Decentralisation needs to extend to India’s cities, which also need better governance, and which will be the focal points for…
“An Economic Strategy for India” covers many important areas of policy action and reform, but it does not bring all…
The need is to fix stressed sectors quickly—these are agriculture, infrastructure (including power), exports and banking.
An RBI caught in the midst of a govt trying to boost its political fortunes through populism will emerge as…
The basic autonomy of RBI does need to be protected. The most serious, and unprecedented violation of this, not to…
Neither RBI nor the central government has been doing an ideal job of managing key aspects of the economy. If…
The two prize recipients illustrate different, but complementary ways of doing economics
India has a long way to go in structuring and managing public private partnerships. Doing a better job on that…
At India’s stage of economic and institutional development, kleptocracy in the private and public sector, which is most lucrative for…
A dilemma is a situation where a difficult choice must be made between two (or more) alternatives.
It may be that double-digit growth can only be achieved with greater inclusiveness
Donald Trump was elected partly because of the quirks of the American Electoral College system, which can undermine the will…
The threatened narrowing of what it means to be American, going beyond any individual, no matter how prominent, will adversely…
The financing of firms and the skilling of workers are both activities that can be done more efficiently with better…
Supporting development of private sector initiatives in training and skilling ought to be an urgent focus of government policy, rather…
The next general election is less than a year away, and this is a good time to take stock of…
Access to working capital is a major problem for smaller firms, and they habitually get squeezed by their big-company customers.
Talent, finance and innovation are relatively neglected in the Indian policy framings on CEZs.
