Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Arun Maira was a member of India’s Planning Commission from 2009-14, prior to which he was Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group India. He worked with the Tata Group for 25 years and is currently the Chairman of HelpAge International, along with advising several civil society networks. Arun was born in Lahore (undivided India) on August 15, 1943.

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Defusing the demographic time-bomb: Tackling the jobs-and-care crisis

Older persons past their productive age are considered burdens on economies. Governments cannot provide sufficient pension and medical care without taxing younger people who are earning

Updated On: 01 Jul 2025 | 11:09 PM IST

Make in India to make India stronger: Trade policies, strategy must align

Free trade, based on the theory of competitive advantage, benefits everyone in the long run

Updated On: 15 Apr 2025 | 11:02 PM IST

Bad economics is corrupting politics, undermining good governance in India

Economic reformers should not remain beholden to free-market ideologies, corporate lobbies, or the sentiments of fickle stock markets

Updated On: 19 Jan 2025 | 6:22 PM IST

AI, capitalism, and ethics: The urgent need for responsible governance

Without human feelings and consciousness, AI, like any technology, is an ethics-free enterprise

Updated On: 23 Dec 2024 | 10:29 PM IST

Governance failures, poly-crisis highlight limits of global economic models

Economics must move out of the mathematical measurement boxes in which it has entrapped itself

Updated On: 06 Nov 2024 | 11:18 PM IST

Scenarios for India's future: How planning can shape growth and inclusion

Scenario planning, having being successfully implemented in businesses, has tremendous potential for shaping India's future

Updated On: 24 Oct 2024 | 2:54 PM IST

Bazaar, Sarkar, and Samaj: It's time to rethink the lateral-entry scheme

Solutions by specialists in one domain backfire in others. Designers of governance reforms should go back to the drawing board and rethink the lateral-entry scheme

Updated On: 26 Aug 2024 | 10:23 PM IST

Viksit Bharat needs a new paradigm: Reforming the thinking behind policy

The time has come to imagine the contours of a new paradigm of progress

Updated On: 05 Aug 2024 | 9:22 AM IST

The value of a human life

Economics and science have created injustices that legal systems cannot solve. Two looming problems are climate change and ageing societies

Updated On: 20 Jun 2024 | 12:25 AM IST

Family and factory economics

Transitioning away from industrial norms, the 21st-century economy must prioritise work within families

Updated On: 23 May 2024 | 9:55 PM IST