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Arun Maira
Maira, a former member of the Planning Commission, is the author of Listening for Well-Being: Conversations with People Not Like Us
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Arun Maira writes: How Ratan Tata, the pilot, helped guide India’s economySubscriber Only
October 12,2024 16:02:49 PM
I turned to Ratan for ideas on the Planning Commission’s role in making India a country good for all its billion citizens. My questions were: How can a central body which does not have financial control add value? And how should it guide captains of independent ships in a flotilla?
Sat, Oct 12, 2024
To be secure or viksit, India’s leaders must listen to those left behindSubscriber Only
August 20,2024 08:06:12 AM
The gap between those with money and power and those without has only grown wider. Government must work to ensure dignified employment for the working classes
Tue, Aug 20, 2024
India’s big problem of low-quality employmentSubscriber Only
August 13,2022 04:10:49 AM
Arun Maira writes: The paradigm driving employment and labour policies must change to enable generation of better-quality livelihoods
Sun, Aug 14, 2022
The myth of the trickle-downSubscriber Only
February 15,2022 03:00:51 AM
Arun Maira writes: Evidence from around the world is that the economic policy paradigm of first increasing the overall size of the pie by reducing taxes at the top and then ‘redistributing’ the wealth has not delivered benefits to people.
Tue, Feb 15, 2022
Solution cannot be found in systems that caused the climate emergencySubscriber Only
November 16,2021 03:57:27 AM
Arun Maira writes: As the disappointing outcome of COP26 shows, a more equitable and sustainable world needs new institutional arrangements for its governance.
Wed, Nov 17, 2021
Why the citizens’ assembly is an idea whose time has comeSubscriber Only
August 24,2021 03:10:40 AM
Arun Maira writes: Building a middle layer of institutions for democratic deliberations amongst citizens has become essential for democratic governance.
Wed, Aug 25, 2021
Ashoka University episode reveals clash between principles of capitalism and democracySubscriber Only
April 08,2021 04:24:00 AM
Good governance and profit runs into democratic values in private educational institutions. India and the world must invent new forms of world-class institutions that can bridge this fault line.
Thu, Apr 08, 2021
The fundamental reform India needs is the process of listening to other perspectivesSubscriber Only
January 23,2021 03:51:52 AM
Democratic governance is breaking down because no one is willing to listen to people they don’t understand or agree with.
Sat, Jan 23, 2021
Govt’s dismissal of farmers’ concerns reduces quality of policies, makes them harder to implementSubscriber Only
December 11,2020 03:06:27 AM
Market reformers must clean up their ideological lenses and see the reality of where power lies in markets. As Barbara Harriss-White, a scholar of India’s agricultural markets once observed, “deregulated imperfect markets may become more, not less, imperfect than regulated imperfect markets.”
Fri, Dec 11, 2020
Post-Covid world must find ways to reduce distorting power of global capitalSubscriber Only
October 28,2020 03:09:49 AM
The way the rules of the economy and trade are made must change to create a more just and resilient world. Voices of the poorest people and their associations must be heard more loudly than the opinions of the rich and their lobbies.
Wed, Oct 28, 2020
During pandemic, we must keep older people engaged, not isolate themSubscriber Only
August 26,2020 03:46:00 AM
We need “social cohesion”, not “social distancing”, in communities, and in humanity as a whole, to fight this pandemic and also improve human well-being.
Wed, Aug 26, 2020
Lessons from Covid, China: India needs a new paradigm for trade, industry, and developmentSubscriber Only
July 15,2020 03:00:28 AM
It is needed not only to strengthen India vis-à-vis China, but to make the economy good for India’s poorer citizens too.
Wed, Jul 15, 2020
In post-Covid world, growth of business must not be at expense of societal well-beingSubscriber Only
June 26,2020 03:04:46 AM
The lockdowns following COVID-19 have caused many people to introspect about the purposes of their lives, and the purposes of the enterprises they serve. It has also provided an opportunity to reset the course of economies.
Fri, Jun 26, 2020
Workers, and those who speak for them, must be heard on labour lawsSubscriber Only
May 22,2020 04:55:05 AM
India must remain a democracy. Workers, and those who speak on their behalf, must be heard while framing or changing regulations. Their voices must not be silenced by ordinances.
Fri, May 22, 2020
Post-COVID economic models, rules of governance, must be bottom-up, not top-downSubscriber Only
April 29,2020 01:35:26 AM
Recovery from COVID-19 is an opportunity to create economies that are more resilient and fair. Three architectural principles must apply.
Wed, Apr 29, 2020
It would be wise for countries to maintain sufficient ‘economic distancing’ amongst themselvesSubscriber Only
March 26,2020 04:28:24 AM
Governments should mind the health of their own economies. Thereby, they will improve the health of the global economy too.
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
Hearing those unlike us is essential for the health of our society and nationSubscriber Only
January 01,2020 00:29:11 AM
Let us reach out to a citizen of our country who is “not like us”. Let’s listen to who she or he really is. Let’s start a national listening movement. And lead the world to an International Listening Day.
Wed, Jan 01, 2020
Catalyse, don’t controlSubscriber Only
September 12,2014 00:10:45 AM
A forum for states, Centre to learn from each other should replace Planning Commission.
Fri, Sep 12, 2014
Planning a new commissionSubscriber Only
May 13,2014 00:28:40 AM
We need a Planning Commission for the 21st Century
Tue, May 13, 2014The institutional waySubscriber Only
June 20,2012 03:18:41 AM
With EU in turmoil and global markets roiled,India cannot muddle along
Wed, Jun 20, 2012The art of getting things doneSubscriber Only
April 03,2012 02:57:59 AM
It is not just private sector that wants reforms in government systems
Tue, Apr 03, 2012A day at the racesSubscriber Only
February 28,2012 02:56:53 AM
Budget forecasting is big but futile. Can we instead talk about implementation?
Tue, Feb 28, 2012Get out of the boxSubscriber Only
January 04,2012 03:13:53 AM
Each government institution has to re-invent itself in this decade
Wed, Jan 04, 2012It is time for Plan CSubscriber Only
November 01,2011 22:10:41 PM
How to reshape the Planning Commission for our changed times
Tue, Nov 01, 2011It is time for Plan CSubscriber Only
October 28,2011 03:17:09 AM
How to reshape the Planning Commission for our changed times
Fri, Oct 28, 2011
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