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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    Dev 360 | Budget: The Social Cost Of Fiscal Consolidation | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Budget: The Social Cost Of Fiscal Consolidation | Patralekha...

    Health and wellness centres launched under the Ayushman Bharat programme in 2018 to deliver comprehensive primary...

    17 Feb 2026 11:37 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Pollution No Side Issue, It Tests India’s Political Will | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Pollution No Side Issue, It Tests India’s Political Will |...

    The 2019 Global Burden of Disease study on the health and economic impact of air pollution in India, published in The...

    30 Jan 2026 3:00 AM IST

    Dev 360 | Invest in people first to ensure a secure India | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Invest in people first to ensure a secure India | Patralekha...

    “Human resources is a critical element for the military, and more so in modern warfare. Technological advances have made...

    20 Jan 2026 11:43 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Reasons For Despair & Reasons For Hope | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Reasons For Despair & Reasons For Hope | Patralekha...

    At school, children are told to celebrate India’s diversity. On the street, diversity is butchered with monotonous...

    2 Jan 2026 11:10 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Clean Air As Privilege: It’s India’s Hidden Inequality | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Clean Air As Privilege: It’s India’s Hidden Inequality |...

    Why is India -- so vocal on climate change and greenhouse gases -- in mute mode on domestic air pollution? It is now a...

    20 Dec 2025 2:13 AM IST

    Banks received 3 trillion rupees ($44.4 billion) of 500- and 1,000-rupee notes over the last four days.Columnists
    Patralekha Chatterjee | India: As Rupee Falls, Aspirations Crashing

    A depreciating rupee is eroding household budgets long before prices show it

    10 Dec 2025 7:39 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Is India’s Aspirational Trap Crushing Its Kids? | Patralekha ChatterjeeAll India
    Dev 360 | Is India’s Aspirational Trap Crushing Its Kids? | Patralekha...

    A gut-wrenching case which made national and international headlines unfolded just days ago when parents, students and...

    1 Dec 2025 10:36 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Affordability, Not Identity, Real Crisis In India’s Cities | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Affordability, Not Identity, Real Crisis In India’s Cities |...

    The urban poor have always lived on the edge, but now even the lower middle class and middle class are feeling the...

    11 Nov 2025 11:39 PM IST

    Patralekha Chatterjee | Missing AQI data: Optics Trump India’s OutcomesColumnists
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Missing AQI data: Optics Trump India’s...

    The air is abuzz with talk of cloud seeding and artificial rain. The BJP-led Delhi government is promoting it, echoing a...

    31 Oct 2025 12:01 AM IST

    Patralekha Chatterjee | Is India’s Reputation in Pharma Starting to Fray?Columnists
    Patralekha Chatterjee | Is India’s Reputation in Pharma Starting to...

    Deaths in Madhya Pradesh highlight recurring lapses, weak regulation, and unequal access to safe medicines

    15 Oct 2025 9:29 PM IST

    Dev 360 | Does India Need A Rethink Of Its Talent Strategy Now? | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | Does India Need A Rethink Of Its Talent Strategy Now? |...

    In the global race for talent, timing is everything. Just as the Trump administration slaps a $100,000 fee on new H-1B...

    29 Sept 2025 10:39 PM IST

    Dev 360 | South Asia’s Youth Crisis: A Warning Bell In Nepal | Patralekha ChatterjeeColumnists
    Dev 360 | South Asia’s Youth Crisis: A Warning Bell In Nepal |...

    Kathmandu is on edge not because of ‘apps’, but because a generation raised on the promise of democracy and mobility has...

    15 Sept 2025 10:49 PM IST

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