What made me admire Sunil was that he was first and foremost an evidence-based journalist—a relative rarity in India, and…
A detached reading of the evidence suggests inflation targeting wasn’t responsible for the decline in India’s inflation—It contributed to a…
Sitharaman has faced down the critics with performance. Breaking from the conventional past is very courageous—and effective in achieving India’s…
The newly released NFHS data reveals large improvements in welfare for Indian children, women, and households. Then why the deep…
That there is no defense for old farm laws is vividly illustrated by the hypocrisy, and intellectual dishonesty, of those…
Lockdowns were an unnatural experiment, and they have not worked in achieving their major health objective of fewer infections or…
The Indian Covid response package combines short-term macro policy with long-term structural reforms, and at around 5% of GDP, one…
Contrary to forecast expectations, the corporate tax cut of September 2019 have led to an increase in tax revenues, and…
Sometimes, a proud nation has to recognise that its statistical institution is failing the most basic of credibility “smell” tests;…
We believe that there is a strong possibility of a final corporate tax cut with the adoption of the direct…
We will all miss Arun Jaitley very much—for his non-partisan friendship, his intellect & his immense contributions to policy making.…
Is India as different as claimed by “experts”? My own experience, and interpretation, is that India is very different because…
Sooner India engages in foreign currency borrowing, the quicker it can profit from this market imperfection, shows cross-country evidence for…
In this article, I would like to point to some of the perils of poor data quality and often erroneous…
Budget 2019 India: Excise taxes went up for those the FMs wanted to punish, and down for those they wanted…
Arvind Subramanian’s method of estimating GDP suggests that Germany overestimates the most; brazil underestimates GDP the most—India only a mild…
GDP revisions undergo revisions, around the world, of 10-50 basis points, but a revision of 250 bp, annually, is unheard…
There is no going back; and the people believe Modi and trust Modi to deliver. That is why this election…
