This program studies contemporary developments in India’s political economy, with a view towards understanding and informing India’s developmental choices. Scholars in the program analyze economic and regulatory policies, design and working of public institutions, interfaces between politics and the economy, and performance of key sectors of the economy such as finance and land.

India has been a pioneer in using digital technology at scale. Various Digital India initiatives and an ecosystem of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) have played an integral role in this journey.

Carnegie India is delighted to invite you to a book talk on the political economy of populism. The authors of the book, Deepanshu Mohan and Abhinav Padmanabhan, will present the arguments in their book and discuss the emerging trends of populism outside the West.
We hosted a Political Economy seminar on “Understanding Urbanization in India.” Om Prakash Mathur, the principal author of the report, State of the Cities: India, presented his study & its findings.

Suyash Rai uses an analogy on government-taxpayer relations from the 2019 budget speech to argue that India's direct tax administration seems mired in infructuous disputes and lists factors that may be leading to this situation.

The year-end roundup of the newsletter from Carnegie India's Political Economy team features seven analytical essays and reviews each to highlight the best of the year.

Maurizio Bassolo and Siddharth Sharma will present their volume “Informal Labor Markets in South Asia,” and its findings. The discussion will be moderated by Anirudh Burman.
“Ideas and Institutions” is a fortnightly newsletter put out by the Carnegie India Political Economy Team.
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