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The spatial dimensions of business investment decisions
Investment decisions of firms are centred on location choice, investment magnitude, and selection of industry. Of these, information on location choice is the most asymmetric, making it is imperative ...
- Anjali Tandon
- 25 January, 2018
- Perspectives
India's plan to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025: Converting rhetoric into reality
During the 2017 Union Budget address, the Government of India announced its plan to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, which is extraordinarily ambitious given that India accounts for a large propor...
- Soumyadeep Bhaumik Soumitra Bhuyan Madhukar Pai
- 24 January, 2018
- Perspectives
Self-employment: Elephant in the room
While nearly half of the labour force in India is self-employed, persistent low standards of living on a large scale imply that not many of these are ‘entrepreneurs’. Much of the self-employment is i...
- Gurbachan Singh
- 22 January, 2018
- Perspectives
What lies ahead: The role of entrepreneurship in India's rising public health sector
India’s deep pool of entrepreneurs has launched countless disruptive businesses from the Bay Area to Bangalore. In this article, Chintan Maru explores the question − how can India attract this talent ...
- Chintan Maru
- 19 January, 2018
- Perspectives
For no more Gorakhpur
In August 2017, the media was splashed with the grim news of the tragic deaths of children at a hospital in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, owing to alleged medical negligence. In this article, Chandrakant ...
- Chandrakant Lahariya
- 17 January, 2018
- Perspectives
Parikshit Ghosh speaks with Avinash Dixit
In this podcast, Parikshit Ghosh (Member of the I4I Editorial Board & Associate Professor, Delhi School of Economics) speaks with Avinash Dixit (John J. F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economi...
- Avinash Dixit Parikshit Ghosh
- 15 January, 2018
- Podcasts
‘Nowcasting’ the Indian economy: A new approach to know the now-GDP
Bhadury and Pohit describe NCAER’s new ‘nowcasting’ model, which seeks to predict India’s GDP numbers at frequent intervals − typically on a monthly or quarterly basis − by exploiting the incremental ...
- Soumya Bhadury Sanjib Pohit
- 12 January, 2018
- Articles
Aadhaar, biometrics, and the PDS in Jharkhand
Aadhaar-based biometric authentication was made mandatory for obtaining rations under the Public Distribution System in Ranchi district in Jharkhand in August 2016. In this article, Nazar Khalid demon...
- Nazar Khalid
- 10 January, 2018
- Perspectives
Real estate cross-subsidisation for infrastructure financing: A precarious solution for urban development?
A means of urban development financing that has emerged in Indian cities is real estate cross-subsidisation, whereby land along the mass rapid transit system corridors is offered to private developers...
- Meenakshi Sinha
- 08 January, 2018
- Notes from the Field
Does mandatory CSR expenditure affect firm value? Evidence from Indian firms
Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 mandates all Indian firms above certain size or profit threshold to spend at least 2% of net profit earned in preceding three years on Corporate Social Responsib...
- Praveen Bhagawan M Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay
- 04 January, 2018
- Articles
Despite improvements in child health, why do so many newborns still die?
The ‘Million Death Study’ shows that the death rate of under-five children in India dropped from about 90 per 1,000 to about 47 during 2000-2015. However, improvements in death rates in the first mont...
- Diane Coffey
- 02 January, 2018
- Perspectives
Clearing the air: The effects of transparency on plant pollution emissions
Of the 20 cities in the world with the worst fine particulate air pollution, 13 are in India. If good information on who pollutes is available, then traditional environmental regulation can bring down...
- Michael Greenstone Rohini Pande Nicholas Ryan Anant Sudarshan
- 31 December, 2017
- IGC Research on India