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Bibek Debroy is an economist and was educated in Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur; Presidency College, Kolkata; Delhi School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge
The Case for Integrated Development of Rural and Urban Areas: Compared to statutory urban towns that are governed by urban local bodies such as municipalities and municipal corporations, the quality of infrastructure in Census Towns is significantly inferior
Read MoreCensuses, cadastral maps, uniform naming conventions, definitions etc. emanate out of these simplifications
Read MoreTo understand the impact of urbanisation and economic development, it is necessary to understand the nature of urbanisation and whether urbanisation creates an enabling environment for economic development. There are several factors that determine whether urbanisation translates into economic development
Read MoreThe moksha dharma texts supplement these kinds of texts, not contradict them. I am bemused when I see books titled “Bhagavad Gita for business schools” or “Bhagavad Gita for managers’.
Read MoreThe time-line for the PM, if not the entire government, was always ten years, not five
Read MoreMuch of what the Narendra Modi-led government has done is institutional in nature, with a longer-term view
Read MoreAs in other segments of economy and society, we are in the midst of a churn, inevitably leading to disruption and uncertainty. It is no different for business schools
Read MoreIndia is a large and heterogeneous country and there are considerable variations across States and within them. Such laggard regions pull down all-India trends
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