By Amit Kapoor and Inputs from Vidhi Tiwari Economics of Biodiversity Losses: Perspective on Conservation and Costs The ongoing...
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Diversity and tolerance are crucial drivers of innovation and growth for business and economy
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Melting Pots to Powerhouses: The Economic Benefits of Diversity and Tolerance By Amit Kapoor & Meenakshi Ajith The hallmark...
Exploring the Determinants of Olympic Success By Amit Kapoor The buzz around the ongoing Paris Olympics is palpable. Powerful...
Mind the gap, then fix it: The mismatch between workforce skills and job market demands in India
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0By Amit Kapoor and Inputs by Sheen Zutshi Recent discussions on employment generation in India have been sparked by...
The Employment Dilemma: India’s Struggle with Jobless Growth By Amit Kapoor India, one of the fastest growing economies in...
Not just a one-horse town: Empower Opposition to become active political participants
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0By Amit Kapoor & Inputs by Meenakshi Ajith The adjective ‘competitive’ in the context of someone’s personality trait, may...
Solving the Structural Problems with the TV Audience Measurement in India
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0By Amit Kapoor and Mukul Anand TV audience measurement (TAM) aims to impartially and rigorously measure television viewership data,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An economy has a much larger potential workforce in play than just the seemingly visible employed portion. The competitiveness...
On 15th August this year, India celebrated the 76th anniversary of its independence from British rule. When we are entering the...
Innovation in India: Distance Traversed and Road Ahead
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, Innovation, Innovation Index 2021, 0With a continuous evolving innovation landscape, regions like Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, among others have emerged as innovation hubs...
Journey of India’s Evolving Innovation Ecosystem
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, Innovation, 0Over the last decade, the pace of disruptive technology has pushed government , businesses, industries, entrepreneurs and consumers to...
An economic ecosystem linking two major economic centres, an industrial corridor, invigorates economic activity along the transportation corridor. Akin...
Raising the Curtain: Media Industry and the Changing Landscape
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0The evolution of the television news is as important a milestone for humankind as was the postal system which...
Unlocking Potential: India and its Innovation Journey
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, Innovation, 0Innovation has been embedded in the development of humankind since its inception. It has helped guide a new world...
Pathways to LiFE: Moving Towards Indigenous Solutions for Climate Sustainability
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Sustainability has imploded as an agenda with unprecedented scope and significance. India’s movement for a Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE)...
There are different kinds of inequalities in India that are multidimensional and intersectional in nature. While multidimensional poverty has...
The onus of implementing sustainable policy can no longer be doled out to states alone. As per the Human...
A preferential route: Effectiveness of FTAs in Indian exports
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has devastating health and economic consequences, with unprecedented disruption to people’s lives, the global economy...
Informal to Formal for MSMEs: A Gradual Shift There is a huge corpus of work emphasizing the importance of...
Transforming Micro: Targeted Reforms for Easing Micro Entrepreneurship
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Transforming Micro: Targeted Reforms for Easing Micro Entrepreneurship In recent years, the Ease of Doing Business reforms’ emphasis on...
Where does the Indian Middle Class lie?
A Need for a Definition
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, Inequality, 0
The problem lies in delineating the effects of inequality, intensity of vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks among the...
We live in a world of two pandemics- one caused by the virus and the other triggered by poverty....
Parable of Inequality: MGNREGS as Social Protection
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, Inequality, 0The pandemic has set global social progress behind several years and exposed new groups of urban-dwelling people with higher...
Poverty in Numbers: What does the data tell us?
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, Inequality, 0Any conversation on poverty and inequality reveals to us the disproportionate impact the pandemic has had on people’s lives...
Whichever way the crypto regulations go, principles of DeFi have been considered in India, and as far as the...
Poverty as Pandemic: A Redefinition The Covid-19 Pandemic brought disease and death to our faces in ways nobody anticipated....
Unlike the situation of India in 1960s, India is self-sufficient in terms of foods availability and productivity, so a...
Foundational Litercay: The Way Forward The State of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Report released on 16th Dec by Institute for...
The pandemic actually gave us a whole new perspective on online learning. With the online meets replacing actual classes,...
The need and centrality of R&D investment in the growth march of a country
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0The need and centrality of R&D investment in the growth march of a country Nations grow at differing speeds...
Ease of Living: A step towards improving citizens’ lives through social and economic progress
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0For the longest time, the idea of development has been hinged upon increasing economic growth. More specifically, the Gross...
