Rohit Inani

Delhi

Journalist at Freelance

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‘Millions lifted out of poverty’ in India but many still lead precarious lives on the edge

Jan 12, 2025 | scroll.in | Rohit Inani

The forecast was cloudy skies with possibility of light rain or thunderstorms. But on the morning of India’s 77th Independence day, on August 15, 2023, things moved as planned in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the flag and waited to deliver his customary address to the nation. When the National Flag Guard began marching out from the open courtyard of the main gate of the Red Fort, a military brass band played Saare Jahan Se Accha.
Snakes & Ladders: India's Path Out Of Poverty

Jan 7, 2025 | thewire.in | Rohit Inani |India Spend

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‘A precarious perch’: In India, too many escape poverty only to slip right back into it

Jan 5, 2025 | newslaundry.com | Rohit Inani

The forecast was cloudy skies with the possibility of light rain or thunderstorms. But on the morning of India's 77th independence day, on August 15, 2023, things moved as planned in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the flag and waited to deliver his customary address to the nation. When the National Flag Guard began marching out from the open courtyard of the main gate of the Red Fort, a military brass band played Saare Jahan Se Accha.
Snakes & Ladders: India's Path Out Of Poverty

Jan 1, 2025 | indiaspend.com | Rohit Inani

New Delhi: The forecast was cloudy skies with possibility of light rain or thunderstorms. But on the morning of India's 77th Independence day, on August 15, 2023, things moved as planned in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the flag and waited to deliver his customary address to the nation. When the National Flag Guard began marching out from the open courtyard of the main gate of the Red Fort, a military brass band played Saare Jahan Se Accha.
Can the Reserve Bank of India rein in food inflation?

Aug 13, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Rohit Inani

India, Aug. 13 -- On August 8, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that it had kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 6.5% after the end of its monetary policy meeting - it marked the ninth straight meeting of the central bank in which it held rates at the same level. According to governor Shaktikanta Das, the reason was high food inflation, which pushed headline inflation beyond the bank's target of 4%.
Can the Reserve Bank of India rein in food inflation?

Aug 12, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Rohit Inani

In July, the monthly print in inflation for tomato, onion and potato came in at 62.1%, 24.6% and 18% respectively — and the year-on-year increase in inflation for vegetables is 29.3%. For cereals, inflation increased to 8.8% in June from 8.6% in April; for fruits, inflation increased to 7.2% in June from 5.2% in April; and for pulses inflation printed at 16.1% in June, recording 13 consecutive months of inflation in double digits.
How weak consumption growth is holding back the Indian economy's potential

Jul 31, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Rohit Inani

India, July 31 -- Ashlesh (who goes by only one name) -34-year-old former data entry operator at a small firm in Ghaziabad, and originally from the village of Ambar Nagar in Balrampur, in Uttar Pradesh - immediately wanted to make it big in life the day after he had lost his job.
How weak consumption growth is holding back the Indian economy's potential

Jul 30, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Rohit Inani

For an economic migrant in India’s growing cities, life could be a daily struggle — even for averagely skilled workers like Ashlesh who lodge themselves at the bottom rungs of the country’s tiny formal sector. “Salary was low ( ₹15000); there was pressure to save more and send money back home and the rent was so high,” Ashlesh said.
India’s fraying garment industry needs a stitch in time under Modi 3.0

Jun 28, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Rohit Inani

Looking back at the survey, which was conducted 13 years ago at a time when global supply chains were getting further embedded in Asia, one statistic is revealing. When asked about the new sourcing hotspots in the next five years, 89% said Bangladesh, followed by Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia. India did not have the confidence of global purchasing managers; in hindsight, they were prescient.
'I Get Hungry By 11 am But I'm Still Working': Rural Wages Stagnated During Modi's 10-Year Tenure

Jun 1, 2024 | thewire.in | Rohit Inani |India Spend

Instead, he waited for years for the ‘Kuznets inverted U-curve’ to take effect. In the 1950s, American economist Simon Kuznets proposed a now-famous hypothesis according to which, as the size of an economy grows and it transforms from an agrarian to an industrial economy, income inequality first rises and then falls.