tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.comments2024-03-16T17:49:39.343+05:30UrbanomicsUrbanomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16956198290294771298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1798125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-41156217403564170482024-02-11T05:57:53.968+05:302024-02-11T05:57:53.968+05:30Hi Gulzar sir, I wanted to ask what are your thoug...Hi Gulzar sir, I wanted to ask what are your thoughts on a PhD thesis by Princeton sociologist Kyle chan which analyzes railway bureaucracy of India and China and their ability to get thing done from a comparativist perspective. <br /><br />Fast Track:
State Capacity and Railway Bureaucracies
in China and India https://www.proquest.com/openview/51e70f28e0e001b670d15b42aafbb471/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=yAbhayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754276276905795469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-46000664964166130452023-10-19T13:54:54.366+05:302023-10-19T13:54:54.366+05:30I thoroughly enjoyed reading your thoughts on OND...I thoroughly enjoyed reading your thoughts on <a href="https://placeorder.com/ondc/" rel="nofollow">ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce)</a>. It's evident that you've taken a deep dive into understanding the potential of the Open Network for Digital Commerce. Your insights into the role ONDC plays in transforming the landscape of digital commerce are truly enlightening.<br /><br />The idea of a unified platform that brings together manufacturers, dealers, distributors, and service providers is a game-changer. It promises to unlock new opportunities for businesses and simplify the B2B buying and selling process.<br /><br />I agree with your perspective on the ever-evolving nature of digital commerce, especially in a dynamic market like India. ONDC's adaptive approach to technology and commerce aligns perfectly with the changing landscape, offering a scalable and efficient platform for businesses to thrive.<br /><br />Your blog post provides a great starting point for anyone interested in understanding the significance of ONDC and the potential it holds. It's a promising initiative that's bound to shape the future of commerce in India and beyond.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and I look forward to reading more of your insights in the future.B2B Digital Commercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580712784841643167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-41677223501938119602023-05-22T14:12:08.148+05:302023-05-22T14:12:08.148+05:30The government is sidestepping it's policy of ...The government is sidestepping it's policy of reservations by engaging consultants solely. Even the Lateral entries didn't follow reservation policies. Shouldn't there be reservations while government recruits consultants?manmohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610818127651317500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-59952101628722114052023-05-12T20:22:58.631+05:302023-05-12T20:22:58.631+05:30Balakrishnan, thanks for the comment.
I would sti...Balakrishnan, thanks for the comment.<br /><br />I would still think of "right people in the right place (and also right time)" (there's a Marxian ring here - "men make their own history, but under the circumstances existing already....") as an essential requirement for change. It's required to get all these things right (the iteration, constant engagement etc) for effective change/reform...<br />Urbanomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956198290294771298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-17928084920130867522023-05-11T01:18:23.305+05:302023-05-11T01:18:23.305+05:30Thanks Gulzar for writing this out. Your choice of...Thanks Gulzar for writing this out. Your choice of ten could lure someone to take these as commandments of real-world policy-making. And, that would be quite ironic! <br /><br />Do you think an 11th could be us over-estimating the "right people in the right place" as a necessary condition and almost, won't move till we have that or go into sleep, once we have that?Balakrishnannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-58861197844092966212023-04-19T17:13:26.846+05:302023-04-19T17:13:26.846+05:30I agree with your views. Indeed, thought-provoking...I agree with your views. Indeed, thought-provoking insights.Samarth Pathaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-8377788973772496432023-04-19T10:01:12.651+05:302023-04-19T10:01:12.651+05:30As a long time management consultant who has worke...As a long time management consultant who has worked on govt projects, I concur whole heartedly with the author's views.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-31255743041432257222023-04-10T15:03:35.140+05:302023-04-10T15:03:35.140+05:30No Voluntary Retirement Scheme for New Pension Sch...No Voluntary Retirement Scheme for New Pension Scheme employees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-71860149418333728932023-02-22T20:21:12.804+05:302023-02-22T20:21:12.804+05:30I agree especially on the edutech space. But what ...I agree especially on the edutech space. But what is your view on the range of innovations happening in the financial space in the name of FinTechs. