Newspaper Articles
Newspaper Articles
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
2021-22
2020-21
2019-20
2018-19
2017-18
2016-17
2015-16
2014-15
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2024-25
- India’s economic performance is pretty robust on most counts, Mint, 31 Oct. 2024
- Getting good jobs for all workrs is feasible only in the long haul, Mint, 30 Sept., 2024
- How to deal with the country’s growth-employment paradox, Mint, 30 August 2024
- Budget- Its fiscally sound but a weak bedrock for Viksit Bharat, Mint, 26July 2024
- Fiscal stance just right, Financial Express, 24 July, 2024
- Tourism- Do not neglect a sector offering high economic rewards, Mint, 28 June 2024
- Set priorities to prepare for the global economy that’s emerging, Mint, 31 May 2024
- India’s employment paradox of the 21st century- An explanation, Mint, 26 April 2024
2023-24
- India’s 16th Finance Commission faces some daunting challenges, Mint, 29 March 2024
- Capitalism varies across as well as within individual countries, Mint, 23 Feb. 2024
- Is India’s demographic dividend generation ready for the future , Mint, 26 Jan. 2024
- Political outcomes are’t likely to impact the economy too much, Mint, 30 Dec. 2023
- Development distances among states should drive reforms now, Mint, 27 Nov. 2023
- Navigating a world on fire-What the Kautilya conclave had to say, Mint, 27 Oct. 2023
- What does the decline in household financial savings imply?, Mint, 28 September, 2023
- How is India doing Let’s look at some macroeconomic indicators, Mint, 25 august 2023
- Utopia or dystopia-Can artificial intelligence feally be regulated Mint, 28 July 2023
- Fiscal federalism needs a look-in by the 16th Finance Commission, Mint, 30 June, 2023
- Green bonds and guarantees-Key tools to contain global warming, Mint, 25 May, 2023
- Finance is the binding constraint in efforts to fight climate change, Mint, 28 April, 2023
2022-23
- Arunachal Pradesh- A short visit is enough to identify its potention, Mint, 24 March 2023
- The budget prioritizes capex-led growth, shrinks social safety net, Mint, 24 Feb. 2023
- You win some, You lose some, The financial express, 02 Feb. 2023
- Disruptive change in education could help us tackle joblessness, Mint, 20 Jan. 2023
- Challenges and policy priorities on the eve of the Union budget, Mint, 23 Dec. 2022.
- Villages at the periphery and the changing face of backwardness, Mint, 24 Nov. 2022.
- Here’s the “steam engine” of the 21st century, Mint, 21 Oct 2022.
- Synchronize policies to counter weak growth and high inflation Mint, 16 Sept, 2022.
- The Indian Economy needs a radical reset, Mint, 19 August, 2022
- PM’s ‘revdi’ remark: We need to disentangle good subsidies from bad, The Indian Express, 22 July 2022.
- How our less developed states can catch up with the rest, Mint, 15 July 2022
- The Indian Outlook for Inflation and Growth: 2022-23 and beyond, Mint, 17 June 2022.
- Three development models that can guide Indian state economies, Mint, 20 May 2022.
- Needed: An economic reboot for rapid employment-heavy growth, Mint, 15 April, 2022.
2021-22
- Repeated shocks, the Ukraine war and spectre of stagflation, Mint, 18 March 2022.
- The budget is over; the tough part starts now, Mint, 11 February, 2022.
- India’s long game with China and challenges posed by a ‘soft’ state, Mint, 21 January, 2022.
- Unshackling the Indian economy will be a tall order, Mint, 14 January, 2022.
- A mixed economic outlook and macro policy challenges, Mint, 17 December, 2021.
- Global challenges can be tackled in spite of great power rivalry, Mint, 19 November 2021
- India’s difficult transition from fossil fuels to net-zero emissions, Mint, 21 October, 2021.
- What recent data says about how our economy is doing, Mint, 17 September, 2021.
- India’s looming water crisis and urgent measures to address it, Mint, 20 August 2021.
- Potential long-term economic consequences of the pandemic, Mint, 16 July, 2021.
- Reflections on the pandemic and our preparations for a third wave, Mint, 18 June, 2021.
- A new fiscal policy framework for the post-pandemic economy, Mint, 16 April, 2021.
2020-21
- The entangled economics and politics of India’s farm agitation, Mint, 19 March, 2021.
- A bet on reforms-driven growth despite India’s fiscal compression, Mint, 19 February, 2021.
- Recapitalization of state-owned banks: Privatization should do it, Mint, 15 January, 2021.
- A proposed fiscal strategy for a sustainable economic recovery, Mint, 18 December, 2020.
- Through a phone screen brightly: Covid-19 lessons of another kind, Mint, 27 November, 2020.
