Desai Diaries

NET-ZERO IS NOT ENOUGH by NITIN DESAI Global climate agreement must be about the allocation of available carbon space The recent report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has raised a red alert and led quite cor....Read More

Key priorities for employment policy Measures that generate income for the poor are more important than tweaking the applicability threshold for labour laws Nitin Desai Most Indians can benefit from growth only if they get a job with decent ....Read More

THE POST-COVID ECONOMY by NITIN DESAI The Indian economy has clearly fallen behind by several years if one looks at the GDP numbers, the sectoral value added in manufacturing and construction or the actual off take of items like electricity, s....Read More

THE GREAT DIVIDE by NITIN DESAI The Covid epidermic has widened the great divide that separates the living conditions and prospects of the rich and the poor, the urban and rural dwellers, the workers in the organised sector and those in the unor....Read More

POLITICAL CULTURE by NITIN DESAI A country as diverse as ours needs a political culture rooted in constitutional values and political discourse based on truth, respect, civility and restraint Indian democracy is facing a major crisis of pol....Read More

ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE by NTITN DESAI Climate change requires a high pace of adaptability in the institutions and policies that shape ecosystem use The floods that hit Uttarakhand are a symptom of two critical ecological and development....Read More