

India needs more skilled jobs to accommodate the entry of more educated women into the workforce, alongside men. (Mint)

DEI defence: How to promote diversity and prevent a backlash

4 min read . 30 Mar 2025

Though our better-industrialized states continued to account for about half the country’s manufacturing, the sector’s relative contribution to their state economies fell. (Mint)

India’s 25%-of-GDP target for manufacturing remains a steep challenge

4 min read . 13 Oct 2024

Managers and human resource departments are crucial in enabling a cooperative work culture where employees feel valued.

India’s problem of overwork and what the youth must do to stay in demand

4 min read . 04 Oct 2024

Family size affects spending on food, especially protein-rich food such as milk, which is relatively expensive.

White Revolution 2.0 must ensure no child is left behind

4 min read . 10 Sept 2024

Since rents in our cities are so high that even after a rent subsidy, private housing remains largely unaffordable to the urban poor. (Mint)

Urbanization pressure: India’s housing policy needs a big rethink

4 min read . 22 Apr 2024

The worker-population ratio for women rose to nearly 36 from 22, driven by more rural women taking up farm work.

There is more to India's mystery of raised employment post-pandemic

4 min read . 03 Dec 2023

Net household financial savings seem to be still about 20% of household income, calculated roughly as household consumption from GDP plus household savings.

Are Indians saving enough? There is no clear answer

4 min read . 09 Oct 2023

Typically, service charge collections are distributed among customer-facing employees like servers as well as backroom workers such as cleaners and cooks.

To tip or not to tip and the dilemma of a service charge

4 min read . 27 Sept 2023

Higher quality theatres with the latest audio-visual technology have higher fixed costs.

Jailor, Jawan, Tinker, Spy: A tale of market distortion

4 min read . 15 Sept 2023

Given high dependence on monsoon rains and inefficiencies in supply chains, food inflation in India will remain volatile for the foreseeable future. (MINT_PRINT)

Factory item prices must cool for lasting inflation relief

4 min read . 23 Jul 2023

Critics of the US point out that the USD’s share of central banks’ reserves is now the lowest in over two decades.

Internationalize the rupee while a BRICS currency loses traction

4 min read . 17 Jul 2023

Given that tomatoes and onions are essential food items in most Indian households, relatively low-income families face the brunt of it in terms of household expenditure when these prices shoot up, and without notice. (Bloomberg)

Tomato challenge: Hoarding is not as bad as it sounds

4 min read . 09 Jul 2023

Could AI diffusion affect global patterns of migration?

4 min read . 24 Jan 2023

The ability to code is a top-rated skill today. Photo: iStock

Get ready for a whole new future led by AI technology

4 min read . 10 Jan 2023