Op-ed

Op-ed April 5, 2023

Opinion | India’s post-pandemic potential growth could be pushed higher

The economic recovery around the world has been uneven. India has managed to avoid the inflationary surge that many rich countries are battling as well as the balance-of-payments crises that have brought many of our neighbours to their knees.

Op-ed March 30, 2023

Opinion | Asymmetries in Urban Politics

By Vibhav Mariwala

Considering that Mumbai and Bangalore are among Asia’s richest municipalities and have annual budgets larger than those of several Indian states, the situation raises important questions about electoral politics and local governments.

Op-ed March 24, 2023

Opinion | Green procurement can make Indian cities healthy and liveable

By Jagan Shah

To create health and liveable cities, India must make buildings, urban transport, and waste management more sustainable.

Op-ed March 21, 2023

Opinion | Do not let increasing heatwaves sap worker productivity in India

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

The heatwave that rippled across India earlier this month had not just left us sweltering, but also sparked fears that the winter crop could wilt because of rising temperatures.

Op-ed March 20, 2023

Book Review | ‘Land is a Big Deal’ The worth of land value tax

Saurabh Modi reviews the book ‘Land is a Big Deal: Why rent is too high, wages too low, and what we can do about it,’ and its proposal to levy a land value tax to make housing more affordable

Op-ed March 9, 2023

Opinion | Industrial policy learnings from a Soviet model versus Japanese

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

It had an interesting headline ‘The Return of the Policy That Shall Not Be Named: The Principles of Industrial Policy’. There is now growing evidence that Lord Voldemort is back.

Op-ed February 21, 2023

Opinion | January’s inflation data served us a reminder of RBI’s challenge

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

The sticker shock in January may well be a temporary blip because of higher cereal prices, or it could be a lesson in the fact that disinflation is rarely a neatly linear process. There will be reversals.

Op-ed February 8, 2023

Opinion | India must reduce its public debt ratio to build economic resilience

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

First, the interest costs of servicing this public debt leave the government with less money to spend on essential items such as infrastructure, the green transition, welfare programmes, defence and social security.