From Modi To Sitharaman, The Total About-Turn On MNREGA
In February 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a speech in Parliament, ridiculed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)….
15
Feb
01
Feb
The government’s arithmetic jugglery cast a shadow over the budget’s right direction
Prudent public investment and a robust safety net can stop India from falling off the precipice of the economic cliff.
30
Jan
A Budget blueprint for difficult times
Alarming inequality, failing health care and border tensions loom large and the economic situation needs full attention
25
Jan
Vaccinating all Indians, for free
India has started vaccinating citizens against Covid-19. As more people get vaccinated, we can slowly start to shed our fears and masks and return to a more normal life.
01
Jan
Covid-19 highlighted the ‘the tyranny of experts’
Ideas and opinions play an inordinately important role in a liberal democracy and should flourish freely. But the weight of such ideas and opinions rise only when incentives are aligned and symmetrical