37 Articles by
Karan
Karan is a political economist by training and has diversified research interests in the field of economics.
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Interim Budget 2019: A bridge towards our vibrant future
A lot will be written about the Interim Budget 2019 over the next couple of days- some may applaud it, some may call it a “political budget” while others may continue to criticize it
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You are wrong, NYT: It is our time now
The commentator, through the article in The New York Times, tries to make personal jibes at the Indian Prime Minister Modi without offering any data to substantiate the tall claims that are being made.
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Facts, No Fiction: Rahul Gandhi, the rightful heir to Indira’s legacy of Emergency
Rahul Gandhi has over the last couple of months demonstrated that at the end of the day, he is the rightful heir to the legacy of the family and to be more specific, to the legacy of Emergency
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Facts, No Fiction: Is Rahul Gandhi the ‘progressive’ leader that the Media paints him as?
Rahul Gandhi has reinforced his misogynist thoughts when he made the statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked a “woman” to defend him and he should 'be a man'
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Economy and Finance
The way forward for India: Targeted Basic Income
The choice of this new policy instrument is very clear, it should come under the Direct Benefit Transfer framework in the form of a Targeted Basic Income.
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Facts, No fiction: Moving towards education vouchers for India’s public schooling system
The critical role of education not only makes it desirable for education to be affordable, especially in India, but also requires a decent quality of the education being provided to students.
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Economy and Finance
Facts, No Fiction: Recent farm loan waiver prove that Congress hasn’t learnt from its past mistakes that drove fiscal deficit up
Populist policies like farm loan waiver of the Congress indicate two things; unwillingness to learn from past economic mistakes and the lack of a sound policy agenda to resolve some of the long-standing issues of Indian farmers.
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Economy and Finance
Facts, No Fiction: There’s a new sheriff in RBI
The man who steered the economy through Demonetization, Shaktikanta Das, has been put in charge of the RBI by the Modi government
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Opinions
Facts, No Fiction: Socialists must realise, there are no free lunches
With the election season in full swing, I am reminded of the famous phrase “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch”. As...
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Economy and Finance
Facts, No Fiction: What the rupee does (not) tell us
Rupee does not signal the health of the Indian Economy, however, it is an important indicator as far as the external sector is concerned.
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