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Rural Infrastructure Needs a Fillip
(2010-07-21)
The Fine Art of Zero Maintenance
(2010-07-21)
Economic Growth in Gujarat in Relation to the Nation and Other States in Recent Times - A Statistical Analysis
(2013-11-21)
Growth rates of regions (states) have generally followed the national level growth rates over time
with small lags or leads. We find much coherence between the aggregate performance of regions
over time and that of the ...
A Scheme for Efficient Subsidisation of Kerosene in India
(2009-03-11)
The distortions in price based subsidisation are very severe. The direct fiscal cost of ensuring that a rupee of value is delivered to all household users of kerosene is as high as Rs.3 and when the consideration is the ...
Small and Medium Enterprise in India Today – Overcoming Policy Constraints to Achieving Rapid Growth in a Globalising Economy
(2009-08-08)
Sustained very high rate of growth (above 8% in the context today in India) would be able to achieve (since a labour productivity growth of 4 to 4.5 % is to be factored in) a labour absorption rate of 3.5 to 4% which is ...
Agriculture: A Perspective from History, the Metrics of Comparative Advantage, and Limitations of the Market to Understand the Role of State in a Globalising World
(2009-08-13)
Multilateral agencies and economists with much influence have been urging laissez-faire in agriculture. While success with the rich countries has been minimal despite the commitments under the WTO, many poor countries with ...
Role of Trade and Macroeconomic Policies in the Performance of Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
(2009-08-03)
Special economic zones following the enormous success of China have been widely imitated. But it is to be entirely anticipated that the results would vary greatly. Earlier avatars of SEZs in the form of Foreign Trade ...
Towards Reform of Land Acquisition Framework in India
(2009-08-22)
We bring out the fundamental and more important problems with the current framework of land acquisition in India, regulations on land and the functioning of land markets. We argue that reform is overdue and the current ...