Author: Ram Manohar

Synopsis: Governments must focus on lowering prices and reducing regulatory constraints rather than focusing on ease of doing business. Contents1 Introduction2 What are the efforts made by India in improving ease of doing business?3 Why India should focus on cost of doing business?4 What is the way forward? Introduction Recently, the IMF’s executive board expressed… Continue reading Cost of Doing Business

Synopsis: With political will, Kerala and Tamil Nadu can overcome hurdles to renew the Parambikulam Aliyar Project agreement. Contents1 What is Parambikulam Aliyar Project?2 What is the issue?3 What does a closer look at the project hydrology reveals?4 What is the way forward? What is Parambikulam Aliyar Project? It provides for the diversion of 30.5… Continue reading Clearing the air on water: On Parambikulam Aliyar Project

Synopsis: The Farmers’ agitation must overcome not only the momentary challenge caused by the Singhu killing but the larger challenge of becoming a robust movement. Contents1 Introduction2 What are the risks involved when an agitation transforms into a movement?3 How can long-drawn agitations and movements-in-the-making ensure that they do not fall into this trap of… Continue reading The challenge that lies before the farmers’ agitation

Synopsis: The increasing arms race has forced India to not just prioritize economic growth but keep pace on evolving technology in the defence sphere. Contents1 Introduction2 What countries other than China are working on the development of Hypersonic technology?3 What is hypersonic technology and what are its characteristic features?4 How the ongoing rivalry between big… Continue reading 2021: A hypersonic space odyssey that we must brace for

Synopsis: While low-productivity services will continue to employ the majority of the country’s workforce, there is no clear-cut policy path to improve the productivity of workers in these sectors. Introduction It is known that productivity is the key to economic prosperity. But the policy solutions needed to raise the productivity of service workers remains one… Continue reading India’s productivity challenge is especially steep in-service sectors

Synopsis: Address regulatory gaps for digital gold. Contents1 What is the issue?2 What is Digital Gold?3 Why SEBI should reconsider its decision on digital gold?4 What are the concerns related to Digital gold?5 What is the way forward? What is the issue? Recently, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued an advisory, forbidding… Continue reading Clear regulations: On digital gold

Synopsis: India needs to pass its own data protection law as soon as possible in order to demonstrate our leadership at the global level in this newly-emerged but important field of jurisdiction. Contents1 What is the significance of Puttaswamy and Others vs. Union of India and Others case?2 What constitutes ‘informational privacy’?3 Why there is… Continue reading We mustn’t lose time on enacting a data protection law

Synopsis: India’s demographic dividend may finally be realized through the digital dividend Contents1 How COVID helped in India’s digital transformation?2 How has India emerged as a destination for venture capital?3 How digitalisation will be beneficial for India?4 What are the challenges that needs to be addressed due to increasing digitalisation? How COVID helped in India’s… Continue reading Decoding The Unicorn Nation

Synopsis: Central banks across the world are facing a great challenge to control inflation Contents1 Introduction2 Why it is expected that elevated inflation will sustain for more time?3 Why Central banks are struggling to bring down inflation?4 If the output gap is not the cause, then what are the factors responsible for inflation? Introduction The… Continue reading Post-Covid economy needs intellectual re-evaluation