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Everything you know about cross-country convergence is (now) wrong

A quarter-century after the empirical growth literature set out to explain why poor countries are not catching up with rich ones, cross-country regressions have mercifully gone out of fashion. In this...

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The changing task content of jobs in India

The ongoing wave of technological revolution across the globe is set to fundamentally change the way goods are produced and services are delivered. Using a task-based framework, this article seeks to ...

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अंतरिम बजट 2019: तेजी से बढ़ती अर्थव्यवस्था में बढ़ता राजकोषीय घाटा?

इस लेख में राजेस्वरी सेनगुप्ता ने हाल ही में घोषित केंद्रीय अंतरिम बजट की विभिन्न बारीकियों का विश्लेषण किया है जिनमें राजकोषीय सुदृढ़ीकरण के लक्षित मार्ग से भटकाव शामिल है। आधार से जुड़े बैंक खातों क...

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Child height in India: New data, familiar challenges

Children in India are among the shortest in the world. This article uses the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) data to examine the complexity and diversity of child height in the country. It find...

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अन्य धर्मों को गंभीरता से लेना: भारत में हिंदुओं का तुलनात्मक सर्वे

जहां पिछले कुछ दशकों में राजनीति विज्ञान में धर्म का अध्ययन अनुसंधान के बढ़ते क्षेत्र के रूप में फिर से उभरा है, वहीं अधिकांश रिसर्च में अभी भी यहूदी, ईसाई, और इस्लाम पर फोकस किया जाता है। धर्म क्या ह...

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Can Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income guarantee proposal work?

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has promised a minimum income guarantee scheme for the poor if the party is voted to power in the upcoming elections. Discussing the proposal and associated concerns, P...

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Interim Budget 2019: Rising fiscal deficit in a 'booming' economy

In this article, Rajeswari Sengupta analyses various nuances of the recently announced Union Interim Budget, including the deviation from the targeted path of fiscal consolidation. In a world of Aadha...

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IGC Panel Discussion: Does Ayushman Bharat address the issues of healthcare delivery in Bihar?

A year ago, as part of the Union Budget 2018-19 speech, the government announced a new National Health Protection Scheme called Ayushman Bharat. In a panel discussion held at Patna, Bihar in December ...

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कॉन्ट्रैक्ट फार्मिंग और सरकार की भूमिका

कृषि उद्योगों के साथ किसानों को जोड़ने के लिए कृषि मंत्रालय ने मॉडल कॉन्ट्रैक्ट फार्मिंग एक्ट का प्रारूप जारी किया है, जो कॉन्ट्रैक्ट फार्मिंग के लिए एक विनियामक और नीति ढांचा तैयार करना चाहता है। इस ल...

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I4I Panel Discussion: The way forward for the Indian economy

In December 2018, I4I organised a panel discussion on ‘The Way Forward for the Indian Economy’ with K.P. Krishnan (Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship), T.N. Ninan (Business Standard), ...

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How tax incentives influence household financial saving

Indian households tend to hold a high fraction of their wealth in non-financial assets such as real estate and gold. Tax policy has been used to incentivise saving in financial assets and encouraging ...

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Should students be rewarded for attending school regularly?

A growing literature examines whether incentives can increase effort and improve school performance of underprivileged students. This article discusses an experiment conducted in non-formal schools in...

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