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The Mirage of Inclusive Growth

In this article, Deepanshu Mohan speaks of the need to unlearn the theoretical neo-liberalist idea of inclusive growth, to delve into a more pragmatic approach where growth and redistribution are hinged on to each other, and how government interference is imperative to purge growth inequalities that stemmed out from the pro-market policies.
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How Gender Inclusive is MNREGA in practice?

MNREGA mandates that a third of all workers under the programme should be women. But how gender inclusive has the implementation of the Act been? This column uses nationally representative data to analyse participation of women in MNREGA. It finds that while the programme has performed well overall in terms of providing opportunities to women,…
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Make in India Vs. Made In India – A Layman’s Guide

In this essay, Kalyani Jain outlines two different economic programs ‘Make in India’ and ‘Made in India’; one the government has and another the government might promote in order to deal with the stagnating economic situation in India. The essay analyzes their pros and cons and ends by giving a possible solution to the dilemma…
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State, Market and Institutions: Changing Roles and Relationships in Economic Development Since 1950

Mohan Kumar reviews the work of leading Development Economists to understand the role of the market and the state and how the evolution of the field of Development Economics has contributed to our understanding of these institutions. [Mohan Kumar is pursuing his Masters in Diplomacy, Law and Business from Jindal Global University, Haryana] The emergence…
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Bharat Stage Norms Too Low For Volkswagen?

In light of the US Volkswagen scandal, Bharat Stage, as India’s emission norms are called, are touted to be too low to generate worry for Volkswagen cars in India. Mehak Malhotra argues that on the contrary, this is enough cause for worry about the air quality that we breathe… September 2015 was a black month…
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A Comparative Look at the Development Experience of Brazil and China

Ashwin Nair presents a comparative look and contrasts the role of the state in the economic development of two BRICS countries, Brazil and China. The Brazilian State and the Chinese state are two vastly different entities. While one has a history of military rule the other owes a lot to Maoist ideology. Today Brazil has…
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Perspectives on US Mass Incarceration

In the face of the upcoming 2016 US Presidential Elections, Kalyani Unkule provides a timely persepective on the worrying trend of Mass Incarceration in the USA Against a recent history of political polarisation, the problem of mass incarceration is being discussed as providing an opportunity for bipartisan cooperation and is steadily receiving attention from US…
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Greek Tragedy: Act II

Greece is the birthplace of democracy, Olympic Games and now has created a cocktail of the two namely ‘games in democracy’. Pawan Gopalakrishnan and Anuradha Saha explore how the recent European Union episode offers an opportunity to contemplate on how to not be the next Greece. Greece’s high debt to GDP ratio was not its only problem…
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Examining the Economic Impact of Amending the Land Acquisition Act, 2013

Harsh Loonker analyses the economic consequences of the proposed amendment of the Land Acquisition Act. 2013 The government promulgated an ordinance in December 2014 whereby amending article 10(a) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The ordinance had the sole aim of fast tracking the acquisition…
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