-TheWeek.in COVID-19 has changed many things—from the way we wash our hands to the language we COVID-19 has changed many things—from the way we wash our hands to the language we speak. The pandemic has created a whole new vocabulary, resuscitating some words which were always there, but rather rusty from disuse, and creating several new terms to explain an unprecedented situation. Please click here to read more. ...
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Govt shouldn’t junk unpleasant data -Biswajit Mandal & Saswati Chaudhuri
-The Hindu Business Line Suppressing data that point to low growth, rising joblessness and poverty impedes effective policymaking in a crisis Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget speech, said “data is the new oil” and stressed on the credibility of data to combat the difficulties in real-time monitoring of the Indian economy. She even proposed building data centre parks throughout the country so that skilful incorporation of data in every step...
More »India adrift, optimism hard to sustain -Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen
-The Telegraph Prospects of the future damaged by failing development policy to collapsing democracy The recent estimate of GDP growth for the third quarter of 2019-20, at around 4.7 per cent, has prompted a predictable sense of gloom. However, even the 4.7 per cent estimate is deceptive, since in per-capita terms, the corresponding figure would be just above 3 per cent. This, sadly, is no more than half the growth rate of...
More »From Plate to Plough: Growth and the farmer -Ashok Gulati
-The Indian Express Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s book helps frame the problem: Tilt in favour of consumer in food policy reduces incentives for farmers, makes it difficult to unlock resources for growth. Last month, Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s book, Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years, was released. It is an account of India’s economic reform journey— a process in which Montek was an insider for about 30 years. Besides some very interesting...
More »Coronavirus: 54% of Indian firms can’t support work from home, says report
-Hindustan Times A report by Gartner, a leading IT service management company, says that 54 per cent of the companies in India do not have enough technology and resources for employees to work to home. While companies across the world mull over having their employees log in from home in the wake of the coronavirus scare, a report suggests that for many companies in India, this might just be a distant dream. Please...
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