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Clearing the air about India’s pollution problem

By some estimates India’s pollution accounts for 1.3 million deaths each year. What should the country’s policymakers do about it, ask Asit K. Biswas and Kris Hartley. Read more...
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SAARC Minus X: A Constructive Approach for India’ Regional Integration

It is urgent for South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation) to enhance trade and broader economic integration, argue Mukul G. Asher and Keya Chaturvedi. Read more...
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Wake up India

Why India must retain talent to grow by Asit K Biswas and Kris Hartley. Read more...
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Growing pollution in India

Growing pollution is a clarion call for policy action, argue Asit K Biswas and Kris Hartley. Read more...
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Private sector and rural development in India

Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada share their views on private sector and rural development in India. Read more...
India's pension system

India's pension system

India's future pension system needs new thinking argues Mukul Asher. Read more...
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India's demographic destiny

The biggest contribution to the global labor force in the next few decades will come from India. But will India be able to convert its youth bulge into a demographic dividend asks John West? Read more...
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Boosting the Developmental Payoffs of India's Remittance Flows

The full developmental potential of India's migrants' remittances has not been realised argues S. K. Sasikumar. Read more...
India's Soldiers

Reforming India's military pensions

To effectively implement OROP (one-rank-one-pension), India's Ministry of Defense needs to depart from its current practices, argue Mukul Asher and Azad Singh Bali. Read more...
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India and Food Safety

India’s food safety crisis is indicative of bureaucratic failures, argue Asit K. Biswas and Kris Hartley. Read more...
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From a PPP to Public Sector Control of Metronet in the UK: Implications for India

Mukul G. Asher, Shahana Sheikh and V. Ramakrishnan examine the implications for India of the restructuring of the UK's Metronet from PPP to full public sector control. Read more...
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India’s Deadly Cities

India’s cities have grown haphazardly, with little consideration of the functioning of urban systems as a whole argue Asit K. Biswas and Kris Hartley. Read more...
Agriculture In India

Managing the food, water and energy nexus

Properly coordinated policies are required to provide adequate resources to the expected 2.3 billion new inhabitants on this planet by 2050, argue Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas. Read more...
Prof Asit Biswas, President, Third World Centre for Water Management and Margaret Catley-Carlson, Patron, Global Water Partnership

Strengthening institutions for innovative capacity in India

With India’s population projected to be the world’s largest in the coming decade, the country’s long-term development is increasingly relevant in the global economy, argue Asit Biswas, Kris Hartley. Read more...
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Creating Fiscal Space In Today’s India

Mukul Asher explains what fiscal space has come to mean in modern economics, why creating it is more complex than it seems at first, and how it can be done in India. Read more...
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Rationale & Key Requirements For Implementing GST In Indian States

Mukul Asher shares his views on the rationale and key requirements for implementing GST in Indian states. Read more...
India’s Gateway: Gujarat, Mumbai & Britain

India Compares Well in External Trade Integration in Asia Pacific

An in-depth analysis of India’s trade with the Asia-Pacific region by Mukul Asher and Keya Chaturvedi leads to some intriguing conclusions and sound recommendations. Read more...
Adult Education Programmes in India

India’s Lagging Human Capital

A new report shows India falling behind on human capital. Smarter government intervention is needed, argue Asit K. Biswas and Kris Hartley. Read more...
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India’s New Stand on Energy

Maitreyee Mukherjee and Asit Biswas argue that the rhetoric regarding India's new stand on energy is impressive, but the government’s policies look unsustainable. Read more...
Revamping India's public procurement

Revamping India's public procurement

A properly designed and implemented procurement law is long overdue. It can improve financial management, and bring large financial and governance benefits. Read more...