April 28, 2025
Indian Economy Governance & Politics
By Nitin Desai
April 07, 2025
Indian Economy
By Nitin Desai
In a few days, the finance minister will present the 2025–26 Budget. Judging by past trends, much of her speech will elaborate on development programmes and schemes to be implemented by other ministries. Last year’s speech had 165 paragra....Read More
April 16, 2024
Indian Economy|Development Strategy
By Nitin Desai
Priority for human development The Union government should allow federalism to function more effectively if it wishes to push human development Nitin Desai There is much discussion now about India becoming a developed country by 20....Read More
March 19, 2024
Indian Economy|Development Strategy
By Nitin Desai
Empower our cities As the economy grows, city governance must become a central part of our long-term development strategy Nitin Desai How large is India’s urban population? According to the 13-year-old 2011 Census, the percen....Read More
February 20, 2024
Indian Economy|Development Strategy|Governance & Politics
By Nitin Desai
In every large and diverse country, federalism matters not just for political stability but also for economic development. The decentralisation of authority to provincial and sub-provincial levels for designing development policies and programmes can....Read More
January 15, 2024
Indian Economy
By Nitin Desai
The geography of unequal growth The weakness of lower-growth states in manufacturing and services needs to be corrected Nitin Desai Income differences between India’s states have widened significantly in the past 30 years. Th....Read More
November 13, 2023
Social Justice
By Nitin Desai
The recent Bihar Caste Survey provides data about the links between caste and economic status that was not readily available earlier. It focuses on three measures: The incidence of income-linked poverty in a caste group, the proportioof the group hol....Read More
October 16, 2023
Natural Resources|Climate Change
By Nitin Desai
CARBON PRICING CHALLENGES by NITIN DESAI Market-based solutions to carbon mitigation have spread rapidly, particularly since the Paris agreement of 2015. According to a recent World Bank report, they are now implemented or planned in 73 na....Read More
August 29, 2023
International Relations|Climate Change
By Nitin Desai
RISING CLIMATE RISKS by NITIN DESAI The average global temperatures in June and July 2023 were the highest in recorded history.Forest fires are becoming more widespread, burning nearly twice as much tree cover today a....Read More
July 18, 2023
International Relations|Climate Change
By Nitin Desai
REIMAGINING CLIMATE FINANCE by NITIN DESAI Climate change is once again emerging as the most critical challenge for global cooperation because of the widespread experience of adverse climate events. and the growing evidence of the ....Read More