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The Economic and Political Weekly began its life in 1949 under the editorship of Sachin Chaudhuri. This publication started as a weekly journal focused on economic matters during the early years of independent India.
Gopal Guru served as editor from January 2018 until July 2023. He followed Paranjoy Guha Thakurta who had taken the role after C. Rammanohar Reddy resigned in 2016.
The Sameeksha Trust now publishes the periodical from Mumbai. Deepak Nayyar chairs the Sameeksha Trust while D N Ghosh serves as Managing Trustee.
The journal takes left-leaning positions in its editorials according to reports from The Hindu. It maintained a strong editorial stance with what one source called a social conscience.
CAB Abstracts indexes content from The Economic and Political Weekly and Scopus also includes the journal in its database of academic materials. Factiva and JSTOR host the articles for their registered users.