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NITI Aayog releases the third edition of the ‘Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2022’ for States/UTs
amitkapoor, , EPI2022, Press Release, 0NITI Aayog releases the third edition of the ‘Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2022’ for States/UTs Posted On: 17 JUL...
Posted On: 14 JUL 2023 1:52PM by PIB Delhi NITI Aayog is releasing the third edition of Export Preparedness...
Create more competitive jobs to drive the Indian economy ahead
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, India@100, 0Manufacturing has been the backbone of many economies. India has, for the longest time, pondered over ways to ramp...
The Aspirational District Program in India and theEmergence of Innovative Practices for Local Governance
amitkapoor, , TID, TID Working Papers, 0by Mark Esposito The Aspirational District Program is an initiative launched by the Government of India in January 2018...
Dr. Kapoor delivered a keynote address at the CEO Connect Kenya Forum. The theme for the event was Creating...
Amit Kapoor and Divyansh Sahai It is widely regarded that technological progress, especially in cities which have now become...
Dr. Amit Kapoor moderated the round table discussion on “An Overarching Framework for Digital Intermediaries”. The round table was organized...
An Unfinished Journey Towards Urban Decentralization
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Urbanisation, 0Bibek Debroy, Amit Kapoor & Aditya Sinha The discipline of routine policy outcome assessment is not a matter of...
by Christian Ketels If one wants to look for a ray of hope in an otherwise quite bleak global...
Conversation with Hisham Mundol, Chief Advisor, Enviornmental Defense Fund (India) led by Amit Kapoor, Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness and...
Dr. Kapoor was a panellist at the Series on Naren Lexus Legacy Half Day Conference hosted by Asia Society...
Today’s Waste Management for Cities of Tomorrow
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0As the world gets more and more urbanised, a significant challenge is presented in the form of municipal waste....
by Geetha Murali Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) are fundamental building blocks for higher learning outcomes and key life...
Over the years, the Indian state has responded to changing domestic and inter- national circumstances through reforms, the most...
Competitive Jobs and a Developmental Pathway
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Articles, India@100, 0Several economies have been built on the manufacturing sector. Many economies are driven solely on the basis of their...
Amit Kapoor & Amitabh Kant Entrepreneurship encourages innovation and enables an economy to make a quantum leap in terms...
India needs to fill the vacuum of its mid sizes enterprises space
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, India@100, 0Beyond Start-up India – Scale-up India Amit Kapoor & Dr. Bibek Debroy When the early 19th century French economist,...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was awarded the Skoch Economics Award at the 92nd Skoch Summit. The award was given by...
Dr Amit Kapoor contributed a chapter on “India and Competitiveness” in the book titled “India 2047:High Income with Equity”....
Dr. Amit Kapoor participated in a panel discussion at the 92nd Skoch Summit held on May 27, 2023 in...
Strategies to Advance Uttar Pradesh’s Economic Geography through Regional Planning
amitkapoor, , Speaking, 0The Housing and Urban Planning Department (HUPD), Government of Utar Pradesh in collaboration with High Level Committee (HLC) formed by Government of India (GOl) for Urban Planning organised the “Uttar Pradesh Regional Planning Conclave 2023′...
Getting to the Green Frontier: A Net Zero Development Model for India
amitkapoor, , #TIDConversations, TID, 0Conversation with Jayant Sinha, Member of Parliament led by Amit Kapoor, Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness and Richard Dasher, Director,...
The ability of India to meet its most critical challenges – such as growth, equity, public health, and environmental...
The Cultural Markers of Urbanisation Experts claim that culture is as old as humanity but constantly evolving. What is...
Echoes of Bleak House: Confronting India’s Waste Management Crisis
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Urbanisation, 0Bibek Debroy, Amit Kapoor and Aditya Sinha In Charles Dickens’ classic novel “Bleak House,” published in 1853, he masterfully...
India is positioned to have the leading role in human development in the coming decades. The pace and pathway...
मन की बात’ और इसके प्रभाव के अहम पहलुओं से रूबरू कराती खास रिपोर्ट ने दी ‘दस्तक’ पीएम नरेंद्र...
The release of the report was covered by Times Now New Channel. The video can be looked as below
‘Mann ki Baat’ propel people to make change, says Chairman Dr Amit Kapoor
amitkapoor, , Mann ki Baat, Speaking, 0PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ created a mass movement towards a lifestyle for the environment and this propelled...
‘Mann Ki Baat’ boosts India’s efforts towards Sustainable Development Goals by advancing powerful stories of people-led change
amitkapoor, , Mann ki Baat, Press Release, 028 APR 2023, New Delhi: A report on ‘Mann Ki Baat’ by the Institute for Competitiveness was released at...
Mann Ki Baat stands out as a unique initiative led by any political leader. Prime Minister Modi celebrates peoples resolve and action to bring...
