Growth and the tier 2 city
Ejaz Ghani, Indian Express, 25 August 2023 India’s infrastructure investments have led to lopsided spatial development that has slowed job creation CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE
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The promise of our goods and services tax is unfulfilled
Ajit Ranade, Mint, 23 August 2023 Multiple rates, exemptions and patchy coverage have kept this tax reform from realizing its full potential CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE
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Govt does not allow farmers to profit
Ajit Ranade, Deccan Herald, 23 August 2023 Does the Centre’s imposition of 40% export duty and the announcement to procure additional two lakh tonnes of onions smack of interfering with the market mechanism? CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE
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Rethinking the IIT entrance process
Nitin Pai and Ajay Shah, Business Standard, 21 August 2023 The IIT JEE is revered as the arbiter of merit. With industrialised coaching classes, it is less clear that the JEE selects the right people to attend IIT CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE
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Import licence for laptops is regressive policy
Ajit Ranade, Deccan Herald, 10 August 2023 By delicensing, the reform took away the power of the bureaucrat to decide who would produce how much and where. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE
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Import licensing on its own is not an industrial policy
Ajit Ranade, Mint, 8 August 2023 The use of such licences is hard to justify even if government props for some industries may work out well CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE
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Why gig work matters
Ajay Shah and Maitreesh Ghatak, Business Standard, 7 August 2023 Gig work is an important new phenomenon in the urban labour market CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE
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All Roads Lead North: Nepal’s Turn To China
Book Summary by Arjun Athalye, Research Intern, PIC All Roads Lead North: Nepal’s Turn to China is the first book written by Amish Raj Mulmi from Pokhara, Nepal. He has written about Nepal before, and his writings have been published in Al Jazeera, Roads and Kingdoms, Himal Southasian, India Today, The Kathmandu Post, and The
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The India Way: Strategies For An Uncertain World, by S Jaishankar
Book Summary by Krishna Kaushal Shreedharan, Research Intern, PIC The general global geo-strategic matrix has changed due to the rise of Asia, USSR’s breakdown and Russia’s rebirth, Africa’s economic potential and America gradually losing its footing as the world hegemon. The seismic shift in technology and politics has made it so that power must now take
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Unmasking Indian Secularism: Why We Need A New Hindu-Muslim Deal
Book Review by Abhay Vaidya and Praneet Shukla Seventy-five years after Independence, the need for an efficient, world-class judiciary and a trustworthy law enforcement machinery has acquired paramount importance for a nation like India, far more than ever before. The time has come for us Indians to focus our energies on giving ourselves these institutions
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