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Migrants As Guest Workers – The Kerala Model

Kerala offers a model for other states to follow when it comes to the treatment of in-migrants, ie guest workers. The state goes to considerable...

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Ajit Ranade

India Is A Consistent Leader In Inbound Remittances, But What About The Workers Themselves?

In these times of fierce anti-immigrant sentiment, it will take time to push for freer movement of economic migrants and service providers

14.05.2024 40

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Analysis: Taking India Toward A Workable Wealth Tax

The principle of political and social equality of our republic is in sharp contradiction to rising economic inequality. That is why we need to find...

30.04.2024 10

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Analysis: War Drums Add to Economy Anxiety

The worsening sentiment can slow down GDP growth even further, although election spending usually buoys the GDP

16.04.2024 9

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Jobs growth much slower than economy

The India Employment Report 2024 was published last week. It has a comprehensive, in-depth analysis contained in a 300-page report published jointly...

05.04.2024 10

Greater Kashmir

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Analysis: Jobs Growth Much Slower Than Economy

The growth process is supposed to absorb the surplus labour in agriculture into manufacturing and services

02.04.2024 10

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Analysis: Scarcity Pricing Will Not Solve Water Crisis

India has only 2% of the world’s fresh water supply but 17% of the population. The present predicament of people in Bengaluru, skipping work to...

21.03.2024 10

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Analysis: An MSP Law Is A Necessary Signal Against Farming Woes

Those people who complain that farm incomes are not taxed, are not fully cognisant of the burden on the farmer

09.03.2024 9

Free Press Journal

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Need to triangulate GDP data with other indicators

India’s GDP during the three months ending in December grew at 8.4 percent. This is the highest among all large economies of the world. It is...

09.03.2024 9

Greater Kashmir

Ajit Ranade

Analysis: Need To Triangulate GDP Data With Other Indicators

The recently released fact sheet on the household consumption survey gives a granular view of monthly spending on consumption

05.03.2024 10

Free Press Journal

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Farm anxiety: An MSP law is neither unthinkable nor a magic bullet

Imagine if stock market investors agitate for regulation that imposes a minimum for stock prices. It is not as absurd as it sounds, and indeed many...

19.02.2024 8

Livemint

Ajit Ranade

Analysis: Kota Suicide Points To A Scarcity That Still Plagues Us

Most members of the Coaching Federation of India are upset with the new regulations because their catchment starts in class V or VI

06.02.2024 10

Free Press Journal

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Budget will show spending restraint

The government cannot spend even one rupee without permission from the people of India. That permission is given via the representatives in the Lok...

02.02.2024 6

Greater Kashmir

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Excellent Fiscal Restraint By FM

The most remarkable thing about Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget proposal presented on February 1 is the fiscal restraint.

02.02.2024 20

Free Press Journal

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Some Pointers For The Union Budget From Dr Ajit Ranade

The budget should signal continuity of economic reforms and a path toward fiscal consolidation

23.01.2024 10

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Government’s advance estimates

The Indian economy grew at a rate of 7.2 percent during last fiscal year, i.e. from April 2022 till March 2023. At that time the forecast from both...

12.01.2024 2

Greater Kashmir

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Fiscal Prudence: Expect a Mild Slowing Down of the Economy in the Coming Year

Overall consumer spending will pick up when consumers from all income classes are doing well in terms of their wage income growth and employment...

09.01.2024 10

Free Press Journal

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Heed the warning about the mounting debt burden

The International Monetary Fund recently in its report raised a concern about India’s sovereign debt, i.e. the total debt burden on the Union plus...

29.12.2023 10

Greater Kashmir

Ajit Ranade

India Must Heed Warning About The Mounting Debt Burden

Despite the two factors in India’s favour, we have to be seriously worried about the sustainability of our debt

26.12.2023 7

Free Press Journal

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Sustaining Higher Growth Needs Consumer Spending Push

The economic data for the second quarter i.e. the period from July till September was published by the government on November 30. These are called...

16.12.2023 10

Greater Kashmir

Ajit Ranade

Sustaining Higher Growth Needs Consumer Spending Push

GDPTypically, higher-income households tend to have a much higher proportion of savings, and hence sustained growth in consumer spending requires the...

13.12.2023 10

Free Press Journal

Ajit Ranade

Don’t Give Up On Gold Bonds Yet

By selling gold bonds at fairly attractive terms to investors, the government was hoping to at least wean away some investors from physical gold.

28.11.2023 10

Free Press Journal

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The SC’s ruling on personal debt guarantees will help unlock dead capital

The adoption of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in 2016 was one of the most important economic reforms of the past 10 years. The passage of...

14.11.2023 8

Livemint

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Fiscal Prudence: Free Food And Election Promises

It is the free foodgrain distribution which has given a large number of families protection from high food inflation. If, instead, a fixed rupee...

14.11.2023 10

Free Press Journal

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The Old Pension Scheme wildfire must be stopped before it’s too late

The political battle between protecting the National Pension System (NPS) and going back to the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) is heating up, thanks to the...

08.11.2023 6

Livemint

Ajit Ranade

What Is the True Picture of Unemployment?

Since growth in employment is imperative and an urgent need, we need an accurate ‘thermometer’ which is a reliable indicator of employment and...

02.11.2023 9

Free Press Journal

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Why Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize-winning work is relevant for India

The Nobel Prize for Economics this year went to a single individual, Professor Claudia Goldin of Harvard University. She is the third woman in history...

25.10.2023 3

National Herald

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Improve nutrition delivery and not bristle at low rank

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a report published jointly by Concern Worldwide, an aid and humanitarian agency from Ireland, and Welthungerhilfe, an...

18.10.2023 9

Livemint

Ajit Ranade

Nobel Prize Puts Spotlight On Female Labour Force

The Nobel prize could not have been timelier and more relevant for India. The FLFPR in India has been falling steadily for over two decades, although...

17.10.2023 8

Free Press Journal

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Sustaining growth needs higher savings

 It is a truism that reduction in poverty needs higher economic growth, which can create jobs and incomes. India’s per-capita income at 3000...

07.10.2023 10

Greater Kashmir

Ajit Ranade

FPJ Analysis: Sustaining Growth Needs Higher Savings

The fall in net financial savings is alarming, and there is no solace in saying that it simply reflects more willingness of households to take on...

03.10.2023 8

Free Press Journal

Ajit Ranade

India’s old pension scheme was simply not sustainable

India prides itself on its young demography. The median age of the population is 27 years. The subset of working-age people out of the total...

02.10.2023 2

Livemint

Ajit Ranade

Former PM Manmohan Singh at 91: An inspiring life

An unforgettable image from the last session held in the old Parliament building is that of an elderly Sikh gentleman in a wheelchair at the very back...

28.09.2023 7

Livemint

Ajit Ranade

The tumble in India’s savings rate needs to be reversed

A farmer has to set aside a portion of the seeds from his harvest to be used for next year’s sowing. Let’s say he puts away 10% of his total...

20.09.2023 5

Livemint

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