When it comes to the climate, old habits die hard
Changing lifestyles is hard. A transformation will be difficult, time consuming and expensive. It was way back in 1967 that...
Common issues across nations on path to carbon neutrality
While they will put up symbolic resistance, richer countries, including China, can afford to altogether cease burning coal by 2045....
Countdown begins to world’s most consequential summit
COP26 must address the existential climate threat now facing the planet. Perhaps no one has expressed greater concern recently about...
How to attract greater FDI in an increasingly competitive world
India has a unique window to get a larger slice of global FDI. Creating an FDI friendly environment is a...
How to boost FDI inflows into India
Doing away with retrospective taxation is a good start. Last fortnight’s move to do away with the statutory taxation clauses...
Get ready for a sustained economic recovery
Measures initiated now must fit into a longer-term strategy. To provide immediate succour to those affected by Covid-19 after the...
Get the Indian economy going
Major nations are well on the road to post pandemic recovery. Last week, the Reserve Bank of India, the country’s...
How to boost Indian manufacturing
Can the Production Linked Incentive scheme be a game changer? One of the grander schemes launched in India during the...
Rely upon direct taxes to mobilise resources
Make corporate and capital gains taxes more progressive and double their ceilings. The ongoing Covid-19 crisis has catalysed broad public...
Tapping the super rich
Is a higher corporate tax and an altogether new wealth tax needed in India? Recently, US President Joe Biden proposed...
Ground realities must determine India’s path to going green
Rich countries’ renewed commitment to assist will catalyse its march. A suo moto declaration by India at the forthcoming 26th...
Should India accept demands to become carbon neutral?
Declare 2025 as the terminal year to cease adding coal fired generation-capacity. At the Conference of Parties (COP21) held in...
Professionalise the privatisation process
A five-year strategic plan is needed instead of an annual one to maximise benefits. Given the widely acknowledged constraining factors...
How to go about privatisation the right way
Contentious issues centred around the extent of permissible FDI and the possible emergence of monopolistic and competition-restricting situations after the...
Rationalise subsidies and explore their alternatives
In the interim pay the food and fertiliser beneficiaries through DBT. Doing away with subsidies and instead extending income support...
Subsidies for whom?
Despite several inadequacies, it appears that status quo will prevail for quite a while. An interesting revelation in the just...
Will Budget revive jobs, incomes at the bottom of the pyramid?
At under 15% of GDP, the Union Budget by itself, even after taking into account smaller state budgets, can tackle...
How to make the most of a resource constrained budget
Given the state of the economy and the limited room for further taxation, the government will do well to concentrate...
Nirmala Sitharaman has unenviable task at hand
Reckoning with the constraints in Union Budget 2021-22. In balancing the numerous contending demands for financial and other state support...
Vaccinating Bharat: The nuts and bolts of an effective rollout
The fortnight-long US experience rolling out the vaccine has already shown that global availability will be a critical issue to...
Vaccinating Bharat: A public health challenge of epic proportions
The first task at hand, and already underway, is identifying the vaccine most appropriate, available and affordable for India. ...
Nuances of becoming Atmanirbhar Bharat
There should be a concrete draft of intentions that invites informed comments. No one can argue against the proposition that...
Let’s assess the feasibility of an Atmanirbhar Bharat
If the emphasis is going to be on reverting back to the Nehruvian-Indira Gandhi era of high import duties and...
Creating a safety net is a prerequisite to labour flexibility
Greater labour flexibility also demands the strengthening of social security to workers; both in terms of its applicability and in...
