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Interim Budget 2019: Rising fiscal deficit in a 'booming' economy

In this article, Rajeswari Sengupta analyses various nuances of the recently announced Union Interim Budget, including the deviation from the targeted path of fiscal consolidation. In a world of Aadha...

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IGC Panel Discussion: Does Ayushman Bharat address the issues of healthcare delivery in Bihar?

A year ago, as part of the Union Budget 2018-19 speech, the government announced a new National Health Protection Scheme called Ayushman Bharat. In a panel discussion held at Patna, Bihar in December ...

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कॉन्ट्रैक्ट फार्मिंग और सरकार की भूमिका

कृषि उद्योगों के साथ किसानों को जोड़ने के लिए कृषि मंत्रालय ने मॉडल कॉन्ट्रैक्ट फार्मिंग एक्ट का प्रारूप जारी किया है, जो कॉन्ट्रैक्ट फार्मिंग के लिए एक विनियामक और नीति ढांचा तैयार करना चाहता है। इस ल...

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I4I Panel Discussion: The way forward for the Indian economy

In December 2018, I4I organised a panel discussion on ‘The Way Forward for the Indian Economy’ with K.P. Krishnan (Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship), T.N. Ninan (Business Standard), ...

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How tax incentives influence household financial saving

Indian households tend to hold a high fraction of their wealth in non-financial assets such as real estate and gold. Tax policy has been used to incentivise saving in financial assets and encouraging ...

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Should students be rewarded for attending school regularly?

A growing literature examines whether incentives can increase effort and improve school performance of underprivileged students. This article discusses an experiment conducted in non-formal schools in...

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क्या कोटा उच्चस्तरीय पदों के लिए उम्मीदवारों की संख्या बढ़ा सकते हैं? भारतीय राजनीति से साक्ष्य

क्या राजनीति में महिलाओं के लिए कोटा लंबे समय में संस्थागत परिवर्तन को प्रेरित कर सकता है? यह लेख इस बात की जाँच करता है कि क्या भारतीय स्थानीय सरकार में महिलाओं के लिए सकारात्मक विभेद का प्रभाव राज्य...

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Rural electrification and structural transformation: A guar(anteed) bet?

Is large-scale electrification necessary for the structural transformation of rural economies? This article combines two natural experiments in India – an exogenous agricultural boom in the northwest ...

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Out of power? Political capture of the Indian electricity sector

Although power generation has been growing exponentially in India, the quality of electricity supply remains poor. This article argues that political corruption is among the root causes behind unrelia...

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पीडीएस में पसंद-आधारित विकल्प की आवश्यकता

भारत के प्रमुख खाद्य सुरक्षा कार्यक्रम पब्लिक डिस्ट्रीब्यूशन सिस्टम (पीडीएस) पर सार्वजनिक व्यय का एक बड़ा हिस्सा अपेक्षित लाभार्थियों तक नहीं पहुंचता है। इसलिए सब्सिडी वाले अनाज के बदले डायरेक्ट बेनिफ...

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Here comes the sun(set): It puts children to sleep and affects global educational outcomes

Emerging out of the British Empire in the mid-20th century, India reckoned a single time zone would serve as a unifying force, and adopted the Indian Standard Time across her territorial boundaries. H...

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When technology disrupts politics: Lessons from India’s green revolution

The green revolution transformed India’s agricultural sector between 1960s and 1980s. Did this technological revolution in agriculture translate into a political revolution? This article shows that wi...

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