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As India urbanizes, rural places reclassified as urban should not deprive anyone of welfare benefits

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- India's governance of settlements rests on a binary. The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments created two tiers of local government: panchayats for rural areas and urban loca... Read More


The rise in women at work in India is not a statistical illusion but a cause for optimism over income growth

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- One of the striking changes in India's labour market over the past several years has been the steady rise in women's labour force participation. Since the Periodic Labour Force S... Read More


Why we cannot abandon GDP and what the world can do to improve its utility as a statistical gauge

New Delhi, July 19 -- I was recently at a conference where an eminent economist said it's time to move beyond gross domestic product (GDP) and use broader measures in our discussions. His observation... Read More