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[1] 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…

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…

Economic Update: GDP & IIP Q1 FY-22

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies Economic Update: GDP & IIP Q1 FY-22 Economic Update: GDP and IIP  GDP Numbers: Q1 FY-22      Exhibit[1] – 1 At constant prices GDP in Q1 FY-22 has gone up by 20.1% vis-à-vis Q1 FY-21 numbers. Construction, Manufacturing, & Mining sectors have registered impressive growth. But Q1…

Economic Rebound: An update & mapping demand outlook under scenario of households’ income loss

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies Economic Rebound: An update & mapping demand outlook under scenario of households’ income loss Economic Rebound: An update & mapping demand outlook under scenario of households’ income loss Prologue In order to kick start economic growth government is nudging private sector to invest in capacity creation through…

Economic Rebound: Understanding high impact Sectors in Manufacturing

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies Economic Rebound: Understanding high impact Sectors in Manufacturing Economic Rebound: Understanding high impact Sectors in Manufacturing As we know, IIP is a high frequency indicator when compared to quarterly GDP numbers. In this article, IIP information is used to analyze growth in various categories of manufacturing since…

The Growth Paradox: Will cut in repo rate bring back consumption growth?

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies The Growth Paradox: Will cut in repo rate bring back consumption growth? The Growth Paradox: Will cut in repo rate bring back consumption growth?   Economy has already been slowing down before nCOVID-19 led disruptions hit it.  India’s economy, after achieving 8.3% growth in FY17 has consistently…

The Indian Economy: Making A Case for the Government to Play its Economic Role

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies Indian Economy Making a Case for the Government to Plays its Economic Role The Indian Economy: Making a Case for the Government to Play its Economic Role Indian Economy Making a Case for the Government to Plays its Economic Role On 14th February 2020, the International Monetary…

The Indian Growth Paradox: Disconcerting Divergence between Consumer Confidence and Industrial Outlook Surveys

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Analytical Studies The Indian Growth Paradox: Disconcerting Divergence between Consumer Confidence and Industrial Outlook Surveys The Indian Growth Paradox: Disconcerting Divergence between Consumer Confidence and Industrial Outlook Surveys Observations Summary A structural break in business’ assessment of current and the future business and economic conditions, i.e., post the discontinuity…