Growth, well-being and distribution in India in the last decade – I
As India gets ready to vote in the general election, Balakrishnan and Parameswaran present a comprehensive, evidence-based review of the performance of the Indian economy over the past decade. In the ...
- Pulapre Balakrishnan M. Parameswaran
- 20 March, 2024
- Perspectives
Effect of food prices on inflation: Is monetary policy an effective tool?
With rising inflation becoming a global concern, Balakrishnan and Parameswaran discuss some explanations for the high inflation in India. They find that inflation was driven by a domestic rise in food...
- Pulapre Balakrishnan M. Parameswaran
- 19 July, 2023
- Articles
India’s debt dilemma
In the fifth article in the Ideas@IPF2023 series, Eichengreen, Gupta and Ahmed reveal how high levels of debt in India limit the resources available for other priorities. At the same time, they predic...
- Ayesha Ahmed Barry Eichengreen Poonam Gupta
- 17 July, 2023
- Perspectives
Budget 2023-24: A wish list of priorities
Ahead of the release of the Union Budget for FY2023-24, Chetan Subramanian reveals his expectations about the government’s key priorities and how they could balance multiple objectives. He discusses...
- Chetan Subramanian
- 31 January, 2023
- Perspectives
What contributed to the slowdown of the Indian economy during 2019-20
This article analyses the sources and correlates of the economic slowdown in the Indian economy during 2019-20. It establishes that the slowdown was largely confined to one year, and to the manufactur...
- Poonam Gupta
- 28 October, 2022
- Articles
Little evidence for 'too much finance'
The current consensus that the finance-growth nexus is more complex than previously assumed has led to concerns about ‘too much finance’. Using a large panel dataset over six decades, this article...
- Rachel Cho Rodolphe Desbordes Markus Eberhardt
- 30 May, 2022
- Articles
An illusory Phillips curve: Is now the right time for a rate hike?
The Phillips curve represents an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment. In this post, Parantap Basu argues that the ‘illusory’ Phillips curve in western industrial nations is dri...
- Parantap Basu
- 19 May, 2022
- Perspectives
Budget 2022-23 and outlook for the Indian economy
Several commentators have lauded the recently presented Budget 2022-23 as a ‘growth budget’, on account of the large allocations made for capital expenditure on public infrastructure. On the other...
- Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 03 March, 2022
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Budget 2022-23 and outlook for the Indian economy
Several commentators have lauded the recently presented Budget 2022-23 as a ‘growth budget’, on account of the large allocations made for capital expenditure on public infrastructure. On the other...
- Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 03 March, 2022
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Budget 2022-23: Hits and misses
Outlining the hits and misses of the Budget 2022-23, Rajeswari Sengupta contends that the capital expenditure push by the government seems to be a step in the right direction, while the rationale behi...
- Rajeswari Sengupta
- 14 February, 2022
- Perspectives
Budget 2022-23: Is public investment-led growth strategy desirable and credible?
The 2022-23 Budget has reiterated the government's commitment to boosting economic growth by seeking to increase public investment as a ratio of gross domestic product. In this context, R Nagaraj exam...
- R. Nagaraj
- 11 February, 2022
- Perspectives
India’s asset monetisation plan
In August 2021, Government of India announced an asset monetisation plan wherein existing public assets worth Rs. 6 trillion would be monetised by leasing them out to private operators for fixed terms...
- Amartya Lahiri
- 29 November, 2021
- Perspectives
Assessing the credibility of sub-national budgets in India
The Covid-19 crisis has put immense pressure on the finances of Indian states. Fiscal consolidation in the post-pandemic period will depend on growth revival, increased fund flows, and efficient budge...
- Pratap Ranjan Jena Abhishek Singh
- 10 November, 2021
- Perspectives
Understanding ‘consumer price index’ and consumption baskets
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used as an indicator in various policymaking contexts, and has gained greater significance since the adoption of the inflation targeting framework in India. In this p...
- Ananya Goyal Radhika Pandey Renuka Sane
- 08 November, 2021
- Perspectives
Understanding the dynamics of the rupee-dollar exchange rate
Since 1993, the Indian rupee (INR) has officially been following a market-determined exchange rate – price is determined by demand for and supply of foreign exchange – with intervention by the Res...
- Ila Patnaik Rajeswari Sengupta
- 11 October, 2021
- Perspectives
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Land in India: Market price vs. fundamental value
The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015, is focused on protecting the few home buyers who can afford to buy homes but does not address the issue of high land prices, which is a very se...
- Gurbachan Singh
- 29 February, 2016
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Land records and titles in India
Land ownership is broadly determined by access to a land title, which protects the rights of the title-holder, and impacts livelihoods, and industrial, economic, and social growth. However, land title...
- Prachee Mishra Roopal Suhag
- 20 November, 2017
- Perspectives
West Bengal’s economic performance relative to India over the last three decades
Against the backdrop of the ongoing elections in West Bengal, Maitreesh Ghatak examines how the state’s economic performance compares with that of the country as a whole, over the past three decades...
- Maitreesh Ghatak
- 01 May, 2021
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