Budget 2021-22: A gender lens
Examining the 2021-22 union budget through a gender lens, Nalini Gulati discusses what the budget does – and does not do – for women in the Indian economy, particularly with respect to the digital...
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Nalini Gulati
02 February, 2021
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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
- Perspectives
Firm formation in India: The last 40 years
Research shows that entrepreneurship or new firm formation can be an important driver of economic development. This article studies the extent of new firm formation in India over the last 40 years and...
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Rajeswari Sengupta
Manish Singh
01 April, 2019
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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
- Perspectives
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
- Notes from the Field
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
- Perspectives
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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Webinar video: The Covid-19 shock
The Covid-19 pandemic and the containment measures adopted to check the spread of the disease, have caused an unprecedented economic crisis in India as well as the rest of the world. Further, India is...
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Parikshit Ghosh
Pronab Sen
29 June, 2020
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Protectionism and Statism, once again
In this post, Ajit Karnik argues that, at a broad strategic level, the Indian government has displayed a disconcerting shift towards protectionism and Statism over the last few months. While discussin...
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Ajit Karnik
25 June, 2020
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States’ loss of fiscal autonomy in a centralised federal system
The Indian states bear the larger responsibility in dealing with Covid-19, but they have few resources to do so. In this post, M. Govinda Rao argues that the ongoing process of centralisation has weak...
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M. Govinda Rao
18 June, 2020
- Perspectives
Covid-19 crisis and health of small businesses: Findings from a primary survey
In a recent statement, the Union Minister for micro, small, and medium enterprises, acknowledged that the sector is “battling for survival”. This article reports some key findings from a survey of...
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Shantanu Khanna
Udayan Rathore
17 June, 2020
- Notes from the Field
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Land in India: Market price vs. fundamental value
The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015, is focused on protecting the few home buyers who can afford to buy homes but does not address the issue of high land prices, which is a very se...
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Land records and titles in India
Land ownership is broadly determined by access to a land title, which protects the rights of the title-holder, and impacts livelihoods, and industrial, economic, and social growth. However, land title...
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Global financial crisis and India: A look at the decade gone by
The crisis that emerged in the US subprime mortgage market this month 10 years ago, not only engulfed the country’s financial system but the entire global economy. In this post, Vikas Dimble and Nal...
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