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06335291977300531345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-37031662921912024932023-02-10T12:36:04.546+05:302023-02-10T12:36:04.546+05:30Loved reading your clear reasoning on this issue. ...Loved reading your clear reasoning on this issue. <br /><br />"The typical Indian district is a relatively large entity. However, a large number of them do not have any underlying productive economic activity apart from low productivity, government, and general services that support any population centre including construction."<br /><br />I am living in one such and trying to run a small farm operation. I can completely supplement your observation on a low level poverty-cum-productivity trap. <br /><br />The only point I want to raise is that in 'taking industrialisation to districts' there's little or no active role of the state until now. This needs to change. It cannot grow on the energy and purse of small town entrepreneurs alone. For ex - I have raised loans for two farm tractors @14% from a private bank. Whereas, a loan for a car comes at a cheaper rate. The ecosystem looks skewed. Another ex - Subsidies on farm mechanization and post-harvest processing machines are almost like a lucky draw or at best an uncertain queue system on the subsidy portal of state govt. <br /><br />It is an uphill journey with an uncertain timeline. State could do more for the same money that is being spent on its upkeep. Sachin Tiwarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-41514766956868428402023-01-28T09:59:05.096+05:302023-01-28T09:59:05.096+05:30I so wish that this analysis reaches the Indian VC...I so wish that this analysis reaches the Indian VC industry. There is real work and services waiting to be developed in sectors like agri. But the chase is all about the 10 mn at the top. When some do want to hear pitches from agri, they bring in the tech-junk with them - about being 'asset light', scaling etc.Sachin Tiwarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-11877903856351293542023-01-24T11:39:05.329+05:302023-01-24T11:39:05.329+05:30I haven't been receiving emails about new blog...I haven't been receiving emails about new blogposts, for a while. Even the "Subscribe to Urbanomics by Email" at top right isn't working. Can you please check it?<br /><br />I thought you became inactive only to realize later that I was not getting emails.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-64947065881717657482023-01-04T23:49:23.664+05:302023-01-04T23:49:23.664+05:30Learnt a lot from this post. Thank you.
It would ...Learnt a lot from this post. Thank you. <br />It would be very useful to see you unpacking 'India is what India is.' in a post someday. Sachin Tiwarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-92056984375850992022-09-29T15:23:02.617+05:302022-09-29T15:23:02.617+05:30Very interesting read. Is there any research that ...Very interesting read. Is there any research that does a cost-benefit analysis of capital account controls relaxation/tightening, to see if there’s a net benefit/loss?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-50076758557931807492022-09-13T10:22:05.124+05:302022-09-13T10:22:05.124+05:30Sir,
Can you recall some of the instruments devel...Sir, <br />Can you recall some of the instruments developed by Development Researchers that have been very useful to practitioners in Developing countries?Pranjal singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752211605167706566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-44842917628199965752022-07-08T14:34:07.550+05:302022-07-08T14:34:07.550+05:30Dear Gulzar, one of you many brilliant posts, KPDear Gulzar, one of you many brilliant posts, KPKPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553866275918658507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-71018422148341863652022-07-05T11:37:38.940+05:302022-07-05T11:37:38.940+05:30If the central bankers then claimed more than thei...<i>If the central bankers then claimed more than their share of credit for the Great Moderation even though the decline was <b>more due to the aforementioned factors</b> associated with the times.....</i><br />Source for this claim?<br /><br /><i>It's only appropriate that they now accept their abject failure to not only control inflation but also being caught completely off-guard by the rising inflation. It's a sobering reminder to the limitations of central bank expertise and the wisdom of experts in general. </i><br /><br />Were they caught off-guard or was it deliberate? Despite the FAIT policy, the Fed allowed inflation to overshoot for longer than necessary without promising lower inflation in the future to average 2%.