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In lieu of the Planning Commission: Part III
In this post, Sunil Jain – Managing Editor, Financial Express – provides his perspective on some of the issues involved in replacing the Planning Commission. In his view, the new body should focus on...
- Sunil Jain
- 25 September, 2014
- Perspectives
In lieu of the Planning Commission: Part II
In this post, Chandrajit Banerjee - Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - provides his perspective on some of the issues involved in replacing the Planning Commission. In his vie...
- Chandrajit Banerjee
- 19 September, 2014
- Perspectives
In lieu of the Planning Commission: Part I
The Indian government plans to replace the Planning Commission with a more contemporary think tank. Over the next few weeks, we will present views of experts from various stakeholder groups – private...
- Pranab Bardhan
- 11 September, 2014
- Perspectives
The future of economic planning in India
Economic planning has been a central tenet of India’s development strategy since independence. In this article, Pronab Sen – former Principal Adviser to the Planning Commission of India – presents hi...
- Pronab Sen
- 09 September, 2014
- Perspectives
The new plan body must have a certain oomph
PM Modi has announced that his government plans to scrap the six-decade old Planning Commission and replace it with a more contemporary think tank. In this article, Abhijit Banerjee outlines the vari...
- Abhijit Banerjee
- 21 August, 2014
- Articles
Creating the climate for India's low-carbon growth story
The ‘Expert Group on Low Carbon Strategies for Inclusive Growth’ recently laid out a detailed roadmap for India to take on climate change mitigation proactively. In this note, Varad Pande – a member ...
- Varad Pande
- 28 July, 2014
- Notes from the Field
The challenge of fulfilling aspirations
This year’s election is a watershed in Indian history. This editorial discusses possible reasons for the stunning defeat of the previous government. While there is no denying that the previous govern...
- Ashok Kotwal
- 15 July, 2014
- Perspectives
Keys to successful reform in India
The new Indian government’s first budget - due to be unveiled this week – will be an important indicator of how forcefully the new PM intends to translate his mandate of putting India’s economy back ...
- Eswar Prasad
- 09 July, 2014
- Perspectives
Political clientelism in MNREGA: Evidence from West Bengal
The problem of political clientelism becomes imminent in decentralised systems where certain individuals or groups associated with the political party locally in power, get preferential access to sca...
- Upasak Das
- 25 June, 2014
- Articles
An economic roadmap for India
With a new government at the Centre, there is an expectation of a revival of growth of the Indian economy. This article contends that India can return to the path of sustainable growth by investing i...
- Iqbal Dhaliwal Gita Gopinath
- 30 May, 2014
- Perspectives
Do women in power have an impact on corruption?
The recently elected 16th Lok Sabha of India will have a record number of 61 women parliamentarians. This column assesses whether women in the labour force or positions of power can have an impact on...
- Chandan Kumar Jha Sudipta Sarangi
- 21 May, 2014
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What voters reward: Evidence from the 2009 Indian parliamentary elections
Do voters care about economic outcomes? This column analyses the 2009 parliamentary elections in India and finds that voters favoured parties that delivered high growth in their states and rejected t...
- Poonam Gupta Arvind Panagariya
- 12 May, 2014
- Articles