Roshan Kishore is the Data and Political Economy Editor at Hindustan Times. His weekly column for HT Premium Terms of Trade appears every Friday.
Articles by Roshan Kishore
Four years of Modi govt: How India’s economic narrative is up for grabs in 2019 elections
Public perception on bread and butter economic issues will matter more than achievements such as India being the fastest growing major economy.
Updated on May 26, 2018 07:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Rahul Gandhi closes popularity gap with PM Modi ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, says CSDS-Lokniti survey
The CSDS-Lokniti survey also shows that an equal number of respondents (43%) like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi now.
Updated on May 25, 2018 05:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
How a Congress-BSP pact can be a game changer in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh
An HT analysis shows that both the Congress and the BSP could improve their seat tally in a big way by entering into a pre-poll alliance in the forthcoming elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Updated on Dec 29, 2018 12:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Twist in the tale: Karnataka election success increases BJP’s vulnerabilities
The Congress-JD(S) alliance post-election alliance in Karnataka, which could win as many as two-third of the total Lok Sabha seats in the state, could give parties a template for taking on the BJP in the 2019 general elections
Updated on May 16, 2018 10:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
A big Hindutva imprint in BJP’s Karnataka election performance
BJP’s current tally of 104 seats is six short of the 110 it got in the 2008 Karnataka elections. Its 2018 performance is worse than its 2008 performance in the Bombay Karnataka sub-region.
Updated on May 16, 2018 07:53 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Karnataka elections 2018: JD(S) lost in terms of vote share, but is better off than Congress, BJP
Congress managed to increase its vote share in the Karnataka election but saw a decline in seats
Updated on May 15, 2018 07:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Karnataka election results: 8 seats, including Aland, Hebbal, key to who will form government
Data from the Election Commission for the Karnataka assembly election show the margin between the leading and the second-placed candidates in eight seats is less than 2000 votes.
Updated on May 15, 2018 09:18 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore and Niranjan Sircar
Karnataka election result: A cheat-sheet for reading the early trends as votes are counted
As the Karnataka election results are declared by the Election Commission, here are some clues for deciphering the bigger picture from the early trends.
Updated on May 15, 2018 09:09 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Five reasons why Karnataka election results 2018 are important for Lok Sabha elections 2019
Modi-Shah’s southern test to Congress’s prestige battle,Kanataka election results are seen to have many implications.
Updated on May 15, 2018 10:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Assembly elections: Why Karnataka is tough to predict
Neither Congress nor BJP has a clear advantage in Karnataka assembly elections; local candidates, Lingayats, minorities, Dalit votes could make the crucial difference.
Updated on May 12, 2018 09:49 AM IST
Bengaluru, Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Karnataka elections: Hindutva could be BJP’s insurance against anger over demonetisation
Those who are invested in Hindutva are prepared to politically forgive the Bharatiya Janata Party for demonetisation, lest the Muslims gain politically.
Updated on May 12, 2018 09:00 AM IST
Mangaluru, Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Is India’s banking crisis a by-product of its most successful growth strategy?
Mismatch between India’s high growth and low investment rate was pointed out by the Economic Survey a couple of years ago.
Updated on May 02, 2018 10:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Big borrowing, bad debt: How India’s banking sector landed in the current crisis
RBI’s December 2017 Financial Stability Report report shows that more than four-fifths of NPAs of banks are on account of large borrowers.
Updated on May 02, 2018 10:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Why India does well in Commonwealth Games, not in Olympics
India has historically performed well in Commonwealth Games, but that success - both recent and historical - does not reflect in Asian Games or the Olympics
Updated on Apr 19, 2018 01:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Cash crunch at ATMs could be the after-effects of demonetisation
Analysis suggests shortage of cash in ATMs could be a result of persistence of tightness in overall money supply after demonetisation.
Updated on Apr 18, 2018 02:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Caste determines how long a person lives, shows study
A study shows that caste plays a role in determining life span and perception of good health even after accounting for differences in nature of work.
Updated on Apr 13, 2018 09:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
India’s agricultural policy debate needs to go beyond waiver of loans
Private entrepreneurship, not state push, should drive the change in agriculture.
Updated on Apr 05, 2018 08:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
The narrative around 2019 is more likely to be shaped from state capitals than Ramlila Maidan
Special status in one state, farm loan waiver in another could dominate the agenda in specific states. This will also increase the importance of caste and community equations.
Updated on Apr 03, 2018 12:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Bharat Bandh brings India to a standstill: 3 reasons why Dalits are angry
Several Dalit groups had called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Monday, demanding restoration of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act to its original form.
Updated on Apr 03, 2018 10:49 AM IST
Construction sector jobs have let down peasants
An examination of RBI data indicates that peasants turning to construction are increasingly at the same income levels as farming, in probably more challenging conditions.
Updated on Apr 01, 2018 07:28 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Is higher economic growth eating up jobs in India?
Non-farm jobs was positive despite negative jobs growth in 2014-15 and 2015-16
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 06:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
The CPI(M)’s ideological confusion is at the core of Tripura defeat
CPI(M) was punished by the voters despite performing well on macro development indicators. This is because the voters felt the government had failed to improve their individual economic well-being. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal of choosing HIRA (Highway-Iway-Roadway-Airway) over Sarkar to voters in Tripura conveyed this exact message: a communist party continuously ruling the state had led to stunted growth of capitalism.
Updated on Mar 23, 2018 12:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Rs 19,194-crore this year: Bank fraud loss already more than 2017 mark
Hyderabad-based Totem Infrastructure Ltd is accused of defrauding a consortium of eight banks led by Union Bank of India to the tune of Rs 1,394 crore. The total amount of bank fraud cases is now Rs 19,194 crore.
Updated on Mar 22, 2018 11:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja & Roshan Kishore
Delhi students poor in English, math, finds NCERT survey
NCERT survey found students in Classes 3, 5 and 8 lagging in English and math. Rajasthan and Karnataka performed the best in the survey.
Updated on Mar 22, 2018 08:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Neelam Pandey and Roshan Kishore
Gender gap in employment has put India behind China
Almost one-third of the gap between per capita GDP of India and China is because fewer people are working in India than China. This is due to a much bigger gender gap in employment in India.
Updated on Mar 08, 2018 07:35 AM IST
NDA could increase RS tally, but will be short of majority before 2019 polls
Basic calculations suggest that the BJP and its allies have the required numbers to win half of the 61 Rajya Sabha seats which go to polls before the 2019 general elections. The Congress and the Samajwadi Party will be the biggest losers in these elections.
Updated on Mar 07, 2018 10:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Can investor summits tackle Uttar Pradesh’s development challenge?
Turnaround in economy requires not just optics but performance on growth front.
Updated on Feb 26, 2018 09:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
No protocol violation in Rahul Gandhi’s Republic Day seating: Govt
An RTI query says that Rahul Gandhi’s seat allocation in 2018 was in keeping with the convention and he was assigned an “earmarked seat along with party chiefs of all political parties”.
Updated on Feb 25, 2018 07:09 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
PNB crisis shows government banks should either reform or perish
Deep crisis plagues public sector banks, which need to overhaul system of monitoring and control
Updated on Feb 22, 2018 07:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
How we get high: These 9 charts reveal smoking and drinking habits of Indians
National Family and Health Survey data reveals how frequently Indians drink, what alcohol they prefer and more.
Updated on Feb 20, 2018 10:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Samarth Bansal and Roshan Kishore