November 22, 2016
Cash Crisis: Who to Blame Can Wait, What Must Be Done Cannot!
Offering real time solutions for mitigating the problem needs an examination of the anatomy of the cash crisis to recognise the magnitude of the supply-demand gap
September 04, 2016
Notes on Sloth: Snippets from the Standing Committees
The article contends that India’s many failures are due to lack of administrative accountability
July 24, 2016
Licence Raj Gone. Now, Get Rid of Permission Raj
The article outlines the how despite having done away with the licence raj in 1991, India continues to be plagued by the 'permission raj' -wherein you need anywhere from 90 to 140 permissions for new projects
July 24, 2016
The July 24 Playbook of 1991 and Fatwas of Lenders
The article looks at the reasons for the 1991 reforms and tries to rectify the midleading narrative evolving around it.
June 20, 2016
Time to Put the Rajan Affair Behind
Vivek Dehejia highlights the next steps as Raghuram Rajan prepares to move on from the RBI
June 20, 2016
Raghuram Rajan's Going is Not the End of the World
Shankkar Aiyar argues: "R3XIT was ugly, but Raghuram Rajan's going is not the end of the world".
May 09, 2016
Don’t Blame it on NITI Aayog
Vivek Dehejia argues that NITI Aayog's presentation to the government - Creating a Movement for Change - should be evaluated for what it is supposed to be, a roadmap for the bureaucracy to function better, and not be misconstrued as a statement of e...