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Female leadership in corporate India: Firm performance and culture

Under the Companies Act, 2013, all listed firms in India are required to have at least one woman on their board. This article finds that having at least one woman on board leads to better economic per...

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Ideas@IPF2024 series: Research from NCAER’s India Policy Forum

Every year, National Council of Applied Economic Research hosts the India Policy Forum, a platform where economists and policymakers dissect research ideas for their relevance to public policy. Follo...

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Eco-budget in Karnataka: Opportunities and challenges

In its 2022-23 budget, the government of Karnataka announced an allocation of Rs. 100 crore to compensate for the negative impact of natural events and human activities on forests. In this post, M Bal...

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भारत के तेज़ी से बढ़ते शहरीकरण का महिलाओं के सशक्तिकरण पर क्या प्रभाव पड़ता है?

माना जाता है कि शहरी क्षेत्रों में रहने वाली महिलाओं को उनके ग्रामीण समकक्षों की तुलना में अधिक सामाजिक, आर्थिक और राजनीतिक अवसर और स्वतंत्रता प्राप्त होती है। साथ ही, शोध से यह पता चलता है कि शहरी वा...

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100 million tonnes of cereals are missing… every year

In an earlier I4I post, Drèze and Oldiges drew attention to India’s ‘cereal gap’ – a large difference between net availability of cereals and household consumption. In this post, they use recently rel...

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Managing India’s demographic transition

India’s population is expected to peak at about 1.7 billion in 2064, and while the current median age is only 28, the share of Indians aged 65 and above will go from 7% to 20% in the next 40 years or ...

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Managing India’s demographic transition

India’s population is expected to peak at about 1.7 billion in 2064, and while the current median age is only 28, the share of Indians aged 65 and above will go from 7% to 20% in the next 40 years or ...

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EU’s ‘Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism’: How will it impact trade?

Introduced in 2023 by the European Union, the ‘Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism’ will apply a carbon price on emissions embedded in the production of carbon-intensive goods imported to the region. I...

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Subcontracting linkages in India’s informal economy

Subcontracting relationships with larger firms are considered key to facilitating the growth of informal enterprises. Using four rounds of National Sample Survey data on Indian informal manufacturing ...

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संख्याओं से प्रभाव तक : राजस्थान के प्रभावी डेटा प्रबंधन से सीख

नीति निर्धारण में साक्ष्य-आधारित निर्णय लेने के लिए अच्छे डेटा का होना महत्वपूर्ण होता है। इस लेख में, संतोष और कपूर ने विकासात्मक चुनौतियों से सम्बंधित डेटा एकत्रित करने, उसे साझा करने और उसका उपयोग ...

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Green is good: Risk insights into Indian green stocks

While consistent financial flows towards climate resilience are crucial, there is a recent global trend of withdrawal of investment from ‘green assets’. Given the centrality of potential risk-adjusted...

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Embracing the melody of dissent: A symphony in policymaking

In recent times, members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India, have expressed views that are contrary to the MPC’s official stance. This article investigates the influence of ...

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