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What the new GDP series gets right, what needs fixing

The first estimates of independent India’s national income were prepared by a stellar team led by the national accounting pioneer Moni Mukherjee....

09.03.2026 10

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Pramit Bhattacharya

The Economic Survey needs to be reimagined

27.01.2026 30

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Designing trade policy for a brave new world

13.01.2026 20

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The possibilities and limits of the Tamil Nadu model

Compared to other industrialised states such as Haryana or Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu has more impressive attainments in health and educational outcomes.

16.07.2025 10

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The lottery of life & the role of the State

What India needs is a dynamic and granular database on socio-economic inequalities.

01.07.2025 20

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Political and economic roots of the Emergency

Economic mismanagement and political hubris both contributed to the making of a dark chapter in India’s history.

17.06.2025 20

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Rich Kerala, poor Bengal, and the role of the party

West Bengal's economy has sharply declined since the 1980s, while Kerala has prospered due to demographic changes and a pro-business CPI(M) stance.

06.05.2025 10

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Resetting the rules of the global trade regime

A handful of countries should not be allowed to hold multilateral negotiations to ransom. WTO decisions could be based on voting rather than on...

22.04.2025 30

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Upgrading the plumbing of India’s administration

One way to build expertise in governance would be to break up the IAS into two divisions — a field division and a policy analysis division

11.03.2025 20

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Lessons from India’s fintech revolution

Unlike consumers in the West, many Indian consumers have leapt straight to mobile banking and wallets without any experience with card payments or...

11.02.2025 5

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Does India need another tryst with the plan panel?

10 years of disappointment with its successor organisation, the Niti Aayog, seems to have created a whiff of nostalgia for the old Commission

29.01.2025 10

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