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Dharmakirti Joshi

The writer is chief economist, CRISIL.

Public sector investments are likely to remain depressed as states cut back on spending, making recovery difficult

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

The bottom line is that with the slowdown in growth, and as a consequence in government's revenues (for both, the Centre and states), debt servicing for states, which looked comfortable, is set to become burdensome.

India will have to swim against the tide to capture shrinking pie of global trade

Mon, Sep 21, 2020

Developing countries like India need to fast-track reforms to improve the investment climate and attract investments, relocating away from China.

Improvement in economy might slow down or even stagnate in the second quarter

Fri, Jul 17, 2020

India has had little option but to open up the economy. That has led to some improvement in economic activity towards the latter part of the April-June quarter — but this is unlikely to sustain. In the July-September quarter, we expect the pace of improvement to slow down or even stagnate and fall in some cases..

Maintaining adequate domestic savings is essential to sound macroeconomic management

Wed, Jun 26, 2019

Focus should be on lifting savings rate, else there is a risk of private investments being crowded out.

India can benefit from the US-China tariff war if it plays its cards well

Tue, May 21, 2019

If this trade war continues over a longer horizon, it could even result in shift of production bases and restructuring of global supply chains. Chinese firms are already moving production to their plants in other countries. India figures in the list of such probables.