Filters

July 11, 2022

Economy & Budget

India Needs Spatially Dispersed, Job Generative and Equitable Growth – Recommend Economists The Union Budget...

March 16, 2022

Economy & Regulation

The Indian Economy has continuously evolved since the 1991 economic reforms and it stands today...

March 9, 2022

Economy & Trade

India is coming out of the shadows of the pandemic induced economic slowdowns and looking...

March 1, 2022

Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh

Post-liberalisation India has changed in multiple ways. These economic, social, and cultural transformations have had...

Inclusion

February 24, 2022

Asset Monetisation, Disinvestment, Privatisation: Three Keys to Up Spending on Infra, Health and Education

Ideas for Economic Revival The Indian Economy is moving forward to come out of the...

Inclusion

February 9, 2022

India Needs Spatially Dispersed, Job Generative and Equitable Growth – Recommend Economists

INDIA ECONOMIC FORUM & LITFest The Union Budget has arrived at a crucial moment in...

Inclusion

June 10, 2020

Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan demands fresh look at risks and facilitating institutions

Rupees 20 tn Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (ANBA) package has set out a formidable and challenging...

B Yerram Raju

April 23, 2020

Economic Scenario Post Covid-19

Covid-19 pandemic has cast a long shadow on the economies across the world. This is...

Sameer Kochhar

March 31, 2020

Capturing Economic Value

The fact and most agree that the government has to play a significant role to...

Inclusion

March 24, 2020

INDIA RESPONDS: Adapting to the New Normal

The Coronavirus pandemic is among the biggest crises the world has ever faced. It has...

Inclusion

January 23, 2020

ModiNomics Delivered?

Rohan Kochhar, Director, Public Policy, SKOCH Group ModiNomics, as a term and concept was coined...

Rohan Kochhar

December 16, 2019

Road to Recovery of Indian Economy

  The Indian economy is passing through a very challenging phase. GDP growth has dropped...

Inclusion

December 16, 2019

Recommendations

Sameer Kochhar | Recommendations Tax digital MNCs – software majors, social media, search engines etc...

Inclusion

December 16, 2019

Time to Save the Economy

The Prime Minister’s vision of India becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2024 has inspired...

Sameer Kochhar

December 16, 2019

Practical Ideas for Growing the Economy to $10 Trillion

The GDP growth rate is determined by two factors: the investment rate and the efficiency...

Rohan Kochhar

December 16, 2019

How to End the Economic Slowdown?

This pain of adjustment is slowing down the economy. On completion of this adjustment, the...

Inclusion

December 16, 2019

Tax Reforms for $5 Trillion Economy

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced in India with so much of fanfare....

Inclusion

December 16, 2019

Investments key to sustain high economic growth

Investment plays a critical role in sustaining high economic growth. Revival of investments is among the...

K V Subramanian

December 16, 2019

Value Capture is Critical to Transform Indian Economy

Big technology companies are extracting huge profits from the Indian market but are paying hardly...

Sharad Sharma

December 16, 2019

Government must clear all payments and dues to revive investments

Different departments and institutions of the government owe huge amounts of money to companies, vendors...

Arvind Virmani

November 29, 2019

Noted economists and economy think-tanks reached a consensus on the GDP growth estimate at 6-6.5 percent for the next fiscal at SKOCH India Economic Forum

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE29TH NOVEMBER 2019 Download Full Release New Delhi: 29-11-2019: SKOCH Group (India's topmost...

Inclusion

November 29, 2019

Focus on ICOR, instead of Investments. India must capture high value in global supply chain for $10 trillion: SKOCH India Economic Forum

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE29TH NOVEMBER 2019 Download Full Release New Delhi: 29-11-2019: SKOCH Group (India's topmost...

November 29, 2019

Massive Structural Reforms Needed to Achieve $5 Trillion GDP Target

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE29TH NOVEMBER 2019 Download Full Release New Delhi: 29-11-2019: A series of...

September 27, 2019

Nirmala’s Diwali

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has brought in Diwali early for the economy by lowering...

Sameer Kochhar

September 25, 2019

Climate Change Challenges To India’s $5 Trillion Ambition

  Heavy monsoons this year claimed at least 300 lives in states of Kerala, Karnataka,...

