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Mint Explainer: The politics and the economics of basic income transfer schemes

New Delhi, March 9 -- Like it or not, political parties are now openly using basic income transfers to woo female voters. Some may refer to the handout as a freebie, or revdi. These schemes are meant ... Read More


Mint Explainer: Why Opec+ is extending production cuts till June

New Delhi, March 6 -- In a widely anticipated move, many members of the Saudi Arabia-led oil cartel the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (Opec+) extended production cut... Read More


Mint Explainer: What consumption expenditure data says about socio-economic disparity

New Delhi, March 4 -- The latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey for 2022-23, released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, indicates a slight narrowing of the economic... Read More


Mint Explainer: Why the WTO's Abu Dhabi meeting might be a downer

New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- By the end of the third day of the World Trade Organization's meeting in Abu Dhabi, hopes of adopting new agreements that could transform world trade were replaced with disappoin... Read More


Mint Explainer: What does the latest survey of household consumption spending reveal?

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- A person living in rural India spent Rs.3,773 a month on average as consumption expenditure in 2022-23 while her urban counterpart spent Rs.6,459, the Ministry of Statistics and ... Read More