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Ritika Jain
Ritika Jain is an Assistant Professor at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. She received her Ph.D. and M.Sc. from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. Her research interests include public finance, political economy, applied game theory, and industrial organisation.
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Is Covid-19 equally deadly across all states?
International experience suggests that the rates of fatality on account of Covid-19 vary across the world. In this post, Jain and Chatterjee seek to estimate the fatality rate of the pandemic in India, and the extent of spatial variation across states. They find that the overall ‘Case Fatality Ratio’ – ratio of deaths to cases – is around 13-15%, and states such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh record higher values than other states.
Impact of disinvestment policy on public sector enterprises in India
To address operational inefficiencies in PSEs without comprising on their social objectives, disinvestment policy is often used. However, there are concerns regarding the extent of impact on firm performance since disinvestment may involve transfer of ownership but not control. Analysing data from 1991-2010 on all manufacturing PSEs owned by the central government, this column shows that the average annual efficiency score of disinvested enterprises rose by almost 20%.
गांव में अपराध: क्या सड़क जैसी बुनियादी सुविधाओं से फर्क पड़ता है?
ग्रामीण भारत में गरीबी के उन्मूलन और आर्थिक विकास हेतु अच्छी बुनियादी सुविधाओं तक पहुंच होना महत्वपूर्ण है। यह लेख, भारत मानव विकास सर्वेक्षण (आईएचडीएस) के 2004-05 और 2011-12 के आंकड़ों का विश्लेषण करते हुए दर्शाता है कि पक्की सड़कों से जुड़े गांवों के परिवारों में अपराध, श्रम बल की भागीदारी और पारिवारिक आय के सन्दर्भ में उन गांवों में रहने वालों की तुलना में बेहतर परिणाम पाए गए जहाँ पक्की सड़कें नहीं थी।
Crime in the village: Does road infrastructure make a difference?
Access to better infrastructure is critical for poverty alleviation and economic development in rural India. Analysing data from the 2004-05 and 2011-12 waves of the India Human Development Survey (IHDS), this article shows that households in villages connected with pucca roads had better outcomes in terms of crime, labour force participation, and family income, relative to those residing in villages with no pucca roads.