- Navigating the narrow passage between recovery and inflation, Mint, 16 October, 2020.
- Honour Jaitley’s grand bargain on GST compensation for States, Mint, 18 September, 2020.
- The long road to recovery that lies ahead for India’s economy, Mint, 21 August. 2020.
- The harsh truth of why we tolerate Chinese incursions, Mint, 22 July, 2020.
- Demand stimulation, supply constraints and recession risks, Mint, 19 June, 2020.
- Crisis and a tight-fisted response, The Indian Express, 4 June, 2020.
- Strategy choices for India to recover from this recession, Mint, 15 May, 2020.
- Tripple trouble: coronavirus, hunger, and the economy, Mint, 17 April, 2020.
2019-20
- Governments need to move fast if we’re to stop the coronavirus, Mint, 20 March, 2020.
- Did Delhi’s elections mark a turning point in our politics?, Mint, 21 February, 2020.
- The learning crisis underlying our unemployment challenge, Mint, 17 January, 2020.
- Let politics not divert attention from a looming economic crisis, Mint, 20 December, 2019.
- Asia’s miracle economies have lessons for India’s trade policy, Mint, 15 November, 2019.
- An inclusive strategy for India to revive its economic growth, Mint, 18 October, 2019.
- A suggestion to reform India’s architecture of fiscal federalism, Mint, 20 September, 2019.
- Brexit and the Irish border: An uneasy calm in Northern Ireland, Mint, 16 August, 2019.
- An unimpressive budget after the massive electoral mandate, Mint, 19 July, 2019.
- How will the Modi government leverage its massive mandate, Mint, 21 June, 2019.
- The geography of industrial growth in a federal polity, Mint, 21 May, 2019.
- Modifying the Nyuntam Aay Yojana to make it workable, Mint, 19 April, 2019.
2018-19
- A strategic approach that could curb global warming, Mint, 15 March, 2019.
- Interstate development and the federalism question, Mint, 15 February, 2019.
- How India’s economy smoothly navigated troubled waters, Mint, 18 January, 2019.
- An unfashionable view on freebies and subsidies, Mint, 24 December, 2018.
- RBI and the government: stepping back from the brink, Mint, 16 November, 2018.
- Reversing the spread of lawlessness in India, Mint, 23 October, 2018.
- PMJAY: The promises and challenges of a bold experiment, Mint, 21 September, 2018.
- The growth outlook and the investment potential of states, Mint, 17 August, 2018.
- Reform agriculture marketing systems to address farm distress, Mint, 20 July, 2018.
- Swachh Bharat Mission: a remarkable transformation, Mint, 15 June, 2018.
- Building a reliable database of the Indian economy, Mint, 18 May, 2018.
- The Finance Commission and the Thiruvananthapuram conclave, Mint, 20 April, 2018.
2017-18
- An Italian Sojourn: Glimpses of a Faltering Recovery, Mint, 21 April 2017.
- A Celebration in Yokohama and a Summit in Beijing, Mint, 19 May 2017.
- Finally a Goods and Service Tax: But What Lies Ahead, Mint, 16 June 2017.
- Agrarian Crisis: the Challenge of a Small Farmer Economy, Mint, 21 July 2017.
- Taking Stock: 25 Years of Economic Reforms, Mint, 11 August 2017.
- Sliding economic Growth: What is to be done?, Mint, 15 September 2017.
- Finding a Goldilocks Policy Interest Rate, Mint, 20 October 2017.
- Reflections from Inside a Toxic City, Mint, 17 November 2017.
- The Economic Outlook in a period of Political Uncertainty, Mint, 15 December 2017.
- Current Challenges, Growth, and Long-term Constraints, Mint, 19 January 2018
- Fiscal Slippage a concern, Business Standard, 2 February 2018.
- Budget 2018: The Reality behind the Rhetoric, Mint, 16 February 2018.
- The Paradox of Weakness and Strength in Chinese Education, Mint, 16 March 2018.
2016-17
- Trust in States’ Fiscal Responsibility Vindicated, Mint 15 April 2016.
- The Pros and Cons of Subsidy through DBT, Mint, 17 May 2016.
- The Challenge of Unemployment, Mint, 17 May 2016
- Reflections on a Short Passage through China, Mint, 15 July, 2016.
- GST Bill a Historic Landmark, But Formidable Challenges Lie Ahead, Mint, 19 August, 2016.
- Universal Basic Income: An idea whose time has come?, Mint 16 September, 2016
- Regime change at the Reserve Bank of India, Mint, 21 October 2016
- Consequences of the Demonetization Shock, Mint, 18 November 2016
- Our failed education policy needs urgent reform, Mint, 16 December 2016
- Development as a measure of governance, Business Standard, 16 December 2016 (co-author)
- Growth Deficit and the Fiscal Deficit, Mint, 20 January 2017.
