Tag Search: “political economy”
Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the most dynamic state of them all?
This column analyses the economic performance of 16 major Indian states over the last three decades. It finds that Bihar has improved the most during the 2000s, Kerala has always been a star performe...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Sanchari Roy
- 23 March, 2014
- Articles
Governance by ordinance
The UPA government recently explored taking the ordinance route to promulgate six anti-corruption bills. This article traces the shift from the post-Independence culture of healthy parliamentary deba...
- Pushparaj Deshpande
- 17 March, 2014
- Perspectives
India's illiberal speech climate
India’s cultural watchdogs and hate speech laws are increasingly seeking to restrict free expression in the country. This article contends that the right to take offence is fundamentally incompatible...
- Parikshit Ghosh
- 05 March, 2014
- Perspectives
Bali conundrum: WTO and Indian agriculture
The outcome of the recent WTO meetings at Bali is a stopgap arrangement, which implies that the Indian government does not have to make any changes in the implementation of the new Food Security Act i...
- Ashok Kotwal Milind Murugkar Bharat Ramaswami
- 15 January, 2014
- Perspectives
Unintended consequences of India's child labour ban
Bans and regulations against child labour are among the most popular policy tools used to address the problem throughout the developing world. But how well do they work in practice? This column analy...
- Prashant Bharadwaj Leah K. Lakdawala Nicholas Li
- 08 January, 2014
- Articles
Why so few women in politics in India?
Women are severely under-represented in political positions across the world. This column analyses constituency-level election data from Indian states to explore why this is so. It finds that while w...
- Mudit Kapoor Shamika Ravi
- 02 January, 2014
- Articles
Some reflections on the National Food Security Act
The Food Security Bill became an Act with little parliamentary opposition. Yet the public debate has lingered. Would subsidised food grains reduce malnutrition? Won’t it be better to invest in health...
- Ashok Kotwal Milind Murugkar Bharat Ramaswami
- 10 December, 2013
- Perspectives
A suggestion for WTO negotiations
India’s new food security law is likely to breach WTO’s limit on farmer support. India is keen to ask for a temporary exemption from the rule so that the law can be implemented unhindered. But, in re...
- Ashok Kotwal Milind Murugkar Bharat Ramaswami
- 02 December, 2013
- Perspectives
Estimating the nutritional impact of the Food Security Bill
The provisions of the new National Food Security Bill seek to expand the value and reach of food subsidies provided through the Public Distribution System. This column analyses the nutritional impact ...
- Tara Kaul
- 18 November, 2013
- Articles
Doing a number on the Food Security Bill
In a recent article, Kotwal, Murugkar and Ramaswami pointed out errors in estimation by Surjit Bhalla that led him to assert that the Food Security Bill will increase cost of food subsidy by 336%, an...
- Ashok Kotwal Milind Murugkar Bharat Ramaswami
- 11 November, 2013
- Perspectives
The new land law: Are the states up to the challenge?
In the third part of the land law debate, Ram Singh asserts that the Act is biased against projects of state governments, and emphasises the need for states to undertake long overdue land reforms. He...
- Ram Singh
- 25 October, 2013
- Perspectives
The Land Acquisition Act is deeply flawed
In the second part of the Land Acquisition Act debate, Ghatak and Ghosh argue that the legislation is ill-conceived and falls short on several counts. They contend that the formula for compensation is...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Parikshit Ghosh
- 23 October, 2013
- Perspectives