-Business Standard Aiming for unachievable growth rates would compound past errors. The economy has to lower its sights, and do some hard thinking about how to come out of the present hole, writes T N Ninan There is a general sense that the economic growth problem came upon us suddenly in the last few months. In some ways, it did — for example, through the continuing fallout of the collapse 11 months...
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Is India headed for its worst growth recession in a decade? -Niranjan Rajadhyaksha
-Livemint.com It is risky at this juncture to bet merely on a natural recovery. Even so, using monetary policy is the best option right now Much of the debate in recent months has been focused on the sharp loss of economic momentum in India. The big question is whether the ongoing slowdown is structural or cyclical. The usual thumb rule is that the policy response to a structural slowdown is through economic reforms...
More »What can help in controlling population in India--society or law? -Neetu Chandra Sharma
-Livemint.com * The population explosion has major impacts on the country ranging from health, social, environmental and economic * Gender preferences are also contributing to the population explosion in India New Delhi: Pointing out population growth as a major concern in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech called for a deeper thought towards the issue. Apparently, the mention was an indication that the government is devising a policy or...
More »Shamnad Basheer, My Friend And One of the Country's Brightest Legal Minds -Mahtab Alam
-TheWire.in Shamnad was not just an expert in intellectual property rights, but a relentless crusader who worked towards ensuring diversity and representation of marginalised communities in legal practice. The untimely and tragic death of professor Shamnad Basheer was a bolt from the blue for many of us. As I scuttled to get more information on what initially seemed impossible to believe, I realised that apart from the loss of a friend, the...
More »Too much of reforms led to slowdown: NITI Aayog CEO
-The Hindu Amitabh Kant attributes downshift to spate of measures including GST, RERA and IBC New Delhi: A spate of reforms undertaken by the government has led to the current slowdown in the country, Amitabh Kant, the CEO of policy think-tank NITI Aayog, said on Friday. This came as a note of caution from the senior official as he was advocating a series of policy decisions to revive the economy. Greater liquidity “Firstly, you...
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