The Indian National Interest Review
India’s focus on remittances costs at G20 to benefit Indian workers . The meeting of the G20 leaders in Antalaya, Turkey on November 15th– 16th, 2015 was held at a… Continue reading "India’s focus on remittances costs at the G20"
The new government’s initiative to formally legislate Union government’s procurement process should be welcomed. Among the major continuing challenges in public financial management at all levels of government in India,… Continue reading "Public procurement legislation: Essential for improving public financial management in India"
Focusing on the altered public financial management dynamics of state governments and analysing the opportunities and challenges. There have been many developments recently that will significantly alter the dynamics of… Continue reading "The evolving dynamics of union–state fiscal relations"
Addressing inequality issue in Singapore and studying its implications for India. The publication of Thomas Piketty’s 2014 book Capital in the Twenty First Century has been a catalyst in bringing the issue… Continue reading "Addressing inequality in Singapore"
From welfare to skilling and creating productive assets. There is growing consensus that the substance of the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) needs to shift from welfare dependency… Continue reading "Rethinking MGNREGA"
The “smart cities” project represents an opportunity to experiment with organisational and governance structures of the cities, with a view to enhancing performance-orientation and accountability. Over the past few weeks,… Continue reading "Financing smart cities: key requirements"
Accountable and transparent organisational structure for implementing PMJDY should be essential for realising the desired societal outcomes. On the occasion of the 68th Independence Day, prime minister Narendra Modi announced… Continue reading "The Jan Dhan Yojna: the key considerations in obtaining desired outcomes."
India’s budget 2014-15: Initial steps towards professionalising tax administration. There has been widespread concern that the current organisations and systems of tax administration and compliance require fundamental reform. The economic cost… Continue reading "India’s budget 2014-15"
Change of control and ownership is not essential. The proposition that nationalisation (transfer of enterprise ownership and control from the private sector to the public sector), and privatisation (technically defined… Continue reading "Reforming public enterprises"
Exhibition of higher level of economic literacy by all the stakeholders, could help in better communicating public policies and progress towards effective realisation of NDA’s economic priorities. The National Democratic… Continue reading "Probable economic priorities of the NDA government"