Urbanomics

Good Budget or not, there is nothing to suggest a change from the view, consistently held by this blog for nearly two years now, that the ...

1. In the context of the Jat agitation, Christophe Jaffrelot makes the argument that it is a reflection of the inadequacy of private sect...

In addition to the standard examples of state capability weakness, reflected in weak public service delivery, there are atleast two other...

As part of the UDAY scheme , the state governments across India will assume three-quarters of discom debts over the next two years. Apart ...

Free-marketers hail school choice through vouchers as the most effective strategy to foster competition and improve school standards. Howe...

1. The banking sector and corporate balance sheets constitute the Indian economy's two biggest immediate problems. The ebitda-to-inter...

I had blogged earlier that addressing India's banking crisis would require both resolving bad loans and reconstructing assets. And bo...