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14: Like It or Not, India’s Babudom Is Poised for a Makeover
14: Like It or Not, India’s Babudom Is Poised for a Makeover
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EPISODE 13

The Good and Service Tax or GST was developed on the idea of a new federal polity. Defined by the ideology of cooperative federalism. Three years later all of this is threatening t ... Read more

The Good and Service Tax or GST was developed on the idea of a new federal polity. Defined by the ideology of cooperative federalism. Three years later all of this is threatening to come undone. In fact, India’s most important tax reform is at risk. Read more

EPISODE 12

Almost everyone believes in India’s potential. But its inability to eliminate the myriad social and economic barriers has been its undoing. Nandan Nilekani the former UIDAI chief a ... Read more

Almost everyone believes in India’s potential. But its inability to eliminate the myriad social and economic barriers has been its undoing. Nandan Nilekani the former UIDAI chief and Infy co-founder believes this can be achieved through internal globalization. Read more

EPISODE 11

Next year India will celebrate its 75th year of Independence. A significant moment. The big question is what will India look like 75 years later. It is clear that status quo won’t ... Read more

Next year India will celebrate its 75th year of Independence. A significant moment. The big question is what will India look like 75 years later. It is clear that status quo won’t work. PM Modi believes the future is India’s to seize. On Saturday he proffered a blueprint for change. Read more

EPISODE 10

The Indian economy too has been devastated by the economic crisis induced by the COVID pandemic. Initially, the priority was on saving. Now the focus has shifted to restoring livel ... Read more

The Indian economy too has been devastated by the economic crisis induced by the COVID pandemic. Initially, the priority was on saving. Now the focus has shifted to restoring livelihoods. RBI has done its bit. Time for Finance Ministry to stand up and be counted. Read more

EPISODE 9

The Union government unveiled the long-awaited National Education Policy last week. Very unlike a normal government policy document, it lays down a bold and visionary blueprint to ... Read more

The Union government unveiled the long-awaited National Education Policy last week. Very unlike a normal government policy document, it lays down a bold and visionary blueprint to makeover Indian education. Almost too good to be true.  Read more

EPISODE 8

Most indicators suggest that the Indian economy may have just overcome its worst moments. More importantly it is drawing the right kind of attention. Tech majors are queuing up. So ... Read more

Most indicators suggest that the Indian economy may have just overcome its worst moments. More importantly it is drawing the right kind of attention. Tech majors are queuing up. Some have already put their money down. Is it finally the moment when the Elephant wakes up to its potential? Read more

EPISODE 7

Increasingly tough questions are being posed to the tech majors on their exploitation of personal data of millions of users. India is uniquely poised to restore control to users, r ... Read more

Increasingly tough questions are being posed to the tech majors on their exploitation of personal data of millions of users. India is uniquely poised to restore control to users, reverse this relationship and birth a data democracy. Read more

EPISODE 6

The big picture is that India is doing great on ease of doing business. None other than the World Bank says so. But the ground reality is that it is still a work in progress. Read more

The big picture is that India is doing great on ease of doing business. None other than the World Bank says so. But the ground reality is that it is still a work in progress. Read more

EPISODE 5

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing a mindset reset. Maybe it's time to do the same with public policy spending to align it with the new priorities before India. Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing a mindset reset. Maybe it's time to do the same with public policy spending to align it with the new priorities before India. Read more

EPISODE 4

The national mood in India favors decoupling with China. Not only will the process not be easy, but it will also come at a cost. So India has to go into this with its eyes open. Read more

The national mood in India favors decoupling with China. Not only will the process not be easy, but it will also come at a cost. So India has to go into this with its eyes open. Read more

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