Inclusion

September 25, 2019

Finding Investments for a $5 Trillion Economy

  Investment has become a buzzword. Right from Finance Minister’s Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget speech on...

Inclusion

September 25, 2019

Policymaking for a $5 trillion economy

  In the backdrop of falling automobile sales, manufacturing output dipping across various sectors and...

Inclusion

September 16, 2019

$5 Trillion Transformation

  Supporters as well as critics of ModiNomics agree that the target of $5 trillion...

Inclusion

July 18, 2019

Inclusive Growth Budget

  Given that Nirmala Sitharaman presented her maiden budget against the constraints of slowing growth, limited fiscal...

Sameer Kochhar

July 18, 2019

ModiNomics 2.0 Agenda

  Macroeconomic stability is a precondition for growth. While, the key macroeconomic indicators pose no...

Inclusion

May 9, 2019

Economic Manifesto

  Economy is the engine behind India’s growth and it fuels the country’s path to...

Inclusion

May 9, 2019

Economic Manifesto Important for Policymakers, Public

This is a season of manifestos and economic manifesto becomes really important for both policymakers...

N K Singh

May 9, 2019

India hasn’t got where it should have been

  Every now and then we speculate about the future of India. We are always...

Lord Meghnad Desai

April 1, 2018

Economists of Leading Think-Tanks on State of Inclusion

  It’s not often that leading thinktanks that delve into the economic sphere in India...

Inclusion

April 1, 2018

India has to Overcome Jobless Growth Challenge

India has to come to terms with jobless growth that has been chasing it ever...

Inclusion

October 1, 2017

MUDRA Scheme: A Game Changer Initiative on Job Creation

HIGHLIGHTS Total number of jobs generated due to <10L MUDRA loans are 5,44,79,763. Sum total...

Inclusion

January 1, 2017

ModiNomics @ Work

On 28 January 2014, P Chidambaram had said, Modi’s knowledge of economics can be put...

Inclusion

January 1, 2017

SKOCH: eMonetise to Defeat Poverty

  Although, there are varying estimates of India’s economic growth slowing down to as low...

Gursharan Dhanjal

January 1, 2017

Digital India Digital Economy

The younger generation will be growing up in a new digital culture, sans intermediaries. Technology...

Aruna Sundararajan

January 1, 2017

Go Digital Go Cashless

Overall, the businesses that are able to adapt quickly to this change will have better...

Inclusion

October 1, 2016

Biometrics and New Economy

‘Biometrics and New Economy’ is looked at from the prism of challenges and opportunities that...

Inclusion

July 1, 2016

Economy Back from the Brink

Two important shifts in economic management have occurred in the last two years. Prime Minister...

Inclusion

July 1, 2016

Picking up Pace

  Across sectors—from Agriculture to Manufacturing to Steel & Mining—a host of measures have been...

Shaktikanta Das

April 1, 2016

Hindu Rate of Growth? No more…

If we introspect the 25-years of economic reforms that started in 1991, I would say...

Arun Jaitley

April 1, 2016

Identifying Root Cause Key to Growth

What China did in 1978, we did in 1991 and both have travelled a long...

Suresh Prabhu

April 1, 2016

The Untold Story of Indian Reforms 1991-2016

From L to R: Kamineni Srinivas, Minister of Health, AP; Y S Chowdary, MoS-Science &...

Inclusion

July 1, 2015

Moving Towards a Cashless Economy

  The Indian economy is largely dependent on cash. Only 5 per cent of the...

Inclusion

April 1, 2015

Initiative to Make-in-Madhya Pradesh

Anthony de SaChief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh has taken Make-in-India initiative very...

Anthony de Sa

April 1, 2015

Lack of Opportunities : Main Reason for Poverty

  Poverty remains one of the most pressing challenges facing the country today. But why...

Bibek Debroy

April 1, 2015

India’s External Sector Issues and Challenges

As we embarked on a period of planning after independence, import substitution constituted a major...

C Rangarajan

January 1, 2015

Modinomics will Change the Face of India

  It’s really a pity and a challenge to the system particularly those who are...

M Venkaiah Naidu

January 1, 2015

Dual Concerns On Efficiency and Equity Must Be Addressed To Sustain High Growth

After two years of sluggish growth, the Indian economy seems to be regaining its lost...

