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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.
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.
Suyash Rai writes about the role of UPI in the growth of India's digital economy and how the government can boost innovation.
Suyash Rai and co-author Rishab Bailey explain why the withdrawal of the Personal Data Protection Bill (2019) from the Parliament increases uncertainty about the future of privacy regulation in India.
India’s rapid growth following the reforms of 1991 has taken place without a concomitant reform of land markets. Anirudh Burman argues that land-market policies now require a high degree of agility to cope with the economic transitions underway.
“Ideas and Institutions” is a fortnightly newsletter put out by the Carnegie India Political Economy Team.
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