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
From meat and fish to vegetables: These 9 charts show how India eats
NFHS-4 report shows that daily food consumption has not changed much over last decade, but there has been a decrease in daily consumption of vegetables
Updated on Feb 19, 2018 04:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Samarth Bansal and Roshan Kishore
India’s agricultural focus must shift to environmentally sustainable crops
Depleting water tables due to excessive use of ground water is a major concern vis-à-vis the sustainability of farming in India.
Updated on Feb 15, 2018 12:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
India’s farmers need a new deal beyond clichéd MSP politics
Both the present and past government has been pushing for abolition of in-kind food security programmes. Wider minimum support prices (MSP) coverage and cash transfers in food security programmes cannot go hand in hand in India.
Updated on Feb 15, 2018 07:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Narendra Modi’s speech in Parliament: Reading between the lines and beyond the numbers
Statistics suggest that the growing negativity vis-à-vis the Narendra Modi government might be a bottom-up phenomenon rather than a top-down creation by a few opposition leaders.
Updated on Feb 09, 2018 08:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Self-employment is a problem rather than solution for India’s job challenge
Data shows providing quality employment rather than high unemployment is the biggest challenge in India’s labour market.
Updated on Feb 08, 2018 12:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Why the new MSP approach may not make farmers happy
Finance minister Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech, said that Minimum Support Prices(MSP) for the 2018-19 rabi season have been announced with a 50% mark-up and the same principle would be followed for the next kharif (monsoon crop) season.
Updated on Feb 15, 2018 04:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Why CPI(M) isn’t keen to ally with the Congress
The CPI(M) provided outside support to the UPA in 2004 on the basis of a common minimum programme without much debate. The Karat camp seems to be arguing for a replication of this.
Updated on Feb 05, 2018 11:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Budget 2018: 10 charts that will help make sense of Arun Jaitley’s speech
Finance minister Arun Jaitley will be unveiling the Union budget on Thursday. Here’s a primer that will help you make sense of the policy document, its proposals and implications
Updated on Feb 01, 2018 10:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Did windfall gain from cheap oil encourage Modi govt to take fiscal gambles
An examination of the monetary reforms of demonetisation and the GST shows that gains from these may be transient in nature as they depend on various external factors.
Updated on Jan 30, 2018 08:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
Tracing the economic roots of discontent among farmers
Farmers have experienced a growing mismatch between their production efforts and incomes under the Narendra Modi government.
Updated on Jan 29, 2018 07:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Incumbency effect catching up with BJP, shows survey
The survey shows that the BJP’s expected vote share in 2019 Lok Sabha elections has come down by 5 percentage points between May 2017 and January 2018.
Updated on Jan 26, 2018 10:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
NFHS-4 data is a treasure trove for marketers
Insights from NFHS-4 data need not be confined to marketing/advertising strategy meetings.
Published on Jan 20, 2018 04:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Delhi and Punjab richest states, Jain wealthiest community: National survey
People in Delhi and Punjab are the richest, with more than 60% of their households in the top wealth quintile.
Updated on Jan 13, 2018 11:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Upper caste farmers stand to gain more from loan waivers
Access to formal credit can be a major game-changer in determining farm-incomes. It is to be expected that richer farmers would find it easier to avail of formal credit lines.
Updated on Jan 10, 2018 03:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
US suspending military aid to Pakistan over terrorism may not inflict big pain
It is unlikely that even a complete withdrawal of US aid by Donald Trump would make a substantial dent on Pakistan’s economy.
Updated on Jan 09, 2018 10:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Multiple fault lines have led to the Bhima Koregaon unrest in Maharashtra
Incidents of conflict between Marathas and Dalits have been occurring at regular intervals in the state of Maharashtra in the recent past. The reasons for this have to be located in the loss of political power that the Marathas have experienced after the BJP captured power in the state in 2014
Updated on Jan 06, 2018 09:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Why the 40,000 cap on daily ticket sales at Taj Mahal may be a bad idea
The move is intended to ensure that incidents such as last Thursday’s stampede, which left five people injured, do not happen again.
Updated on Jan 04, 2018 09:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Farmer-politics is a self-defeating exercise in today’s India
Herein lies the crisis of farmer politicians. They have neither aspirations nor the power of coercion working for them.
Updated on Jan 02, 2018 12:17 PM IST
Fewer contests, more allies can help Congress tackle BJP in 2019
An analysis of election statistics from 1996 onwards shows that the Congress’s failure to strike political alliances has been to the BJP’s advantage
Updated on Jan 02, 2018 09:00 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Proposed scheme to address agrarian distress is impractical and does not touch on systemic issues
The Indian farmer needs to sell his produce with as little intermediation as possible in order to make decent profits. One of the biggest roadblocks for this to happen is lack of mass demand for the majority of farm produce
Updated on Dec 28, 2017 09:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
After Gujarat, rural crisis may eat into BJP’s poll prospects in 2018
Anti-incumbency driven by farm distress could be stronger in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, which will vote next year.
Updated on Dec 28, 2017 10:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Three charts show how just a handful of people pay taxes in India
The number of crorepatis has increased by 22% in AY 2015-16.
Updated on Dec 21, 2017 04:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Gujarat election results: Rural-urban divide behind BJP’s big Saurashtra setback
Gujarat election results show the Congress outdid the BJP in the 2017 assembly polls in the Saurashtra region, where nearly 75% seats fall in the rural belt.
Updated on Dec 20, 2017 10:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore and Samarth Bansal
Gujarat election results: Had PM Modi not led BJP’s campaign, its hopes would have taken a hit
From reacting to Mani Shankar Aiyar’s ‘neech’ remark to his shrill rhetoric about Pakistan’s interference in the Gujarat elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s polemics put the Congress on the defensive.
Updated on Dec 19, 2017 03:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore and Samarth Bansal
Gujarat election results: Make no mistake, the contest in Modi’s home state was really close
The Gujarat election results show ‘none of the above (NOTA)’ has polled more votes than the victory margin in 30 assembly constituencies.
Updated on Dec 19, 2017 12:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Samarth Bansal and Roshan Kishore
5 years of Dec 16 gangrape: Myopic reading of crime records likely to overshadow finer points, positive trends
The increase in numbers might be a result of better reporting and recording of crime by sufferers and police.
Updated on Aug 21, 2019 11:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Gujarat elections: Is the state’s rural discontent real and can it hurt the BJP?
Fluctuations in agricultural growth, sharp fall in cotton prices under present govt may have hurt rural economy in Gujarat.
Updated on Dec 13, 2017 07:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Contradictory positions can hurt India’s prospects at the next WTO ministerial
India should lead the charge for demanding a better deal on agricultural issues to counter rising protectionist tendencies in the West
Updated on Dec 09, 2017 04:39 PM IST
Gujarat elections will be first big test for Rahul Gandhi as Congress president
Given the fact that Gujarat is a straight contest between the Congress and BJP, the former would have to achieve a vote swing of at least 10-11 percentage points in order to defeat the BJP.
Updated on Dec 07, 2017 07:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore
Cash is back: A year after demonetisation was announced, digital transactions drop
After demonetisation, the spike in digital payments was caused by artificial constraints, and does not seem to have had a lasting impact on Indian citizens.
Updated on Nov 08, 2017 10:12 AM IST
Livemint, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore, New Delhi