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381043488252645970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-22536972364254234192022-05-19T17:33:46.388+05:302022-05-19T17:33:46.388+05:30Completely agree with the blog, Sir. There is a gl...Completely agree with the blog, Sir. There is a glaring lack of appreciation for MIS tools to enable lower-level supervisory officials to improve their own performance, without intervention from higher levels. In addition to State Level Dashboards, there should be dashboards for every manager from the frontline. <br /><br />In some ways, will try and expand on this. If we were to say that the success of a program is dependent on higher-level supervision + frontline/middle managerial supervision + front line performance + local PRIs + client level behavior, we may need program dashboards to address needs at every level, for optimal levels of co-production from every stakeholder. Even if the PRI Institutions are not legally empowered, dashboards for them may enable them to improve their relative performance through actions within their means (financial/ social pressure). The dashboards could show both absolute and relative performance.<br /><br />For example, in the case of Education, in addition to State Level Dashboards, perhaps a dashboard for DEO, MEO, Head Master, Teacher, PRIs, and also parents/children. Rajendra Kondepatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417976606538101959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-66695264610558277302022-04-27T13:09:21.822+05:302022-04-27T13:09:21.822+05:30Number of students taking NEET may not be the best...Number of students taking NEET may not be the best measure of demand for medical education. So many test takers are there because they have been instructed/guided by parents. Having said that - I do not have any alternative to offer.<br />On the topic of converting area hospitals to teaching hospitals, one way start them off on the path is to offer super-specialist degrees, using the route of NBEMS accreditation (National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences). Make this a pre-condition for area hospitals to offer MBBS. Solves the specialist shortage as well.<br />Sanjay Sinhahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjayxsinha/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-88770116543978285502021-11-25T19:33:00.656+05:302021-11-25T19:33:00.656+05:30nice infonice infoAnonymoushttps://growmeup.net/glen-lerner-and-rowe-net-worth/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-38462570265136910652021-11-08T01:42:02.074+05:302021-11-08T01:42:02.074+05:30On China, I recently read Rush Doshi's (https:...On China, I recently read Rush Doshi's (https://www.rushdoshi.com/) "The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order" and I'd highly recommend it if we want to understand its strategy. Some important lessons to learn there!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00446311201980737502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-43255032445890007882021-11-04T09:39:04.025+05:302021-11-04T09:39:04.025+05:30Can you please suggest possible ways to ascertain ...Can you please suggest possible ways to ascertain the size of this consulting for governments industry? Do you think a portal like eProcurement for this space can help bring transparency? I would like to run a manual tracker on the amount of work that is being outsourced to the consulting firms, but need more insight into processes and locations to dig them up. <br /><br />The crudest data point I have is from a 2015 article published in the ET - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/consultancy-/-audit/consultancies-benefiting-from-modi-governments-push-on-projects-like-digital-india-swachh-bharat/articleshow/48168768.cms<br /><br />Thank you. <br /><br />-SachinSachin Tiwarihttp://nls.ac.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-75509088239438924712021-11-03T22:14:40.805+05:302021-11-03T22:14:40.805+05:30Several points well made, especially on the advers...Several points well made, especially on the adverse impacts on the lower middle class and below. <br />Lets just say recovery will depend on how it gets defined.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13620492959452497249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-75061803268671070462021-10-09T21:47:31.921+05:302021-10-09T21:47:31.921+05:30Good points about privatizations. Similar concept...Good points about privatizations. Similar concepts can be applied to new large infrastructure projects. For instance, the Port Authority of NY & NJ appears to use an “innovation” phase but the process is so short and awkward that little innovation is possible. Similarly, the US defense acquisition process. The New York Academy of Sciences, which I chair, is leading a study into better processes which we hope wlll lead to lower costs, more innovative solutions, and bringing projects in “on budget and on time.”Jerry Hultinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198514211014220339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-55718578525378928012021-09-20T05:50:36.026+05:302021-09-20T05:50:36.026+05:30The artisan ice cream point made me think of this:...The artisan ice cream point made me think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0vDYs7OEew :)Kshitijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466610125699471916noreply@blogger.com