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Op-ed October 11, 2024

Opinion | Evidence has grown of an economic recovery led by profits over wages

Has the splendid economic recovery after the pandemic been dominated by profits rather than wages? The answer to this question has profound consequences for the future direction of the Indian economy.

Op-ed October 3, 2024

Opinion | Digital Public Infrastructure: A dubious way to foster competition

By Neha Jain & Sharmadha Srinivasan

Applying a DPI philosophy to every digital sector to combat monopolistic tendencies could place an undue burden on state resources.

Op-ed September 25, 2024

Opinion | Lessons needs to be drawn from wars waged by central banks against inflation

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

The amount of time it took to restore relative price stability defied text-book assumptions about the process

Report September 11, 2024

Survey | How Are Indians Coping with Heat Stress?

By Priya Vedavalli, Dr. Neelanjan Sircar, , Ishana Deshpande, Naisha Khanna & Dr. Saloni Atal

This report discusses how inadequate cooling and heat exposure at work affect millions, relying on rapid surveys and data analysis to uncover the broader impacts of extreme heat on Indian communities.

Op-ed September 11, 2024

Opinion | India’s urban agglomerations are no longer held back by state boundaries

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

The growth of global agglomerations beyond state borders should be seen as part of this economic integration.

Op-ed September 5, 2024

Open-source imperative for India’s public sector

By Sridhar Ganapathy & Dr. Hemant Adarkar

Existing public sector processes are ill-suited to making software open and collaborating with the community. Institutions require dedicated capacity, resources and a mindset shift to meaningfully engage in open source.

Op-ed September 2, 2024

Opinion | More than two in three Indians use UPI: Survey

By Nikita Kwatra & Lakshay Narang

The results revealed that nearly two-thirds of the respondents used UPI, and the most popular use of UPI was making payments at local shops and merchants.

Blog August 30, 2024

Urban Heat Islands

By Ahalya Nambiar

Op-ed August 27, 2024

Opinion | Think win-win to overcome the second Chinese export shock

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

New trade tensions once again highlight the risks of an unbalanced world economy, with some countries running habitual current account surpluses while others have structural deficits.

Op-ed August 13, 2024

Opinion | Enterprise and employment: We need dynamic firms to generate jobs

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

The shift from lower middle-income to upper-middle income status involves a major shift in the employment structure, or the reallocation of labour on a large scale.

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