Ashok Chawla

January 1, 2015

India Needs a 5-Ponged Strategy for Inclusive Growth

To my mind, there cannot be any controversy or debate as to how to achieve...

N C Saxena

October 1, 2014

Make in India’ Promises for an Industrial Revolution

  At the height of recession following Lehman crisis, the developed countries embarked on protectionist...

Raj Kumar Ray

January 1, 2014

Striking the Right Balance

  Nobody with their heart and mind in the right place will object to food...

Inclusion

January 1, 2014

Ideas for Growth

“We have to improve our governance structures. Unless we do that, we cannot sustain high...

P Chidambaram

January 1, 2014

Employment Scenario in India

N C SaxenaDistinguished Fellow,SKOCH Development Foundation Despite the much-touted population dividend (which increases the number...

N C Saxena

October 1, 2013

Its Time For Economic Statesmanship

“One basic principle that needs to be followed assiduously is the principle of competition and...

C Rangarajan

October 1, 2013

The Quality of Follow-Up is Important

“We must have a moratorium on new ideas. The need is to take the backlog...

Prajapati Trivedi

July 1, 2013

What Went Wrong With The India Growth Story?

  In the past, India too chased that imaginary horizon, defined by socialism and central...

Inclusion

July 1, 2013

Equitable Growth As a Governance Challenge

“Has India the ability to grow in a sustained way at 8-9 per cent? The...

C Rangarajan

July 1, 2013

The Truth About Demographic Dividend

“We have put in place an entitlement system for food, for employment and for education....

Nitin Desai

April 1, 2013

Creating Competitive Markets Across Sectors – Making Liberalisation Work

Joseph MasseyMD & CEO, MCX-SX Liberalisation saw entry of foreign players into many of the...

Joseph Massey

April 1, 2013

Revolutionising the Trade Process Reforms

Arun SahuDirector General, Systems and Data Management, Central Board of Excise and Customs Information technology...

Arun Sahu

January 1, 2013

Let’s Get the Demand Side Right

There are four elements to the debate about financial inclusion and growth from a capital...

Joseph Massey

January 1, 2013

Credit Culture Needs a New Direction

“We need smaller banks that can serve local populations. They will help the cause of...

Raghuram Rajan

January 1, 2013

Growth: Bridging Intent and Action

“The Planning Commission says that it wants 8 per cent growth during the 12th Plan...

M Govinda Rao

January 1, 2013

Remove STT to Boost Investor Confidence

Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange Sameer Kochhar: How have Indian capital markets...

Sameer Kochhar

January 1, 2013

SAP: Bullish on India

We have products that are localised in Mandarin, in Korean, in Japanese and in Thai,...

Inclusion

October 1, 2012

Recipes for Growth

  This is the ‘reforms’ party that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), led by Prime...

Inclusion

October 1, 2012

India’s Economy: Today & Tomorrow

Montek Singh ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission The 1991 reforms took place only because there...

Montek Singh Ahluwalia

October 1, 2012

Time to Act is Now!

Salman Khurshid, Minister for Law and Justice Only a few weeks ago a lot of...

Salman Khurshid

October 1, 2012

Growth Stimulus in Enhanced Production and Capacity Creation

We need to retrospect factors that have led to the slowdown - one is slowing...

C Rangarajan

October 1, 2012

People’s Participation in Reforms is Key

When, on 14 September 2012, the government announced new permissible foreign direct investment levels in...

Sandipan Deb

October 1, 2012

Faster, Stronger, Higher

Is There Inclusive Growth at the End of All the Planning and Politicking?   The...

Inclusion

October 1, 2012

Powering the Manufacturing Sector

  Emphasising the importance of the manufacturing sector , Ajit Ranade, Chief Economist, Aditya Birla...

Inclusion

July 1, 2012

Chidambaram on A View from Inside

P Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister The 1970s, when I was practicing law after returning from...

P Chidambaram

April 1, 2012

Chasing the Chimera? An Economic Perspective Time to Introspect

  Nearly 21 years ago, a troubled finance minister told a hugely subdued parliament that...

Inclusion

April 1, 2012

Chasing the Chimera? A Social Perspective Time to Introspect

While everyone concedes that the benefits of economic growth are percolating to the masses, they...

