Even diehard optimists did not accept the electoral verdict of 11th March. BJP won an incredible 406 of the 690 seats on offer (or 59% of the total). Its footprint now extends from Manipur to Gujarat and from J&K to Andhra.It is now the pole around which Indian political economy will evolve in the foreseeable…
Back in 2014, realising the potential of domestic stock of gold in the country, the Government of India decided to introduce gold related schemes that would unlock the idle yellow metal lying in private lockers. With the dual objective of reducing import and recycling domestic gold, the Hon’ble Finance Minister of India introduced the gold-troika…
LARGE-SCALEemployment generation is critical for both Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s electoralprospects in 2019 and rejuvenation of the economy. Continued addition to the ranks of unemployed or underemployed will fuel resentment among the youth who had voted overwhelmingly for Modi in 2014. The PM’s charisma, integrity and current high popularity may not suffice for overcoming widespread…
Reforms like private sector involvement and optionality approach can make defence procurement and indigenisation viable and ensure India’s military superiority in the subcontinent. over the past three years, there has been a marked focus on implementing defence procurement reforms. Many are of the opinion that India’s focus on defence procurement reforms is unique. However, this…
PIF has organised a roundtable on ‘Infrastructure Requirements of Air Express’ on 1st March 2017 in New Delhi. The Introductory remark by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Founder Director, Pahle India Foundation and Chaired by Shri Rajiv Nayan Choubey, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation.
The sixth seminar of the monthly “BSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series” was held in Mumbai on the 22nd February 2017. Shri Ashish Kumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange Limited made the introductory remarks while the opening remarks were made by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Founding Director, Pahle India Foundation. The seminar discussants were Shri…
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Everyone agrees that the budget is a political exercise, albeit couched in economic and financial terms. It touches the lives of virtually the entire population. Therefore, its impact is far reaching and necessarily takes on political overtones. It is often used to serve immediate partisan interests as for example in 2008, when the then finance…
Disclosure requirements of political parties must be linked to the income received by a party in a financial year On November 8, 2016, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared 86% of the currency in circulation as illegal tender to curb illicit wealth, he promised to take more steps to curb the generation of black money.…
Do the marriage of ideologies and the union of oppositions truly have a beneficial outcome? It is that time when contesting parties take the road less travelled, appease their voters with dream schemes and manipulate vote share. In the fragmented marketplace, it is monastic to forecast winning two-third of the assembly benches. Thus, coalitions or…
The trouble plaguing Young India today is that its schools and colleges put them through the wheels but leave them without usable skills. This has to change India has been among the fastest growing economies in the world. World Bank estimated that in the 1960s, approximately 45 percent of Indians lived below the poverty line.…