Indian Economy

Is India Experiencing a K-Shaped Recovery?

Well before Omicron arrived, all the evidence was that far from a robust economic recovery, India had been witnessing a rebound only in the the formal sector. The informal sector and labour have been…
▶06-Jan-2022
D Narayana
Covid-19

India's Lockdown

If the first option of dealing with Covid-19 by imposing a complete lockdown but accompanied by comprehensive State support is not possible, then we must think of alternatives. Here is an…
▶09-Apr-2020
Debraj Ray, S Subramanian, Lore Vandewalle

What is Happening to Rural Welfare, Poverty, and Inequality in India?

An analysis of the draft NSO report that the Government has decided not to put out shows a deterioration in 2017-18 in consumption and poverty levels in rural India. The reasons may be the…
▶27-Nov-2019
S Subramanian

What Should We Do About the Indian Economy?

In the absence of structural reforms for transformative growth, a rural-led growth strategy is the only option for economic revival at this point of time. Growth may be slower but it will be…
▶25-Sep-2019
Ashok Kotwal, Pronab Sen
Explainer

Understanding India's Jobs Challenge

Unemployment today is at an all-time high but that is not the only challenge in jobs: more and more workers are withdrawing from the labour force, the wages of casual workers are below a reasonable…
▶26-Aug-2019
Radhicka Kapoor

Fiscal Federalism in India

There have been landmark changes in the framework for centre-state fiscal relations in recent years. What do these hold out for the future of relations between the union and the states?
▶02-Apr-2019
Pinaki Chakraborty

The Employment Question in India

The jobs question is begging for answers from the polity. Here an agenda for dealing with urban unemployment, in particular. A key element could be investment in universal basic services. It is all…
▶28-Mar-2019
Amit Basole, Arjun Jayadev

The Mirage of Modinomics

Over-promise and under-deliver has been the story of the Narendra Modi government's management of the economy.
▶22-Feb-2019
Maitreesh Ghatak, Udayan Mukherjee

Poverty in India

Contrary to appearance, measurement of income (or ‘money-metric’) poverty – by failing to be transparent about the assumptions and values informing it – can serve the purpose of apologetics.
▶19-Feb-2019
S Subramanian