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What India needs is a dynamic and granular database on socio-economic inequalities.
Economic mismanagement and political hubris both contributed to the making of a dark chapter in India’s history.
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.
A handful of countries should not be allowed to hold multilateral negotiations to ransom. WTO decisions could be based on voting rather than on...
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
Unlike consumers in the West, many Indian consumers have leapt straight to mobile banking and wallets without any experience with card payments or...
10 years of disappointment with its successor organisation, the Niti Aayog, seems to have created a whiff of nostalgia for the old Commission
The lack of diversification in its economy, the small size of its middle class, and subdued wages have contributed to the current crisis. Aggregate...
A growth path that is overly dependent on a few oligarchs may not answer the needs of a large and complex democracy
Why did Trump, and not others, succeed in harnessing the latent fears of ordinary Americans? The answer lies in his media game
Over the past three decades, Indian policymakers have devoted a lot of time and effort to setting up new regulatory agencies. Now they need to fix...
The current geopolitical moment is to India’s advantage. But India’s economic statecraft needs a serious upgrade if we are to make the most of this...