- A Fiscal-Consolidation Budget that Falls short on Reforms, Mint, 17 February 2017.
- Uttar Pradesh Elections, Reforms and Growth, Mint, 17 March 2017.
2015-16
- What lies ahead?, Financial Express, 30 May, 2015
- The Third Greek Bailout: An Assessment, Mint, 17 July, 2015.
- The Land Question, Mint, 21 August, 2015
- The Tortoise and the Hare, Mint, 19 September, 2015.
- Inequality & Growth, Mint, 23 October, 2015.
- Will Bihar Results Drive Cooperative Federalism?, Mint, 20 November 2015
- A Tale of Two Models, Mint, 18 December, 2015.
- High Growth and the Price of Food, Mint, 29 January, 2016.
- A Predictable but Unrealistic Budget, Mint, 1 March, 2016.
- A Transformative Budget, Mint 17 March, 2016.
2014-15
2012-13
- Of Tractors and Cell Phones, Times of India, 3.5.2012.
- Politics of Command, Times of India, 19.6.2012.
- Pushing Through Reforms, Times of India, 30.8.2012.
- A Passage to Capitalism, Times of India, 29.11.2012.
- Rays of Hope for Economy”, Times of India, 1.1.2013.
- Budget should squarely focus on reducing the fiscal deficit”, Times of India, 30.1.2013.
2011-12
- Dollars, BRICS and the China Trap, Times of India, 28.4.2011.
- To Curb or Not to Curb, Times of India, 8.6.2011.
- Life and Debt Situation , Times of India, 28.7.2011.
- Teaching a Hard Lesson, Times of India, 1.9..2011.
- Looking for the Perfect Ten, Times of India, 5.10.2011.
- Main Street Vs. Wall Street, Times of India, 11.11.2011.
- Watching the Economy, Times of India, 29.12.2011.
- How to be a Winner, Times of India, 6.3.2012.
2010-11
- Delivery is the Key, Times of India, 29.4.2010.
- 2010: A Greek Odyssey, Times of India, 27.5.2010.
- Conversations in Kashmir, Times of India, 8.7.2010.
- Juggling the Rupee, Times of India, 29.7.2010.
- Finessing The Deficit, Times of India, 26.8.2010.
- Mobilising the Other India, Times of India, 5.10.2010.
- The CWG: What Comes Next?, Times of India, 28.10.2010.
- Keeping Pace with the Dragon, Times of India, 16.12.2010.
- Fulfilling Eastern Promises, Times of India, 28.1.2011.
- A Precarious Balancing Act, Times of India, 1.3.2011.
- Playing the Growth Card, Times of India, 17.3.2011.
2009-10
- Changing Landscape, The Times of India, April 3, 2009.
- Time for India to Adjust to New Global Realities, Mail Today, April 16, 2009.
- The China Syndrome, The Times of India, May 13, 2009.
- A Tough Balancing Act, The Times of India, May 27, 2009.
- Casting a Wide Net, The Times of India, July 7, 2009.
- There is a Game Plan Behind The Union Budget, Mail Today, July 9, 2009.
- Managing the Deficit, Mail Today, July 30, 2009.
- Against the Current, Business Standard, August 7, 2009.
- Coping with the Drought, Mail Today, August 13, 2009.
- The Land Question Continues to Haunt our Political System, Mail Today, August 27, 2009.
- Ease the Pain, The Times of India, August 28, 2009.
- India must move to position itself strategically within the new world order: Lessons we have learnt from the 2008 crisis, Mail Today, September 18, 2009.
- The Spence Solution, The Times of India, September 24, 2009.
- G-20 Pittsburgh Summit marks the emergence of the emerging economies, Mail Today, October 1, 2009.
- Make Most of our Numbers, Mail Today, October 15, 2009.
- Code and After, The Times of India, October 29, 2009.
- Price Rise Calls for Response, Mail Today, November 5, 2009.
- Break the Deadlock, Mail Today, November 19, 2009.
- Sohna Chowk Paradigm, The Times of India, December 1, 2009.
- Back to Normal Growth, Mail Today, December 4, 2009.
- We’ve Come a Long Way, The Times of India, December 31, 2009.
- Learning about Learning, The Times of India, February 4, 2010.
- Fuelling the Growth Story, The Times of India, February 27, 2010.
- Giving Protective Cover, The Times of India, March 25, 2010.
2008-09
- Next Fiscal to be Worse, Mail Today, March 18, 2009.
- The Hidden Strategy, Mail Today, February 25, 2009.
- No Goodies Here, The Times of India, February 17, 2009.
- Forget the Great Depression, The Times of India, January 26, 2009.
- Keep A Tab on the Funds, The Times of India, December 5, 2008.
- Chindia to the Rescue, Hindustan Times, November 10, 2008.