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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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Coming South in search of a Bride

Despite Haryana’s infamous skewed sex ratio and terrible treatment of women, Malayali women are marrying Haryanvi men. S.Irudaya Rajan and Sharada Srinivasan explore the strange case of how women from Kerala are wedding men from Haryana in what often turn out to be disastrous marriages. Some trends seem astonishing at first, but begin to make…
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Two Years Since Make in India

In this article, Ashwath Komath revisits the arguments for the Make in India programme, nearly two years since its conception, to assess whether it is truly needed and beneficial in the Indian development context. As the Modi government turns two on May 26th, we should take a look at his past initiatives, one of the…
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Examining Migration Governance in India

In this article, the migration expert, Dr. Irudaya Rajan argues for a stronger and better coordinated migration policy which focuses on the well-being of Indian migrant workers at all three stages in a migrants life-cycle. The World Bank classifies India as one of the top emigrating countries in the world with a stock of 13.88…
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A Diamond with many Facets

Kalyani Unkule raises a valid concern about the maintenance of the Kohinoor diamond in India, given its intriguing history and proposes an alternate way to protect its legacy and improve global ties. A bid to reclaim the Kohinoor diamond from Britain has once again gained momentum over the past weeks. The debate has almost exclusively…
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A Lost Comparative Advantage? Case of India’s Electronics Manufacturing Sector

A piece on India’s ailing electronics manufacturing sector by Deepanshu Mohan and Mehak Malhotra argues that unintended oversight in a hurried liberalisation policy as well as a shift in focus towards the IT software industry during the 90s gave the electronics hardware industry an early blow from which it has been unable to recover…
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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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Devolution Of Funds To Local Govts – Budget 2016 Reflects A Shift In Policy Thinking

By Sahil Aggarwal “A sum of ₹ 2.87 lakh crore will be given as Grant-in-Aid to Gram Panchayats and Municipalities as per the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission. This is a quantum jump of 228% compared to the previous five-year period. The funds now allocated, translate to an average assistance of over ₹ 80…
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Will India’s Economy live up to Expectations?

Unlike other emerging economies, strong investor sentiment and the meltdown in crude oil prices bolstered India’s growth in the last financial year. Though the projected growth rate for 2016 shows a slight decline of 0.1 per cent, the World Bank predicts that India will grow by a robust 7.8 per cent this year and by…
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Myth of “Value Added” in Indian Industry: Has India Missed the Bus?

Sourish Dutta is an MPhil Student of Applied Economics at Centre for Development Studies, JNU According to the ASI database, although the flow of “Net Income” is increasing impressively, the flow of intensity of net income (i.e. net income/output) is in decline mode. Through acute statistical analysis, throughout ASI data, it is noted that the…
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“China’s One Belt One Road Initiative”: Analysis from an Indian Perspective

Reproduced from Economic and Political Weekly Issue Vol. 50. Issue No. 49, Dec 5, 2015 with the authors’ permission. The authors Geethanjali Nataraj (geethanjali@orfonline.org) and Richa Sekhani (richa.sekhani@orfonline.org) are with the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. The One Belt One Road initiative is the centrepiece of China’s foreign policy and domestic economic strategy. It aims…
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Roses With Thorns: Necessity of “a visible hand” in India’s Peculiar Growth Story

For nations that have emerged from a history of economic suppression, isolation, or recession, identifying a path to higher economic growth has been a topic of study for decades. Growth and development economics scholars have worked extensively to ascertain models that allow developing nations to design policies on pre-defined economic prescriptions, using some mathematical deductions.…
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