The recent G20 meetings in February and April have showed that the G20 works. The achievements are not dramatic, but…
India continues to struggle with how to achieve inclusive growth. A basic problem is that a large portion of the…
India?s Union Budget has been presented, the Economic Survey has been published and attention has returned to day-to-day governance and…
The recent Union Budget elicited the usual range of responses. Various interest groups commented on the lack of what they…
February has finally brought some relief in the rise in India?s food prices. The government has some breathing room in…
Growth is good. So are health and education. Malnutrition is bad. As I noted in my last column, everyone, including…
The debate between two of India?s greatest economists, Jagdish Bhagwati and Amartya Sen, is important for India?s policymakers.
At the beginning of 2010, management guru CK Prahalad gave a figure of Rs 2,50,000 crore for the annual cost…
The financial crisis rejuvenated the International Monetary Fund and the G20, giving each new roles to play in managing the…
Inclusive development is about sharing the fruits of growth with the bottom of the pyramid. It goes beyond welfare schemes…
The upcoming G20 summit takes place at a pivotal moment. The halo of the G20?s response to the financial crisis…
It has been interesting to read Indian reactions to the G-20. At the risk of caricature, here is what many…
There is an old story about US President Harry Truman, tired of getting ?on the one hand?on the other hand?…
From the Commonwealth Games fiasco to the problem of endemic child malnutrition, India has been receiving critical scrutiny from the…
India is continuing with major reforms of its tax system. These reforms began with liberalisation, and included cutting tax rates…
Comparisons of India and China are inevitable, and will keep being made. They are both fast-growing population giants, but with…
In my last column (Forecasting inflation accurately, FE, July 24), I looked at how well experts do in forecasting India?s…..
Inflation has recently been a headline issue in India. Spikes in inflation seem to have taken policymakers by surprise and…
