Getting centre-state relations right for health in India
The 14th Finance Commission has recommended devolving a greater share of revenues to states in order to give them more control over spending. In this article, Amanda Glassman and Anit Mukherjee examine the current centre-state relationships in the context of the health sector in India. They recomme...
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Amanda Glassman Anit Mukherjee 
01 April, 2015
- Perspectives
Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2015
Land acquisition debate: The price is not right
The central government’s move to amend the 2013 land acquisition Act has come under criticism for being ‘anti-farmer’. In this article, Maitreesh Ghatak and Parikshit Ghosh argue that while the amendments would streamline the land acquisition process, the law will still be fatally flawed unle...
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Maitreesh Ghatak Parikshit Ghosh
- 31 March, 2015
- Perspectives
Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2015
Rapid Response Project on Indian Firm Data
In March 2015, IGC organised a Workshop on Industry Data, held in Delhi. The workshop provided an opportunity for academics, policy makers and government agencies to discuss difficulties they face with using or collecting datasets on Indian firms, and define the steps for a way forward to improve th...
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Paul Novosad Samuel Asher
- 31 March, 2015
- IGC Research on India
Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2015
Strategically greasing the wheels: The political economy of India’s rural employment guarantee scheme
Inefficient and capacity-constrained bureaucracies often pose a significant hurdle to the effective implementation of anti-poverty programmes in developing countries.
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Aditya Dasgupta James Robinson
- 31 March, 2015
- IGC Research on India
Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Governance
Year: 2015
Adoption of Balanced Use of Chemical Fertilisers: Farmer's Response to Scientific Evidence and Social Learning
Government of India has launched a massive program of individualized soil tests and customized fertilizer recommendation, with the hope that scientific information will lead farmers to optimize the fertilizer mix. This porject conducted a randomized control trial in Bihar to provide evidence on the ...
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Avinash Kishore David J. Spielman Ram Fishman
- 31 March, 2015
- IGC Research on India
Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Agriculture
Year: 2015
Why do so few women in India work?
Only about a third of working-age women in India have jobs. This column analyses the determinants of women’s participation in the labour market in India and finds that factors such as family income, cultural norms and gender wage gap play an important role. It suggests that raising female labour ...
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Piritta Sorsa
- 27 March, 2015
- Articles
Content Type: Articles
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2015
Transit networks and regional development in India
Recent research illustrates the immediate positive effects of transit networks in India on rural employment, manufacturing growth and so on. This column focuses on the long-term impact of national highways and shows that they gave rise to a dynamic pattern of regional development over time. Regions...
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Gaurav Khanna
- 26 March, 2015
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Content Type: Articles
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2015
Will India really grow faster than China?
According to the IMF, India will overtake China to be the fastest growing economy this year. In this article, Chetan Ghate and Peter Robertson assess the validity of this claim. In their view, the challenge for India is to not only catch up with China, but to also catch up with itself. Strong democ...
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Chetan Ghate Peter Robertson
- 23 March, 2015
- Perspectives
Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2015
How serious is the government about Swachh Bharat Mission?
The recently announced Union budget 2015-16 has reduced the central government allocation for Swachh Bharat Mission – the flagship sanitation programme of the government. In this article, Sangita Vyas, Managing Director for Sanitation at r.i.c.e., questions the commitment of the government to eli...
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Sangita Vyas
- 20 March, 2015
- Perspectives
Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2015
The financial inclusion agenda and Aadhaar
The central government is pushing financial inclusion in a big way. In this article, MS Sriram discusses the role of identity in financial inclusion, and the importance of Aadhaar in this context. He argues that while Aadhaar has facilitated opening of bank accounts by providing a verifiable identi...
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MS Sriram
- 18 March, 2015
- Perspectives
Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Money & Finance
Year: 2015
The nuances of inflation targeting in India
How prepared is India for inflation targeting? This column suggests that the larger weight assigned by the RBI to tackling inflation over the years, relative to other policy objectives such as stabilising exchange rates, places it in a good position to make the transition to the new regime. However...
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Abhijit Sen Gupta Rajeswari Sengupta
- 16 March, 2015
- Articles
Content Type: Articles
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2015
Women's economic empowerment and domestic violence
The safety of women in India – both inside and outside homes – is a major concern. This column explores the link between women’s economic empowerment, in the form of stronger inheritance rights and working status, and the incidence of domestic violence. It suggests that empowering women throu...
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Aparna Mathur
- 13 March, 2015
- Articles
Content Type: Articles
Topic: Social Identity
Year: 2015