Implications of India’s Election Verdict on the Economy

The world’s largest democracy has just concluded its parliamentary elections over a month and a half in seven phases and if you thought most people would have tired of all the election mania including the non-stop reporting on media, you would be mistaken. I was tired of listening to interviews with politicians, I must admit.… Continue reading Implications of India’s Election Verdict on the Economy

India in Need of Industrial Policy 4.0

Two most dreaded words in economic circles and think-tanks these days is industrial policy. It is frowned upon because it has come to be associated with all the negatives of government intervention. Politics, geo-politics, picking winners, wasteful subsidies and creating distortions in what ought to be a free market economy. It has become a term… Continue reading India in Need of Industrial Policy 4.0