In every large and diverse country, federalism matters not just for political stability but also for economic development. The decentralisation of ....Read More
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE by NTITN DESAI Climate change requires a high pace of adaptability in the institutio....Read More
When the Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented her first budget in July 2019, this columnist, like many ot....Read More
In July of this year Prime Minister dismissed as professional pessimists those who questioned the $5 trillion economic ....Read More
On February 1, 2019 the finance minister will present the final budget of this administration. It should be an interim ....Read More
Policy makers are struggling with several problems that can be attributed to one core deficiency - the failure to devel....Read More
Job creation is considered to be the most serious developmental challenge that India faces. It is a major source of con....Read More
Recently a seminar organized by the Institute for Human Development in Delhi discussed the proposals for a Universal Ba....Read More
A recent report prepared for this year's annual Fund-Bank meeting gave a much lower figure for the incidence of poverty....Read More
This year we have seen several thousand Indians, mostly poor labourers, die in the heat waves that have hit many parts ....Read More
The Government’s proposals for amending the UPA’s 2013 Land Acquisition Act has run into a storm of protest....Read More
The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Kailash Satyarthi Is a tribute to a very special set of social activists. They ar....Read More
This is the season for party manifestos with their vague and quite unexciting promises. But in this sea of platitudes s....Read More
The Indian economy will be about twenty times larger in 2050 if it grows at an average rate of 8%. Assuming a 2% per ye....Read More
In 2050 India will be a capitalist economy with the bulk of the economy under private sector management.....Read More
Between 2010 and 2050 India is expected to add about 500 million to its 2011 urban population of 377 million.....Read More
The global energy system in 2050 will be radically different from what it is today. The change will be driven by the gr....Read More
Sustaining high growth will require three things – continued outward orientation so that we do not slip into stag....Read More
The structure of the Indian economy will change radically by 2050. Projecting the magnitude of this change requires som....Read More
The next forty years of development will be substantially different from the past forty years. India stands at the cusp....Read More
The present parlous state of our national and the global economy inevitably focuses attention on the short term.....Read More
The Twelfth Plan aims at a high growth rate that is sustainable and inclusive. An energy policy that is also sustainabl....Read More
Two recent developments in the global energy dialogue require us to reexamine some old verities about the strategic dim....Read More
A hundred and thirty years ago an American economist, Henry George, wrote a famous tract called Progress and Poverty th....Read More
The Kelkar Committee Report on fiscal consolidation focusses quite understandably on the next three years because it is....Read More
Crony capitalism involves both corrupt politicians and unscrupulous businessmen in a close embrace to manipulate for pr....Read More
Over the past few weeks the country has been obsessed with the whether our spoilt brat of a city, Delhi, will perform w....Read More
The Planning Commission has begun the process for preparing the Twelfth Five Year Plan. They want this to be different ....Read More
What do the sub-prime crisis, the controversies about climate change and the acrimonious disputes about BT Brinjal have....Read More
The terrorist attack in Mumbai exposed the gross inadequacies of governance at many levels.....Read More
The Planning Commission has put out a draft Eleventh Plan where the goal is not just the rate of GDP growth but a patte....Read More
Last month’s column on SEZs attracted many responses, all of them supportive of the doubts expressed.....Read More
Political scientists draw a distinction between business-friendly and market-friendly governments.....Read More
The recent confrontation between the Narmada Bachao Andolan and the Government has demonstrated quite clearly that our ....Read More
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has been talking lately about the possibility of India aiming at a growth rate ....Read More
Growth-accounting exercises show that through most of the modern era, the main determinant of growth has been the “catch-all” technical....Read More
A meritocratic system of higher education is the key. The secondary school examination results in places like Maharashtra are front-pag....Read More
Does a country need a policy for poverty reduction or is a policy for growth and efficiency sufficient? Certainly, it is difficult to find an....Read More
The economy of my village in Gujarat has changed dramatically in the past half century. Many things have contributed to this – the shif....Read More
The Indian economy has never been a planned one in a strict sense of the term. Yes, the Planning Commission has been around for well over fif....Read More