Conversation with Anantha Nageshwaran, Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India led by Amit Kapoor, Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness and...
Dr. Kapoor shared his views on the program Global Recession Fear: Real or Magnified. The program was aired on...
Any discourse on development is conditional on the indicator used to measure it. In 2023, the last decade is the...
Dr. Amit Kapoor discussed on ‘What makes India an attractive investment destination?’ The discussion was telecast live on Doordarshan...
Cities around the world are more linked and densely populated than ever. While there are growing social and economic...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at the Finance for Development Forum 2023 (FfD) The 2023 FfD Forum will...
Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered the address on “Beyond GDP” at the UN General Assembly in Newyork on April 17,...
Bibek Debroy, Amit Kapoor & Aditya Sinha Drawing inspiration from Charles Dickens’ “Hard Times,” which vividly portrays the struggles faced by...
Foundational learning for all: Leave no Language behind
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, FLN2023, 0The foundation of basic education is Language; it is a critical determinant of foundational learning because a learner’s competence...
India in an Evolving World: Challenges and Opportunities
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Articles, India@100, 0“Change is the only constant’ is one of the phrases perceived as a cliché in today’s times. The fact...
Notes on Urban Prosperity Any study on urbanisation and prosperity takes a strategic direction to approach its increasing role...
Sustainability has moved beyond being a trend to a policy imperative. Historically unviable consumption levels and energy usage patterns...
The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Report submitted to EAC-PM by IFC released by Dr Bibek Debroy in the India dialog conference
amitkapoor, , FLN, FLN2023, Press Release, 0The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Report submitted to EAC-PM by IFC released by Dr Bibek Debroy in the India...
Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya releases working paper by Stanford University and Institute for Competitiveness
amitkapoor, , Press Release, TID, 0Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya releases working paper by Stanford University and...
The second edition of the foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) report captures the role of language in education and...
The presentation was done by Arundhuti Gupta, CEO & Founder, Mentor Together at the #TheIndiaDialog on February 23, 2023...
The presentation was done by Pawan Sain, Joint Secretary, EAC – PM, Government of India at #TheIndiaDialog on February...
Healing the Economy: Estimating the Economic Impact of India’s Vaccination and Related Measures
amitkapoor, , Report, Research Paper, Vaccine Development, 0The working paper on “Healing the Economy: Estimating the Economic Impact of India’s Vaccination and Related Measures” was released...
India, Clusters and the Case for Uniform Growth
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Articles, India@100, 0India, Clusters and the Case for Uniform Growth One of the major issues in policy has always been what...
The Institute for Competitiveness to host “The India Dialog” in collaboration with US Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University
amitkapoor, , Press Release, TID, 0Pre – Event Press Release The India Dialog at Stanford The Institute for Competitiveness to host “The India Dialog”...
Incredible and incredibly experiential India: lessons to adapt to an evolving travel ethos
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Incredible and incredibly experiential India: lessons to adapt to an evolving travel ethos Travel is not the same as...
Use a clear compass to navigate our challenges and opportunities
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, India@100, 0India and the World: Navigating through Challenges and Opportunities The human urge to be able to predict everything ahead...
Urbanisation and Urban Dynamics Cities have come to acquire a very central position in our understanding of the nature...
Bibek Debroy, Amit Kapoor & Aditya Sinha In his seminal book “Street Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in...
Budget 2023-24: Harnessing India’s competitiveness and creating national prosperity
amitkapoor, , Articles, Budget, Economic Times, 0Budget 2023-24: Harnessing India’s Competitiveness and Creating National Prosperity The budget speech began with a declaration of India’s first...
We should focus on clusters to sharpen our competitive edge
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, India@100, 0Amit Kapoor & Bibek Debroy What propels a nation’s growth has always been one of the key questions in...
Going the Electric Extra Mile: The Delhi Metro’s Last-Mile Connectivity
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0In the year 2000, ninety-nine per cent of Delhi’s local traffic was borne by buses (62 per cent) and...
The Smart City Mission, as envisaged by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, is embedded in the idea of promoting cities...
A sliver of hope materialized when The World Health Organisation’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared at a media...
India’s Policy Impact Challenge: Why it exists, and how to overcome it
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, India@100, 0In the history of India, there have been critical junctures when the policy terrain saw significant reforms. The past...
Unblocking India’s Policy Impact Challenge
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Articles, India@100, 0Amit Kapoor, Amitabh Kant and Christian Ketels India’s economic history is rich with instances of policy interventions which transformed...
Report on Social Progress Index: States and Districts of India
amitkapoor, , Report, Social Progress, 0The report was released at an event organised at the Jawahar Lal Museum Library (Seminar Room) on December 20,...
Looking at urbanisation as merely a process of the population shift from rural to urban areas makes us lose...
Social Progress Index (SPI) for States and Districts received by EAC-PM, released today
amitkapoor, , 2022, Press Release, Social Progress, 0Puducherry, Lakshadweep, and Goa emerge as best-performing states; and Aizawl (Mizoram), Solan (Himachal Pradesh), and Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) are...
