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Welfare gets a bad name, but not all social sector spend is unproductive

July 28, 2024, 5:00 AM IST

Most Budget analyses these days assume that capital expenditure by the govt represents high-quality spending that is going to have a multiplier impact on the GDP, whereas revenue expenditure is low-quality without any long-term benefits….

July 28, 2024, 5:00 AM IST

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This bullet had to be bitten: Government and RBI intervention are essential in the Yes Bank case

March 7, 2020, 2:00 AM IST

The government and the RBI finally decided to bite the bullet on the Yes Bank issue. The banking rot which started with the regulatory forbearance of August 2008 seems to have come full circle. The…

March 7, 2020, 2:00 AM IST

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Does debt waiver improve living conditions of poor farmers? Data for the 2008 scheme paints a very bleak picture

June 17, 2017, 2:00 AM IST

By Mrinal Mishra, Venkatesh Upamanyu, Prasanna Tantri and Nagaraju Thota Once again, we seem to be headed to a season of competitive debt waivers. Voices demanding debt relief to farmers are gaining strength across the…

June 17, 2017, 2:00 AM IST

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A bad idea that keeps coming back: Why debt waivers are likely to hurt Indian farmers in the long run

March 4, 2017, 2:00 AM IST

Almost all political parties contesting ongoing UP assembly elections have promised a debt waiver for small farmers. A wide range of statistics from farmer suicides allegedly caused by indebtedness to low productivity of Indian agriculture…

March 4, 2017, 2:00 AM IST

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Is MGNREGA destroying factory jobs? Disquieting data shows it discourages skill development

January 3, 2017, 2:00 AM IST

By: Sumit Agarwal, Shashwat Alok, Yakshup Chopra and Prasanna L Tantri As Budget Day draws near, economic policy makers in the country are likely to shift their attention to the allocation of funds to various…

January 3, 2017, 2:00 AM IST

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Mucking up the inheritance: Dynastic netas underperform non-dynasts on both economic and legislative measures

November 4, 2015, 12:02 AM IST

Persistence of political dynasties is a reality in most democratic counties of the world, including the US. Their domination in India is a well-known fact. Political parties have fielded a large number of dynasts in…

November 4, 2015, 12:02 AM IST

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