June 29, 2022
Indian Economy Development Strategy
By Nitin Desai
May 17, 2022
Indian Economy|Development Strategy
By Nitin Desai
Reforming the NITI Aayog The policy think tank must move beyond research and programme planning to long-term strategy formulation Nitin Desai The NITI Aayog has a new vice-chairman, Suman Bery. This is welcome news, not just because he is a ....Read More
April 29, 2022
International Relations
By Nitin Desai
The March of Folly India should work for an alliance of like- minded neutral states to restrain the adversaries in the new Cold War Nitin Desai Barbara Tuchman, the American historian, wrote the book, March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, wh....Read More
March 30, 2022
International Relations|Climate Change
By Nitin Desai
Lifestyles for climate justice A change in consumption patterns of the rich is as essential for climate mitigation as supply-side innovations and even more crucial for climate justice Nitin Desai A recent report of the Intergovernmental Pane....Read More
February 28, 2022
Governance & Politics|International Relations
By Nitin Desai
Legitimacy and the Ukraine invasion Russia's actions are predictable but illegitimate Nitin Desai Legitimacy is a desired garb for ancient kings who sought priestly blessings or a latter-day President who values the approval of a foreig....Read More
January 31, 2022
Indian Economy
By Nitin Desai
TAX WHEN YOU WANT TO SPEND by NITIN DESAI Raise the tax-GDP ratio to finance rising revenue expenditure The principal fiscal challenge that India faces is the stagnation in the tax GDP ratio for several d....Read More
December 29, 2021
Indian Economy|Capital Markets
By Nitin Desai
THE CAPITAL MARKET: THEN AND NOW by NITIN DESAI The financial sector has been transformed but the financing outcomes are not as different as they need to be The abolition of industrial licensing and a shi....Read More
November 23, 2021
Climate Change
By Nitin Desai
CLIMATE JUSTICE MUST DRIVE CLIMATE ACTION by NITIN DESAI Big emitters must reconsider their stated net-zero date and specify a credible action plan. Consider a riverside village that has been informed by ....Read More
October 26, 2021
Natural Resources|Climate Change
By Nitin Desai
CLIMATE TREATY MUST LEAD TO CLIMATE ACTION by NITIN DESAI An agreed destination is not enough- there must be an agreed road-map A recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has raised the red alert on the limited carbon ....Read More
September 28, 2021
Global Economy|Climate Change
By Nitin Desai
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 correctly t....Read More