Impact of Pandemic declining on female labor force participation
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Impact of Pandemic declining on female labor force participation Until now, India was following an unusual trajectory of high...
A Coming of Old Age Story All too often, India is spoken of as a young society and economy,...
Sabka Prayas: How the citizens can do their bit As India entered her 75th year of independence, the Honourable Prime Minister...
NIPUN Bharat in the New (Ab)Normal The National Education Policy 2020 envisioned children with strong Foundational Literacy and Numeracy...
The challenge with gig economy The gig economy has been a driving force in shaping the future of work....
What is preventing businesses from beating competition?
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, Economic Times, Rendanheyi, 0What is preventing businesses from beating competition? In an age when businesses are constantly innovating, it is becoming even...
The recipe to aspirational districts’ steady progress India’s Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) is one of the most ambitious endeavours...
India’s vaccine development journey: A triumph of the collective
amitkapoor, , Articles, Covid 19, Economic Times, 0India’s vaccine development journey: A triumph of the collective Over a year and a half into the pandemic, India...
No Place for Women: What Drives India’s Ever-Declining Female Labour Force?
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0No Place for Women: What Drives India’s Ever-Declining Female Labour Force? In the last century, the world has witnessed...
The Alluring Twenties: What Would it Take to Replicate the 1920s?
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0The Alluring Twenties: What Would it Take to Replicate the 1920s? A year ago, prospects for the global economy...
By the Ganges: The Death of Development in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0By the Ganges: The Death of Development in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Some of the most shocking and defining...
India and the Elusive Demographic Dividend India has long been touted as the next big economic growth story after...
The Shrillness of Death The shrillness of death is hitting us in India. The death, the mayhem, the human catastrophe is...
A Plan for Family Planning Among the several revolutionary changes that have transformed the world over the last few...
Municipal Performance: Towards strengthening local governance in cities
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, MPI, MPI2020, 0Municipal Performance: Towards strengthening local governance in cities Even though municipalities have always been important determinants of citizens’ wellbeing,...
Good Mandate, Unintended Repercussions Amit Kapoor & Rameesh Kailasam India has been witnessing a massive surge in digital payments...
Labour in Post-Pandemic India As the COVID-19 vaccination drive gains momentum in India, the health crisis of the pandemic...
A step forward in urban governance
amitkapoor, , Articles, Cities, Economic Times, EOLIndex 2020, Press Release 2020, Report 2020, 0The findings from the Municipal Performance Index also reveal that the Finance vertical is highly correlated with the Governance...
How Aspirational Districts Programme forged new path in governance
amitkapoor, , ADP, Articles, Economic Times, 0How Aspirational Districts Programme forged new path in governance The Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) has been changing the landscape...
Assessing India’s Gender Budget This year’s Union Budget has been one of the most anticipated budgets, given the disastrous...
The spillover effects of higher public investment would see a boost in demand, generate employment and develop the economy’s...
Leveraging Innovation in a Post-COVID World
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, Index 2020, Innovation, 0Leveraging Innovation in a Post-COVID World Necessity drives innovation. The need for transport led to the invention of the...
The Curious Case of Investment in Education There are numerous benefits of investment in education. It can reduce poverty,...
The Global Economy in the New Decade Economic upheavals in modern global history have often been succeeded by promising...
Building agile organisations in times of uncertainty
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, Economic Times, Rendanheyi, 0Building agile organisations in times of uncertainty The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined “uncertainty”. Organizations around the world were not...
How technology makes it possible to solve corruption As the world observes International Anti-Corruption Day today, it serves as...
A Case for Investing in Adolescents The fallout of the pandemic for adolescents amplifies the urgency. The time is...
India’s urbanization challenges and way forward India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and its...
US election, another spectacle of polarized democracy
amitkapoor, , Articles, Democracy, Economic Times, 0US election, another spectacle of polarized democracy If we set aside the mayhem that followed after, the highly anticipated...
Google’s Tryst with Antitrust Cases: Lessons for Innovation
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Google’s Tryst with Antitrust Cases: Lessons for Innovation Over the last few years, the Big Tech firms have been...
Lessons from the Bangladesh Growth Story The International Monetary Fund released the biannual World Economic Outlook this month with...
India’s successful journey to self-sufficiency in PPE kits
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, PPE, 0India’s successful journey to self-sufficiency in PPE kits The AtmaNirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) mission was launched as a result...
