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Bharat Ramaswami is a Professor of Economics at Ashoka University and prior to that he was at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. He has held visiting appointments at universities in Canada, Japan, Sweden and the United States. Before earning a PhD from the University of Minnesota, Ramaswami obtained a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Economics from the University of Delhi. He was awarded the Mahalanobis Memorial Medal by the Indian Econometric Society in 2004 for his contributions to quantitative economics.
Posts by Bharat Ramaswami
The agricultural productivity gap: Informality matters
There are various explanations in the literature for the observed productivity gap between agriculture and other sectors, in developing countries. Using Indian data, this article questions the standar...
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Rajveer Jat
Bharat Ramaswami
20 November, 2024
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वस्तु-रूपी हस्तांतरण : डेडवेट हानि या लाभ?
क्या सामाजिक सहायता के लिए वस्तु-रूप में दिया जाने वाला हस्तांतरण उपभोक्ता की पसंद को सीमित करके ‘डेडवेट लॉस’ की ओर ले जाता है? इस लेख में महाराष्ट्र में हुए एक प्रयोग से प्राप्त निष्कर्षों को प्रस्तु...
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Klaus Abbink
Gaurav Datt
Lata Gangadharan
Digvijay S. Negi
Bharat Ramaswami
05 नवंबर, 2024
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In-kind transfers: Deadweight losses or gains?
Do in-kind transfers for social assistance lead to ‘deadweight losses’ by restricting consumer choice? This article presents findings from an experiment in Maharashtra, which involved offering low...
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Klaus Abbink
Gaurav Datt
Lata Gangadharan
Digvijay S. Negi
Bharat Ramaswami
16 October, 2024
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Introduction to e-Symposium: Carrying forward the promise of International Year of Millets
Although millets were a staple food in many Indian diets, their consumption has declined over the last few decades. Taking into account their resilience to climate change and potential to contribute t...
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Bharat Ramaswami
16 October, 2023
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Prof. Bharat Ramaswami remembers Prof. Ashok Kotwal
Prof Bharat Ramaswami pens a heartfelt tribute to our founder Editor-in-Chief Prof. Ashok Kotwal.
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Bharat Ramaswami
09 May, 2022
- Perspectives
कृषि कानून: गतिरोध का समाधान
हाल ही में इंडियन एक्सप्रेस के एक लेख में भरत रामास्वामी ने किसानों के विरोध से उत्पन्न मौजूदा संकट को हल करने के लिए कुछ उत्तेजक सुझाव पेश किए हैं। इस पोस्ट में रामास्वामी ने अशोक कोटवाल (प्रधान संपा...
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Ashok Kotwal
Bharat Ramaswami
27 जनवरी, 2021
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Farm laws: Resolving the deadlock
In a recent Indian Express article, Bharat Ramaswami has proposed some rather provocative suggestions on how the present crisis triggered by the farmers’ protests can be resolved. In this post, Rama...
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Ashok Kotwal
Bharat Ramaswami
18 December, 2020
- Perspectives
कृषि कानून: कृषि विपणन का उदारीकरण आवश्यक है
कृषि कानून पर अपना दृष्टिकोण प्रदान करते हुए भरत रामास्वामी ने यह कहा है कि कृषि विपणन का उदारीकरण एक आवश्यक कदम है – पूर्व में सभी राजनीतिक विचारधाराओं द्वारा इसका समर्थन किया गया। इसमें बदलाव करना य...
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Bharat Ramaswami
23 अक्टूबर, 2020
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Farm laws: Liberalisation of agricultural marketing is necessary
Providing his perspective on the farm laws, Bharat Ramaswami contends that the liberalisation of agricultural marketing is the necessary direction – a view endorsed in the past across the political ...
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Bharat Ramaswami
12 October, 2020
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CPR-I4I webinar video: A new economic imagination?
Centre for Policy Research and Ideas for India jointly held a webinar on 16 September 2020, to discuss domestic demand specifically in rural India. It built on a recent I4I post by three of the speake...
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Yamini Aiyar
Maitreesh Ghatak
Ashok Kotwal
Mekhala Krishnamurthy
Bharat Ramaswami
30 September, 2020
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What would make India’s growth sustainable?
Much of the discussion on the economic slowdown in India in recent years – as well as on the government’s measures to tackle the present economic crisis due to the Covid-19 lockdown – is focused...
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Maitreesh Ghatak
Ashok Kotwal
Bharat Ramaswami
14 August, 2020
- Perspectives
कोविड-19: क्या हम लंबी दौड़ के लिए तैयार हैं? - भाग 2
इस आलेख के पहले भाग में, लेखकों ने भारत में कोविड-19 के प्रति सरकार की प्रतिक्रिया का मार्गदर्शन करने हेतु व्यापक सिफारिशें कीं। इस भाग में, वे पांच ऐसे समूहों की पहचान करते हैं जिनके वर्तमान संकट से ...
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Abhinash Borah
Sabyasachi Das
Aparajita Dasgupta
Ashwini Deshpande
Kanika Mahajan
Bharat Ramaswami
Anuradha Saha
Anisha Sharma
08 अप्रैल, 2020
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