Economic Growth

Why We Must Think of ‘Post-Growth’

What is post-growth thinking and how is it different from the growth-centric thinking that is dominant today? A discussion of some principles of post-growth approaches to the economy, including of…
▶30-Aug-2023
Rajeswari S. Raina

Neoliberalism’s New Poster Child: Revisiting India’s “Growth Story”

Global investors and institutions have been hyping up the prospects for Indian economic growth in the medium term, but there is no evidence within India that the service sector and certainly not the…
▶30-Jan-2023
C.P. Chandrasekhar

Changing Modes of Agriculture in Punjab

The crises of Punjab’s agriculture are rooted in the same history that made it the granary of India. Ensuring sustainability for farmers and the farm sector requires an engagement with the shifting…
▶09-Mar-2021
Surinder S. Jodhka

Indian Banking Reforms

With most of India’s attempts to reform its financial sector rolled back post demonetisation, the country could soon be facing a possible solvency crisis amongst state-run banks. The government must…
▶03-Feb-2021
M. S. Sriram

Comorbidities of the Indian Economic Recovery

The comorbidities of falling investment, exports, and consumption will make recovery look like the Nike swoosh logo: a flat and protracted recovery. A series of measures, including a rebuilding of…
▶14-Oct-2020
Alok Sheel

What Would Make India’s Growth Sustainable?

Supply-side measures to revive the economy run the risk of ending up in short growth bursts that are also not inclusive. A policy that pushes domestic demand, especially in rural India, is a better…
▶13-Aug-2020
Maitreesh Ghatak, Ashok Kotwal, Bharat Ramaswami

Debt and Welfare In A World of Pandemics

Drastic times call for radical measures. Falling tax revenues call for an increase in borrowings by the central government to help states. A failure to do so now could have a negative impact on the…
▶12-May-2020
Rahul Menon

More Evidence of Overestimation of India’s GDP Growth Rates

A distinct exercise to validate the official estimates of India’s GDP growth during the years 2011-12 to 2017-18 finds that there was an over-estimation in the new series, similar to the conclusions…
▶27-Aug-2019
Sebastian Morris