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Business News > Mint Authors > Himanshu

Himanshu

Mint columnist

Himanshu is associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University and visiting fellow at the Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi

ARTICLES BY HIMANSHU

The World Bank does improve on how it arrives at its state and sectoral poverty lines. (Bloomberg)

Himanshu: The World Bank’s revision of its poverty estimates is befuddling

4 min read . 26 Jun 2025

Use a simple rule: If your remaining tenure is 10+ years, even a 0.50% drop can lead to substantial savings. (Pixabay)

When should you refinance your home loan?

2 min read . 25 Jun 2025

Improved survey coverage and data-release frequency would help generate confidence in our statistical system.

Himanshu: India’s economy is too complex to afford less-than-robust statistics

3 min read . 29 May 2025

The foremost task before the Registrar General of India (RGI), who must carry out the caste census, will be to reach a consensus on the list of castes.

Himanshu: India’s caste census must serve its purpose

4 min read . 15 May 2025

The fact that there are now two World Bank estimates of poverty using the same poverty line is problematic in the context of assessing India’s poverty reduction. (Bloomberg News.)

Himanshu: India needs official poverty data for effective policymaking

4 min read . 01 May 2025

India’s farm sector employs millions of farmers, accounting for almost two-fifths of all Indian workers, with average holdings of less than a hectare. (ANI Photo)

Himanshu: Trade deals mustn’t hurt the interests of Indian farmers

4 min read . 17 Apr 2025

While HCES data is not comparable with National Accounts, it shows a more modest recovery in consumption than the latter. (Mint)

Himanshu: What consumption data reveals of India’s economy

3 min read . 20 Mar 2025

Policymakers must go beyond headline numbers from the National Accounts. (Hindustan Times)

The state of India’s economy is not as bright as GDP data may suggest

3 min read . 06 Mar 2025

The initiatives of Telangana and Bihar are welcome.

Plug data gaps: State-level statistical surveys could help

4 min read . 20 Feb 2025

This budget was about making tough choices. (Bloomberg News)

Himanshu: Will the budget’s proposals help revive India’s rural economy?

4 min read . 06 Feb 2025

At a time when the overall economy is going through a slowdown driven by declining or stagnant incomes, farmers are among the worst sufferers. (AFP PHOTO)

Indian agriculture needs support. Reform farm prices at the very least.

4 min read . 23 Jan 2025

The trends confirm the reversal of a structural transformation of the economy, with workers moving back from factories to farms,

Time is running out to revive India’s manufacturing sector

3 min read . 26 Dec 2024

The fall in growth has been visible for some time but there has been no urgency to correct the policy prescriptions.

India must shift its policy focus to address the demand deficiency that ails its

3 min read . 12 Dec 2024

It is difficult to disentangle the role of cash transfers in deciding poll outcomes, but the fact that these have been offered as explanations necessitates a discussion.

Polls and freebies: Who doesn’t love cash transfers but are these the answer

3 min read . 28 Nov 2024

Compared to five years ago, rural agricultural wages have only increased at 0.1% per year over the last five years.

Mass distress: Handouts are no substitute for wage-raising structural reforms

1 min read . 14 Nov 2024

Vegetable inflation in September was reported at 36%, much of it on account of tomato, onion and potato prices.

Food inflation: Blame supply shortfalls as well as bad policy interventions

3 min read . 17 Oct 2024

Farming is absorbing not just new entrants to the workforce, but even those who are displaced from other sectors.

Headline labour force survey data masks a pressing employment problem

3 min read . 03 Oct 2024

In the last five years, corporate tax collections rose at 6.5% per annum, almost a third of the 17.2% growth annual in income-tax collections. (iStock)

Revise direct taxes: Corporate taxation needs to be progressive

4 min read . 05 Sep 2024

The minimum wage for unskilled labour in agriculture in 2024 is ₹449 per day, according to the ministry of labour's 2024 notification.

Will increasing minimum wages ease the employment problem and help the economy?

4 min read . 22 Aug 2024

The employment-linked scheme for first-timers promises to pay ₹15,000 to every new employee in three instalments.

The government’s job creation plan is flawed on multiple counts

3 min read . 08 Aug 2024