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AI: A friendship whose time has come

America-India partnership stands poised to reshape the world's dynamics if both sides play their cards right

Pathways to a Viksit Bharat

India must build stronger institutions and a more inclusive growth strategy to avoid falling into the middle-income trap

Logistics makes the world go around

The focus of the government to improve our logistics is bearing fruit, but this is a battle that must be fought continuously and smartly

Bring government closer to people

To make India an advanced economy by 2047, devolving more power to local governments is crucial, and the 16th Finance Commission can play a pivotal role in this regard

Where in the world is the IMF?

It is not a central player today as the world deals with inflation and financial instability and countries hurtle towards debt crisis. It must be revamped and strengthened to play that role

Opportunity for reforms at World Bank

Ajay Banga, its proposed new chief, must steer the bank into becoming a global institution for climate change and sustainability instead of just another multipurpose development bank

Opportunities and choices in the Budget

Fiscal consolidation is needed if India is to seek sustainable private sector-led growth

Ease vs cost of doing business in India

Business index rankings have become a substitute for addressing the fundamental constraints faced by entrepreneurs

India's Interventionist State: Bolster govt capability, reform management

Building state capability is not an easy process, especially in a democratic setup

India's interventionist state: Reduce its scope, increase capability

Govt is increasingly keen to deliver even specific items like toilets, water, gas cylinders, where it can show the beneficiary immediate results. This new welfarism helps win polls but not development

Economy: Between a rock and a hard place

The government unveiled a series of half-hearted measures to address it and kept kicking the can down the road

Here's how Make in India can truly work

PM will surely exhort Davos crowd this month to come help make New India. 'Make in India' is great slogan, but more of what we buy, or what the rest of the world buys is not yet being 'Made in India'

Empire and extraction

Shashi Tharoor's history of the colonial era will reignite thinking on the nature of British rule in India

Ajay Chhibber: Redoing the fiscal math

Given the key role of states and PSUs in the economy, the panel that is reviewing FRBM Act must examine the broader public sector's finances, and not focus purely on the Centre's fiscal deficit

Ajay Chhibber: Reviving private investment is key

Sustained GDP growth of eight to nine per cent will be possible only if India's investment rate, which has dropped below 30 per cent, climbs back above 35 per cent

Ajay Chhibber: Opportunity to make up for lost time

India's economic team must get less conservative and improve co-ordination

Ajay Chhibber: Five game-changers in the Budget

Incrementalism can only work if subsequent Budgets and opportunities in between Budgets are used to reform as well

Ajay Chhibber: A Budget, not a moon shot

The Budget wisely refrained from excessive ambition - but it prepared the ground for lift-off later

Ajay Chhibber: Laying the foundation for take-off

What are the reforms needed in 2015 to help achieve eight per cent-plus growth?

Ajay Chhibber: How to improve the welfare state

Make schemes mobile and portable, by focusing on people and not products