Subir Gokarn

Memories of Saumitra

Saumitra Chaudhuri's passing away evoked many memories of a long association

Subir Gokarn: To sum up...

In the last column of this series, a look back at themes that dominated

Subir Gokarn: Leveraging the CSR mandate

Some institutional arrangements that can maximise the collective impact of individual contributions

Subir Gokarn: A fiscal framework for missions

Three components of a budgetary approach to increase the prospects of missions succeeding

Subir Gokarn: Tur travails

Three components of a structural solution to the pain caused by price spikes

Subir Gokarn: Matters of valuation

Measures to facilitate the resolution of asset quality problems

Subir Gokarn: Shaping the Asian financial architecture

To make this initiative work, a genuine sense of collective ownership is necessary

Subir Gokarn: From Pittsburgh to Antalya

The G-20 may have to revert to its crisis management role, but in more complex conditions

Subir Gokarn: Chinese tremors

China's path to global economic leadership is bound to be marked by episodes of turbulence

Subir Gokarn: Health care - how, where & how much?

Low access and high costs raise risks of a vicious circle between morbidity and poverty

Subir Gokarn: Educational reach and grasp

Analysis of data from a recent NSS survey will provide significant inputs into education policy

Subir Gokarn: Profiling and targeting

The Socio-Economic and Caste Census could help to hugely improve welfare outcomes

Subir Gokarn: Educational re-alignments

Towards a framework that will reconcile core educational objectives and the roles of stakeholders

Subir Gokarn: The crumple zone

The Greek experience demonstrates the value of floating exchange rates as shock absorbers

Subir Gokarn: Made by robots

Global trends in robotics have significant implications for India's manufacturing aspirations

Subir Gokarn: The one-year scorecard

There is progress but also gaps on various fronts related to three critical structural challenges

Subir Gokarn: Rainfall and the economy

A number of significant linkages between rainfall and economic outcomes have policy implications

Subir Gokarn: Who's afraid of capital convertibility?

The post-crisis debate on capital account management focuses on matching instruments with vulnerabilities

Subir Gokarn: The great oil circle

The benign price scenario may not last and we must be prepared if the cycle turns

Constancy and change

As RBI celebrates its 80th anniversary, the institution will have to continue to strike a balance between constructive change and "good" constancy.