Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
TopicBibek Debroy

Topic: Bibek Debroy

‘Too much government, too little governance’ — new book decodes India’s private republics

ThePrint Team -
Shankkar Aiyar's The Gated Republic, by Harper Collins, will be released on 20 June on SoftCover, ThePrint’s new e-venue to launch select non-fiction books.

Constitution needs a re-look, says PM’s Economic Advisory Council chief Bibek Debroy

Apoorva Mandhani -
Speaking at the Palkhivala Memorial Lecture, economist Debroy also asked the judiciary to set performance and accountability indicators for itself.

Experts differ on Budget: Debroy upbeat, Rangarajan skeptical, Chakraborty critical, Rathin Roy worried

Achyut Mishra -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Has Modi govt curbed corruption? Difficult to say

Bibek Debroy -
Speed of judicial processes, executive's limited degrees of freedom over it and time-lag in data access are some reasons why.

A delightful limerick war unfolded on Twitter over Indian jobs and H-1B

Neera Majumdar -
Economist Bibek Debroy and columnist Sadanand Dhume's Twitter exchange through limericks on India's jobs crisis and the H-1B visa tweak created a buzz.

Railways set to embrace technology & automation, reduce hiring

Kumar Anshuman -
Decision comes in the wake of series of recent accidents; Bibek Debroy committee had suggested staff rationalisation for long-term viability of railways.

PM forms economic advisory council day after FT faults him for disbanding it

Rajgopal Singh -
Financial Times editorial blamed demonetisation and the botched-up rolling out of GST for slow-down of Indian economy.

RBI data isn’t enough to argue if demonetisation was a success or failure

Jagdish Bhagwati -
It's premature to decide whether demonetisation is a success or failure, write economists Jagdish Bhagwati, Vivek Dehejia and Pravin Krishna.

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Opinion

Pakistan Prime Minister-elect Shehbaz Sharif on 7 April | Photographer: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images via Bloomberg

The four-point plan to revive Pakistan’s economy—from land reform to real estate

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar -
Pakistan must reduce non-productive expenditures like defence. The country's political economy has been overdetermined by the imperative of 'national security'.
Zoya Akhtar's 'The Archies' screengrab from the trailer | YouTube

Zoya Akhtar’s films on rich people appealed to the masses. ‘The Archies’ does not

Google search homepage | Photographer: David Gray | Bloomberg

Auction for your eyeballs: Google is sharing our personal data at a staggering scale

Economy

Bad timing could hamper LIC IPO

Nupur Acharya -
Most early public enterprise IPOs have been trading 75% below their original price, small investors concerned.

Defence

Representational image of army personnel in Ladakh | ANI

India ‘doesn’t foresee’ border fighting with China, but ‘won’t back down’ if tensions reignite

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Aim is to ensure not just disengagement of troops, but overall de-escalation. Govt in favour of solving tensions through talks as it wants peace with all neighbours including China.

National Interest

How Congress is like the Ambassador & why Indian politics needs a brand new set of wheels

Shekhar Gupta -
Like the car, nothing the party has done to reinvent itself has worked. Only way forward is to offer something looking towards the future, not in image of glorious past.

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