Who Finances Food Affordability? Agricultural Pricing and the Economic Vulnerability of Farming Households in India

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Who Finances Food Affordability? Agricultural Pricing and the Economic Vulnerability of Farming Households in India Agriculture continues to occupy an important position in the Indian economy by contributing to food security, employment generation, rural livelihoods and overall socio-economic stability. A significant percentage of rural households continue to rely on agriculture despite the economy’s progressive structural…

Building Economic Resilience in India: From Managing External Vulnerability to Developing Productive Capabilities

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Building Economic Resilience in India: From Managing External Vulnerability to Developing Productive Capabilities[1] Economic performance discussion often focuses on outcomes such as growth, inflation, fiscal balances, exchange-rate stability, foreign-exchange reserves, etc. While these indicators provide useful insights into the state of an economy, they reveal relatively little about the productive capabilities required to sustain prosperity…

Scale Without Deepening: India’s Export Transformation

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Scale Without Deepening: India’s Merchandise Export Transformation [1] The Global Financial Crisis (GFC), the COVID-19 pandemic and now the Middle East war have reshaped the way major economies are approaching their trade and investment policies. For example, the United States of America is attempting to rebuild domestic manufacturing capacity, China is trying to lead global…

Macroeconomics – Global and Indian Developments

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Perspectives Macroeconomics – Global and Indian Developments Macroeconomics – Global and Indian Developments Through its 3-pronged strategy [1] – Increasing interest rate, quantitative tightening, & keeping dollar strong; the FED is trying to tame inflation. The first FED rate hike of 25 basis points happened on 16th March 2022, and…

FED’s 3 Pronged Strategy and Global Economic Developments: A Short Note

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Perspectives FED’s 3-Pronged Strategy and Global Economic Developments: A Short Note FED’s 3-Pronged Strategy and Global Economic Developments: A Short Note The FED is trying to tame inflation, and, in the process, it has increased interest rates by 75 basis points twice. August-2022 inflation number has come at 8.3%,…

Avoiding the Low Middle-income Trap by investing in our Ability to Grow: Government must be an active investor and not just a night-watchman

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Perspectives Avoiding the Low Middle-income Trap by investing in our Ability to Grow: Government must be an active investor and not just a night-watchman Avoiding the Low Middle-income Trap by investing in our Ability to Grow: Government must be an active investor and not just a night-watchman The finance…

Role of the State in Economic Development

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Working Paper Role of the State in Economic Development Role of the State in Economic Development: Does India need to look beyond the Invisible Hand?[1] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has often advised India that it needs further reforms and fiscal consolidation measures owing to its steadily rising debt levels.[2]…

Faltering Employment Generation in the Indian Economy

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies Faltering Employment Generation in the Indian Economy Faltering Employment Generation in the Economy Data[1] suggests that the employment number in the economy was increasing every year from FY 81 to FY 12, but after that employment number has been declining in every subsequent year.  To study the…