This Hindustan Times article quotes a 2015 IDFC Institute finding to discuss the need for midterm legislative assembly elections in order to facilitate federalism. The article states:
"Midterm polls also address the most significant criticism of simultaneous elections—their potential...
France24 cites a Mint article by Rajiv Lall, Chairman, IDFC Institute and Vivek Dehejia, Resident Senior Fellow, IDFC Institute, on Modicare. Excerpts:
Experts have praised the latest programme but say it should have included primary day-to-day healthcare instead of just...
This NewsNation article features former Resident Senior Fellow Praveen Chakravarty's research on electoral data. Excerpts:
"Another reason is that during elections communalism, casteism, corruption and crony capitalism are at their peak. Frequent elections mean there is no respite...
This Mint article features our Briefing Paper on Political Diversity and Competition in India. Excerpts:
"Pre-poll alliances are widely expected to play a critical role in upcoming state elections and next year’s general elections. These alliances, a reflection of India’s...
Praveen Chakravarty, Senior Fellow at IDFC Institute, cautions against the growing calls for simultaneous Centre and State elections in India. He says:
"The idea of simultaneous elections for India is based on false premises, [...] Is ₹8,000 crore every five years or ₹1,500 crore e...
David Keohane, in this Financial Times article, reviews Milan Vaishnav's latest book titled, "When Crime Pays, Money and Muscle in Indian Politics" and explains the vertical integration in India's crime-political nexus. Excerpts below:
"As Vaishnav describes it, there was a reliable p...
Praveen Chakravarty recently spoke at the TEDxMDAE event in Mumbai where he busted some common myths about voting patterns in India. Youtube video of his talk below!
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Rajeev Gowda, Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha and National Spokesperson of the Indian National Congress, joined us at the sidelines of the IDFC Institute Political Economy Dialogues to discuss the outcomes of the present system of election funding in India and ways to reform campaign finance...
Watch Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and Co-Founder Infosys talk in this NDTV exclusive about Aadhaar, contesting elections and what are the big solutions for India that Aadhaar and technology can deliver.
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In this Quartz article, Raghuram Rajan's explains why corrupt politicians still win elections and how this is a direct consequence of the myriad of problems and shortfalls that exist in the system. Key excepts can be read below:
"Our provision of public goods is unfortunately bias...
