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No Succour For The Small Farmer

The asymmetrical equation between the powerful buyer and the much weaker seller does not change with the farm bills. Two of the three Farm Bills cleared Rajya Sabha on Sunday, September 20, 2020, under rather unpleasant...

The Policy Problem in Manufacturing

India cannot become a manufacturing hub unless the union and state governments are on the same page. That is a difficult task but not impossible Elected leaders, in general, decide on policies with short term profit in...

Of Pithy Slogans and Makeshift Policies

The Prime Minister’s vision of making India a manufacturing powerhouse has not been backed by coherent policy making When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in his latest address to citizens the big new thrust to...

The Looming Supply Shock

Policy makers have been worrying about the consumption slowdown for some time. But the far greater danger could be the supply side choking up. Even before the Coronavirus pandemic upturned the globe, finance ministry...

Wasting a Lockdown

The first 21 days have been frittered away by the Union government. The remaining period should be utilised properly. Whether India should have imposed a national lockdown when relatively few cases of Coronavirus had...