27 April, 2020Is 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...
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Tirtha Chatterjee Ritika Jain 
28 April, 2020
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Covid-19: Health, macroeconomics, and trade
There is great uncertainty around the spread and eventual end of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the possibility of extended or intermittent lockdowns. Besides the immediate health crisis and loss of liv...
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Anirudh Shingal
- 30 April, 2020
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Covid-19: Expected migrant movement as lockdown eases
Since the lockdown was announced in India, many migrants have undertaken the difficult journey to their place of origin. However, millions of them are still in cities, and some are expected to return ...
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Clément Imbert
- 01 May, 2020
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Which jobs were ‘lost’ during India’s Covid-19 lockdowns? Evidence from online vacancy postings
Covid-19 and associated lockdowns across countries have had a devastating impact on the global economy and labour markets. In India, recent data show a historic economic contraction by 23.9% over the ...
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Gaurav Chiplunkar Erin M. Kelley Gregory Lane
- 08 September, 2020
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Covid-19: Assessing fiscal position of government in first quarter of 2020-21
In this post, Pandey and Raju analyse the trends in the revenue, expenditure, and borrowings of the Government of India in the first quarter of 2020-21, based on data released by the Controller Genera...
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Radhika Pandey Medha Raju
- 07 September, 2020
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Subsidies, merit goods, and fiscal space - II
In Part I of this two-part series, the authors presented their estimates of total budget subsidies, and their merit and non-merit components. In this part, they discuss the relationship between subsid...
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Sudipto Mundle Satadru Sikdar
- 04 September, 2020
- Perspectives
Subsidies, merit goods, and fiscal space - I
Mundle and Sikdar argue that rationalisation of the prevailing large volume of non-merit subsidies should constitute a major component of deep fiscal reforms in India. Doing so could free up the fisca...
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Sudipto Mundle Satadru Sikdar
- 03 September, 2020
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What would make India’s growth sustainable?
Much of the discussion on the economic slowdown in India in recent years – as well as on the government’s measures to tackle the present economic crisis due to the Covid-19 lockdown – is focused...
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Maitreesh Ghatak Ashok Kotwal Bharat Ramaswami
- 14 August, 2020
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Covid-19: Assessing vulnerabilities faced by microenterprises
In India, where microenterprises form a crucial foundation for livelihoods and employment, the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown can potentially be significant. Based on the first wave of a dynamic, mu...
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Sharon Buteau Ashwin Chandrasekhar
- 31 July, 2020
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Covid-19: Recession in India, and policy lessons from other countries
Given the prevailing economic situation in India and following the past experience of several developed countries, there is a clamour for accepting much larger fiscal deficits, and adopting unconventi...
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Gurbachan Singh
- 27 July, 2020
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Covid-19: Conditions on state borrowing need a rethink
States have been in the firing line in the battle to save lives and livelihoods from the impact of Covid-19. However, the loss of economic activity following the nationwide lockdown, has wreaked havoc...
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Mayank Jain D. Priyadarshini
- 22 July, 2020
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Does easing controls on foreign borrowing boost firm performance?
The literature shows that rigid capital-control policies adversely influence international trade, but overlooks the relationships among access to external financing, firm-level productivity, and expor...
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Udichibarna Bose Sushanta Mallick Serafeim Tsoukas
- 17 July, 2020
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Unmaking ‘Make in India’
The current government has attempted to improve India’s ranking in the World Bank’s Doing Business Indicators, but with limited success. This article shows that ‘deals’ between the State and b...
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Sabyasachi Kar Rajesh Raj S.N. Kunal Sen
- 10 July, 2020
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Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan: Putting the cart before the horse
In an attempt to tackle the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, Government of India announced a Rs. 20 lakh crore Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan financial package, equivalent to 10% of Ind...
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Subhasish Dey Anirban Kundu
- 06 July, 2020
- Perspectives
The supply-side effects of India’s demonetisation
What were the effects of the 2016 Indian demonetisation that removed 86% of currency in circulation overnight, on the production side of the economy? By combining data from financial statements and su...
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Giri Subramaniam
- 03 July, 2020
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