EAC-PM to release the Social Progress Index (SPI) for states and districts
amitkapoor, , Press Release, Press Release, 0EAC-PM EAC-PM to release the Social Progress Index (SPI) for states and districts Posted On: 15 DEC 2022 5:19PM...
India’s Performance and Competitiveness
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0Amit Kapoor and Amitabh Kant The Indian economic trajectory presents an interesting case to assess through the competitiveness lens....
State of Municipal Finances Amit Kapoor, Bibek Debroy & Aditya Sinha “From wealth (kosa) comes the power of the Government (danda).”...
Ms. Melinda French Gates calls on Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
amitkapoor, , Press Release, 0Ms. Melinda French Gates congratulated the Union Health Minister for India’s successful Covid-19 vaccination drive and praised the colossal...
The report is a comprehensive document encapsulating the experience and key role of ASHAs and ANMs in India’s pandemic...
India’s New Competitiveness Challenge: Reform Distorted Markets
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0Over the years, India’s competitiveness has been marked by substantial progress on certain foundational socio-economic aspects. A lot has...
Where Does India’s Competitiveness Challenge Lie?
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0The secret is to comprehend where they are required and where resource allocation in an economy is best served...
Dr Amit Kapoor in conversation with Dr. Bibek Debroy at the Indian Business Literature Festival (IBLF) on December 3,...
When Your Customer is the Citizen: Improving Performance in the Public Sector
amitkapoor, , Speaking, 0Dr. Kapoor shared his views at the 14th Peter Drucker Forum hosted in Vienna on November 17-18, 2022. The...
Amit Kapoor & Bibek Debroy As the world is becoming more urban than ever, it is crucial to place...
Here’s how to boost India’s competitiveness
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0India’s Competitiveness – Performance Gap Over the last few decades, the Indian economy has traversed an interesting journey. The country...
Urbanisation without chaos: How to plan and govern our cities
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0There are multiple lenses through which one can try to understand urbanisation in order to leverage its advantages for...
Lets Step up strategic efforts mobilise India’s labour potential
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0Economic competitiveness requires us to make the most of our demographic-dividend opportunity as a key growth achiever. In today’s...
India’s Rise and Its Global Implications
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Articles, India@100, 0India’s Rise and its Global Implications The most common definition of globalisation follows that the world is getting excessively...
Reports, Analysis and Expert comments on IMF – World Bank Annual meeting 2022
amitkapoor, , Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his expert comments ahead of the World Bank Annual Meeting. The session was telecast on...
New Business in Asia Driven by Climate – Tech and Sustainability
amitkapoor, , Speaking, Sustainability, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered a session at the US Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University on September 29, 2022....
Shifting the focus: Migration and Female Labour Force Participation
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Migration is one of the key demographic processes which shape patterns of human settlements and has an important role...
Why India’s Success Matters to the World , Not Just to India
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0Why India’s Success Matters to the World, Not Just to India It is often said about the globalized age...
India@100: What’s ahead for urbanisation?
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0India@100: What’s ahead for urbanisation? With India surpassing the United Kingdom to become the fifth-largest economy, the world is...
Report on Understanding Industry Landscape: India’s Booming Chemical and Petrochemical Industry
amitkapoor, , Report, 0The report was released at the 3rd meeting of Chemicals and Petrochemicals Advisory Forum on September 20, 2022 at...
Often sprouting of slums is seen as an inevitable consequence of rapid urbanisation. But it is primarily market and...
Dr. Kapoor was a part of the the BIG Debate on simultaneous elections for the Center and the States...
Dr. Kapoor moderated the session titled “Future Proofing India: Educating Gen next for fuzzy careers” at the Hero Mindmine...
An economy has a much larger potential workforce in play than just the seemingly visible employed portion. The competitiveness...
Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100. It sets out the guidelines for India to become a $20 trillion economy in 25...
The path of zero growth and degrowth is more valid for highly industrialised countries which have gone through overgrowth,...
A comprehensive approach to competitiveness is what we need
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0The world has been closely watching India’s journey as it is on its way to becoming an economic powerhouse....
Growth should be sustainable and equitable The ‘Competitiveness Road Map for India@100’, jointly brought out by the Economic Advisory...
The Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100 was released by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister today in the...
Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100 Released
amitkapoor, , India@100, Press Release, 0The Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100 was released by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister today in the...
The presentation was done by Christian Ketels, Professor, Harvard Business School at the release of the report on “Competitiveness...
The strength of the competitiveness notion lies in its emphasis on attaining sustained prosperity by focusing on making the...
On 15th August this year, India celebrated the 76th anniversary of its independence from British rule. When we are entering the...
A Promising Panel: Facilitating Free Trade Agreements At a time when international trade is expected to slow down in...