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Karan Bhasin
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When dreams of Viksit Bharat stumble over Nehruvian impulsesSubscriber Only
December 06,2024 04:20:14 AM
The sooner we overcome this, the sooner we can avoid making policy errors that dampen our growth prospects.
Sun, Dec 08, 2024
Exit poll message: Third Modi mandate calls for big and bold reformsSubscriber Only
June 02,2024 15:59:34 PM
Realising India's dream of development means important changes in regulation — restriction of arbitrary powers of regulators, the need to remove regulatory ambiguity and the need to bring in a culture of willful restraint by the state and judiciary.
Tue, Jun 04, 2024
World Inequality Lab report on India fails to capture the country’s economic realitySubscriber Only
March 27,2024 07:05:05 AM
These claims on inequality trends in India are based on a set of questionable assumptions. They warrant closer scrutiny
Thu, Mar 28, 2024
Data supports the claim that poverty decline in India has been faster since BJP came to office in 2014Subscriber Only
November 29,2022 07:22:52 AM
The authoritative DHS household data for 2005-06, 2015-16, and 2019-21 establishes that the pace of decline in Indian poverty accelerated post 2014 elections. We must address our progress while continuing to shift goalposts.
Tue, Nov 29, 2022
There is no debate: There has been a persistent decline in poverty in IndiaSubscriber Only
November 04,2022 04:00:38 AM
India’s poverty decline was already remarkable before 2014. Now, it is second to none.
Sat, Nov 05, 2022
What the NFHS data reveals about inequality in IndiaSubscriber Only
December 04,2021 03:01:34 AM
🔴 Surjit S Bhalla, Karan Bhasin write: It suggests an inclusive pattern of development with poorer states doing better on development indicators
Sun, Dec 05, 2021
There is limited evidence to suggest that electoral rallies resulted in spread of the pandemicSubscriber Only
April 22,2021 04:18:59 AM
Till then, armchair experts should introspect and appreciate India’s ability to conduct elections, with high voter participation, and do so in a pandemic.
Thu, Apr 22, 2021
Only India stands out with a flattening curve among those that had earlier experienced an explosion of infectionsSubscriber Only
January 16,2021 02:00:49 AM
Based on the available state-level data, some states in India have already achieved herd immunity while other states are catching up.
Sat, Jan 16, 2021
Rationalisation in tax rates is the surest remedy for revenue enhancementSubscriber Only
February 08,2020 03:50:02 AM
Forecast of most experts was that the bold corporate tax cut of September 2019 would lead to a decline in tax collections, would not help economic growth. The opposite seems to have happened.
Sat, Feb 08, 2020
Separating fact from economic fiction: Growth slowed beyond expectations starting late 2018Subscriber Only
January 25,2020 00:39:26 AM
Our very conservative estimate is that absolute poverty in 2017-18 was in the low to mid-single digits — a decline of 6-8 percentage points from the 14 per cent level in 2011-12. This is indeed a happy note as we celebrate 70 years of the creation of the Indian Republic.
Sat, Jan 25, 2020
The RBI and government must do whatever it takes to end the demand slumpSubscriber Only
December 05,2019 03:25:27 AM
The RBI governor mentioned he’s willing to do “whatever it takes”. He has to follow this up. The government for its part has to nudge small savings and deposit rates lower to help transmission.
Thu, Dec 05, 2019
The making of history: Modi Econ 2.0 has started with a big bangSubscriber Only
September 28,2019 04:00:27 AM
Modi Econ 2.0 has started with a big bang — the largest corporate tax cut in world history for new manufacturing firms. Surely this is just the beginning.
Sat, Sep 28, 2019
Maximise revenue, minimise taxSubscriber Only
July 13,2019 00:11:11 AM
India has just one policy option to advance private investment and become a $5 trillion economy — reduce corporate tax rate for all firms to 22 per cent, reduce misguided rates of personal income tax.
Sat, Jul 13, 2019
Rethink poverty — and policySubscriber Only
June 29,2019 00:32:55 AM
Given the estimated poverty decline in India between 2011-12 and 2016-17, time has come to change our economic policies — concentrate on what causes growth, not what causes poverty to decline
Sat, Jun 29, 2019
Why chemistry trumps arithmeticSubscriber Only
June 01,2019 00:30:17 AM
All indicators lead to the same conclusion: Modi’s BJP recorded a spectacular victory in 2019 due to its provision of inclusive growth — very close to the best in the world in 2014-18
Sat, Jun 01, 2019
The Great Facebook HeistSubscriber Only
March 26,2018 01:35:11 AM
Long before users, Silicon Valley saw the value in digital versions of real relationships
Mon, Mar 26, 2018
Why we need net neutralitySubscriber Only
April 10,2015 00:13:09 AM
By trying to enforce old paradigms in a new marketplace, carriers will end up on the wrong side of history.
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