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Nitin Desai is a renowned economist and Chairperson of the Advisory Board at Desai & Associates. He has had a long career in government as Secretary and Chief Economic Adviser in the Finance Ministry.
Nitin Desai is a renowned economist and Chairperson of the Advisory Board at Desai & Associates. He has had a long career in government as Secretary and Chief Economic Adviser in the Finance Ministry.
Reviving growth may take longer than investors - domestic and foreign - expect
The Congress party's suggested right to health, if implemented, would be a game-changer
The US Federal Reserve's tapering of unconventional monetary policy will force the Indian government to correct the twin deficits
The author looks at what can be discerned of citizens' troubles from the new political party's platform
It's the floundering economy that caused the Congress' grievous loss in the Assembly elections
By 2050, India will be a devastated country if the deafness to environmental and resource concerns persists
India will have to learn from more advanced economies to design social safety nets that are both effective and sustainable
Without immediate reform, a middle-income India will continue to live and work in low-income cities
An emphasis on renewables, smaller cities and decentralised power grids is essential
If Indian companies don't start spending on R&D, they will die
India must leave behind agriculture, family companies and public sector monoliths for competitive, professionally run enterprises
India will have to completely reverse how it focuses development activity in the coming decades
The author lays out the key inflection points that will affect India's development in the decades to come
The core challenge of energy security is to build up domestic supply through clean coal and renewable sources
Growth revival will be more tentative, inflation sharper, and external pressures more acute than pronouncements suggest
New oil supply projections and the failure of climate talks mean that India must alter its geostrategic stance
Don't cook up projections to make the deficit look good, and don't hand out tax goodies to the middle class
The government needs to value, manage and monetise its vast assets better
The next Finance Commission must address the dwindling of land revenue, which will also help with black money
India's short-term problems should not obscure the necessary changes for long-term fiscal stability