Nitin Desai
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Nitin Desai
Nitin Desai is a highly-regarded economist and chairperson of the advisory board at Desai & Associates. He had a long stint in government in India as secretary and chief economic adviser in the finance ministry.
Nitin Desai is a highly-regarded economist and chairperson of the advisory board at Desai & Associates. He had a long stint in government in India as secretary and chief economic adviser in the finance ministry.
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Nitin Desai: Mr Jaitley's Budget imperatives
The author enumerates the specific signals that Arun Jaitley's first Budget should convey
Nitin Desai: A flawed election
B R Ambedkar's fears about personality cults in politics and money power in elections seem to be coming true
Nitin Desai: Irrational expectations
Reviving growth may take longer than investors - domestic and foreign - expect
Nitin Desai: India's right to health
The Congress party's suggested right to health, if implemented, would be a game-changer
Nitin Desai: The taper's good for India
The US Federal Reserve's tapering of unconventional monetary policy will force the Indian government to correct the twin deficits
Nitin Desai: Aam Aadmi economics
The author looks at what can be discerned of citizens' troubles from the new political party's platform
Nitin Desai: It's the economy, people
It's the floundering economy that caused the Congress' grievous loss in the Assembly elections
Nitin Desai: Towards 2050 - Saving the environment
By 2050, India will be a devastated country if the deafness to environmental and resource concerns persists
Nitin Desai: Towards 2050 - social protection
India will have to learn from more advanced economies to design social safety nets that are both effective and sustainable
Nitin Desai: Towards 2050 - the challenge of cities
Without immediate reform, a middle-income India will continue to live and work in low-income cities
Towards 2050: the energy transition
An emphasis on renewables, smaller cities and decentralised power grids is essential
Towards 2050: the technology factor
If Indian companies don't start spending on R&D, they will die
 "Towards 2050: the technology factor")
Towards 2050: structural shifts
India must leave behind agriculture, family companies and public sector monoliths for competitive, professionally run enterprises
 "Towards 2050: structural shifts")
Towards 2050: development imperatives
India will have to completely reverse how it focuses development activity in the coming decades
 "Towards 2050: development imperatives")
Looking towards 2050
The author lays out the key inflection points that will affect India's development in the decades to come
 "Looking towards 2050")
How to secure India's energy
The core challenge of energy security is to build up domestic supply through clean coal and renewable sources
 "How to secure India's energy")
Is the worst over?
Growth revival will be more tentative, inflation sharper, and external pressures more acute than pronouncements suggest
 "Is the worst over?")
Nitin Desai: The world's new energy economy
New oil supply projections and the failure of climate talks mean that India must alter its geostrategic stance
Nitin Desai: What the FM must do
Don't cook up projections to make the deficit look good, and don't hand out tax goodies to the middle class
Nitin Desai: The Centre's assets
The government needs to value, manage and monetise its vast assets better