Inclusion

April 1, 2012

Inclusion and Growth in India: Bare Facts, Revealing Branches

  Though the names have been different, discussion about inclusive growth has been an age...

Surjit S Bhalla

April 1, 2012

The Great Poverty Debate

  How does GDP growth translate into economic prosperity for Indians? ‘Inclusive growth’ and ‘governance’...

Rajesh Shukla

April 1, 2012

Revive Faith in the Indian Economy

Jaswant Singh, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Finance Minister. We are in a...

Jaswant Singh

April 1, 2012

Reforms: The Unfinished Agenda

Yashwant Sinha, Member of Parliament and former Finance Minister The NDA government set in motion...

Yashwant Sinha

April 1, 2012

Where is the Economy Headed?

  Consider the following quote. ‘In the last four or five decades, there has been...

Bibek Debroy

April 1, 2012

Growth Prerequisite for Inclusive Growth

  When Sameer tried to persuade me to accept the Skoch Challenger Award and we...

P Chidambaram

July 1, 2011

Think of GPPP for Inclusive Growth

A R Raju, former Additional Secretary to Government of Kerala The investment required for infrastructure...

A R Raju

July 1, 2011

Income Inequality has Increased after 12 Years of Economic Reform

Rajesh Shukla, Director, NCAER-Center for Macro Consumer Research (NCAER-CMCR) Professor Amartya Sen’s stinging criticism of...

Rajesh Shukla

July 1, 2011

Decoding Population, Gender, and Health

  Population policy has always been at the root of socio-economics and impacts on the...

Inclusion

January 1, 2011

Expectations from the Budget

  One should have no expectations from the Union Budget. There is a lot of...

Bibek Debroy

January 1, 2011

Budget 2011-12: Need For an Equitable Fiscal Consolidation

Since the global financial crisis, standard bearers of fiscal rectitude have thrown caution to the...

S S Tarapore

January 1, 2011

Analysing the North East Economy

  For a book that discusses the advantages of the economy of India’s North-Eastern region,...

Inclusion

July 1, 2010

Tax Reforms Mandatory to Sustain Economic Growth

Sunil Mitra, Secretary (Revenue),Ministry of Finance If there has been any single initiative of the...

Sunil Mitra

July 1, 2010

Reaping the Demographic Advantage

Subir Gokarn, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Today in India, demographics is at the...

Subir Gokarn

July 1, 2010

A Framework for Enabling and Sustaining Double Digit Growth

S S Tarapore, Distinguished Fellow, Skoch Development Foundation Given the stage of development of the...

S S Tarapore

July 1, 2010

India’s Economy Performances and Challenges

Shankar Acharya and Rakesh Mohan, edsOxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010Hardback, 504 pages India is...

Inclusion

April 1, 2010

India on the Growth Turnpike

Shankar Acharya "By the end of the next decade we will be the world’s largest...

Inclusion

April 1, 2010

Get the Core Sector Demographics Right

Shankar Acharya, Honorary Professor and Member,Board of Governors, ICRIER Today, when everyone is talking about...

Shankar Acharya

April 1, 2010

On Strategies for Disinvestment & Privatisation

Vijay L Kelkar, Chairman, Forum of Federations, Ottawa & India Develpoment Foundation and was Chairman...

Vijay L Kelkar

April 1, 2010

The Agenda for the India Decade

Bibek Debroy, Distinguished Fellow, Skoch Development Foundation IBefore discussing reforms since 1991, one should begin...

Bibek Debroy

April 1, 2010

The Sinews of Monetary Policy

  While recognising that monetary policy has to be consistent with the overall macroeconomic framework,...

S S Tarapore

July 1, 2009

Reduce Economic Disparities, Improve Social Indicators

The Indian economy has done well in the recent past. The average rate of growth...

C Rangarajan

July 1, 2009

For A Just Society

With the installation of a new government at the Centre, the time is apposite to...

S S Tarapore

July 1, 2009

Search for Elusive Growth

The Elusive Quest for Growth" was the title of a book written in 2002 by...

N A Mujumdar

October 1, 2008

Inflation hits Urban Poor Harder

Inflation the world over has few friends, but it certainly has none amongst the urban...

Inclusion