07 April, 202015th Finance Commission: Covid-19 warrants rethink of local government allocations
The 15th Finance Commission has made significant departures from the previous Central Finance Commissions in its recommendations for urban local governments, in its interim report for 2020-21. In this...
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Meera Mehta Dinesh Mehta 
27 April, 2020
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Is 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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Does the current economic slowdown warrant a fiscal boost?
The Indian economy is going through an economic slowdown. Several economists have made a case for an expansionary fiscal policy to deal with the slowdown. In this post, Gurbachan Singh argues that it ...
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Gurbachan Singh
- 04 November, 2019
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Tapping the revenue potential of property tax in India
Property tax, levied on ownership of any real property, is a significant source of revenue for city-level municipal governments in India. However, revenue collections from it are quite low as it is po...
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Soumyadip Chattopadhyay Arjun Kumar
- 23 October, 2019
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Cash and the economy: Evidence from India’s demonetisation
‘Demonetisation’ announced in India in December 2016 made 86% of cash in circulation illegal tender overnight, with new notes gradually introduced over the next several months. This article combin...
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Gabriel Chodorow-Reich
- 18 October, 2019
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What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - IV
In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen traced the genesis of the present economic slowdown. In this part, they discuss the way forward to arrest the slowdown. They suggest a ...
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Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 29 September, 2019
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What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - III
In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen presented an export-led development strategy employed by successful Asian countries and why India failed on this front. In this part, t...
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Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 29 September, 2019
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What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - II
In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen described the generic process of development in a dual economy. In this part, they present the strategies employed by successful Asian ...
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Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 28 September, 2019
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What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - I
The Indian economy, one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the last three decades, today shows telltale signs of an economic slowdown. In this four-part series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab...
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Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 27 September, 2019
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Foreign currency sovereign bonds: Think before you leap?
Government recently announced its decision to borrow in foreign currency from abroad to finance part of government’s fiscal deficit. In this post, Renu Kohli discusses some key fiscal preconditions ...
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Renu Kohli
- 06 September, 2019
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I4I Event: Panel Discussion on financing development in India
‘Ideas for India’ is hosting a panel discussion on ‘Financing development in India’ on Monday, 9 September 2019, at Desire Hall, Le Méridien Hotel, New Delhi at 6:30pm. The panellists are Pra...
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Ashok Kotwal
- 05 September, 2019
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Public debt through the ages
The history of sovereign debt evolved over time along with the purposes for which governments borrowed: first State-building, then public-good provision, and most recently social welfare and entitleme...
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Barry Eichengreen Asmaa El-Ganainy Rui Esteves Kris James Mitchener
- 30 August, 2019
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The return of the policy that shall not be named: Principles of industrial policy
The 'Asian miracles' and their industrial policies are often considered as statistical accidents that cannot be replicated. This article argues that we can learn more about sustained growth from these...
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Reda Cherif Fuad Hasanov
- 31 July, 2019
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Why external sovereign debt should be avoided
The Finance Minister of India, in her 2019 Budget speech, announced the government’s intent to finance a part of the fiscal deficit by issuing sovereign bonds in the international financial markets....
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Pronab Sen
- 29 July, 2019
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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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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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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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