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Isha Gupta
Isha Gupta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Ramanujan College (University of Delhi) and is a Ph.D. Research Scholar at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Prior to this, she completed her M.A. and M.Phil in Economics from CESP, JNU and received a B.A. in Economics from Miranda House (University of Delhi). Her research lies at the intersection of macro-development and growth theory economics.
Her current research focuses on the inter-relation between the rise of business services and the role of female labour supply in low-income countries, which is sponsored by the grant received under the STEG research program led by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
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Is India’s ‘new’ investment cycle poised for upturn?
Recent statistics have drawn attention to the turning of India’s investment cycle since the second half of 2017-18. In this piece, Isha Gupta examines the different components of investment demand and critically evaluates the industrial growth rate in the past few years. She contends that quoting near-term data undermines industry-specific instability and overlooks the structural shift of the economy to a lower investment rate and real output growth, which is yet to gain momentum.
Demand-side components of India’s GDP growth
As per the recently released first advance estimates of the Central Statistics Office, the real GDP growth for India is estimated at 6.5% in 2017-18, the slowest in the last four years. In this article, Isha Gupta examines the key demand-side components of GDP growth – private consumption, government consumption, investment, and net exports – for the Indian economy in recent quarters.
Digital gender divide amidst India’s service-led growth
While India’s growth in recent decades has been services-led, entering high-productivity business services requires an adequate supply of high-skilled workers. In this context, Isha Gupta discusses how the country’s ‘digital gender divide’ – women’s lower access to and use of information and communication technologies – acts as a constraint. Outlining avenues offered by digital technologies, she recommends policy interventions that can help leverage these opportunities for women’s economic empowerment.