Publications

Paper March 15, 2023

Parallel Streams: Political Federalism and Economic Integration in India

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha & Prakhar Misra

As a conceptual and theoretical framework, economic integration has a long history of discord and disagreement—much of it still unsettled….

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.

Press Release February 23, 2023

Reuben Abraham, CEO, Artha Global, joins Advisory Council on 21st Century Gov

Reuben Abraham has been appointed to Apolitical’s Advisory Council on 21st Century Government.

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.

Report February 3, 2023

Police Training and Motivation Perception Survey Report

By Avanti Durani, Neha Sinha, Tvesha Sippy & Priya Vedavalli

This report presents the results of two ‘Police Training and Motivation Perception’ surveys conducted by IDFC Institute in collaboration with Madhya Pradesh Police and BetaGov at New York University Marron Institute.