The economic programme of any party or coalition that is serious about transforming India must be underpinned by four economic objectives.

 

A development transformation involves progress on many fronts, but there can be no transformation without high, stable, and inclusive economic growth. The economic programme …

Countries are organized either as “Unitary ” (France) or as “Federations” (India, Brazil, the United States). In the first group, a national, or a central, government, makes the economic decisions for the whole country’s territory. In the second group, a Constitution has generally assigned various government’s economic functions between …

The book titled “Indian Fiscal Federalism” co-authored by Y V Reddy and G R Reddy is written from a “practioner’s perspective”. The simplicity of this book is appealing, especially when the content of the book is about a very complex set of rules and games between the Centre and …

Gender gaps in labour force participation rates in India affect the “potential output” and also harm the inclusiveness of the growth process.

 

IMF’s World Economy Outlook recently reported that India’s real GDP growth forecast for FY19 remains at 7.3% while it is relatively higher at …

The announcements for women in a budget are just the tip of the iceberg. An intelligent woman can ask: how much of these announcements are backed by real budgetary allocations?

 

The announcements for women in a budget are just the tip of the iceberg. An …