AI for inclusive growth The use of automation was one of the trends that was accelerated by the pandemic....
Aspirational Districts Programme shifts the focus back on development
amitkapoor, , ADP, Articles, Economic Times, 0Aspirational Districts Programme shifts the focus back on development Economic growth and human development are two different concepts that...
Decoding the Economic Contraction Almost half of the current financial year has been completed with the COVID-19 pandemic still...
India’s exports: New opportunities and newer challenges
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, Economic Times, Export Preparedness, 0India’s exports: New opportunities and newer challenges The global economy faces challenging times ahead. Even before COVID-19 brought the...
The Need for Innovation in Management
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, Economic Times, Rendanheyi, 0Rearranging the Workplace: The Need for Innovation in Management From the way we manufacture goods to the way we...
Indian economy and new beginnings As India gears up to celebrate Independence Day this year, albeit in a more...
Two Sides of the Same Crisis: Stock Markets and Real Economy
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Two Sides of the Same Crisis: Stock Markets and Real Economy Here’s the conundrum. The unemployment levels in India...
Keeping India on track: Why the current wave of rail reforms is actually “historical”?
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Keeping India on track: Why the current wave of rail reforms is actually “historical”? One of the most overused adjectives in the...
Capitalism needs an ethical reboot Economists have been cautioning about the rising inequality around the world for some time...
How Coronavirus Accentuates Inequality Inequality is a phenomenon that always permeates all levels of society across all walks of...
With the shifts in global economic order, political landscape and social behavior all taking place simultaneously, it is safe...
The Signal in the Noise: Using the Best Data to Combat COVID-19 in India
amitkapoor, , Articles, Covid 19, Economic Times, 0The Signal in the Noise: Using the Best Data to Combat COVID-19 in India It is impossible to truly...
Rejuvenating India’s Growth Paradigm After Narendra Modi’s announcement last week of a gargantuan economic package, India spent the days glued to...
The Path of Self Reliance There were two aspects to Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on the 49th night...
How Vulnerable are Indian States to COVID-19 infections?
amitkapoor, , Articles, Covid 19, Economic Times, 0This pandemic could act as a starting point for the re-orientation of the primary and district health care systems...
We will come out of this catastrophe with not only positive changes, but negative practices as well. The Covid-19...
Franchisees need support from their franchisors, not exploitation. Even if the government disincentivises exploitative behaviour in view of this...
Our World After Coronavirus By the end of the second world war, the world had been reduced to ruins....
An unwanted shipment: The Indian experience of the 1918 Spanish Flu
amitkapoor, , Articles, Covid 19, Economic Times, 0The Indian experience of the deadly Spanish flu of 1918 shows how pandemics interact with social divide across communities ...
Tackling the Inevitable: The Need for New Economic Ideas in the Time of Coronavirus
amitkapoor, , Articles, Covid 19, Economic Times, India Council, 0Tackling the Inevitable: The Need for New Economic Ideas in the Time of Coronavirus The machines have stopped. The...
The Missing Politics of Inequality Inequality is an inevitable outcome of economic growth. Only its extent can be kept...
As dust settles on Trump’s India trip, here’s a relook at the road ahead on trade
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, India Council, 0There will be several gains for India to make for itself by resolving the trade equations with the US. ...
Strategies for Innovation Innovation is an idea that is often discussed but equally misunderstood. In simple terms, innovation is...
Budget 2020: Cutting the Fiscal Restraints
amitkapoor, , Articles, Budget, Economic Times, India Council, 0Budget 2020: Cutting the Fiscal Restraints There were a lot of expectations riding on the Budget this year as...
Budget 2020: The Need for Gender Budgeting
amitkapoor, , Articles, Budget, Economic Times, India Council, 0The Need for Gender Budgeting The progress of a nation is inextricably linked with the status of its women....
Is it time for a more realistic disinvestment target?
amitkapoor, , Articles, Budget, Economic Times, India Council, 0Is it time for a more realistic disinvestment target? The upcoming Budget might be the most crucial one for...
How India can keep its airlines afloat In the past decade, the Indian aviation industry has seen two airlines...
Breaking the Resource Curse India has an abundance of mineral deposits. The country is the second-largest producer of steel;...
India’s worrying growth statistics and what they mean for the future
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, India Council, 0India’s Worrying Growth Statistics and What They Mean for the Future The Indian economy grew at 4.5 percent in...
Can Asia regain its former glory? For most of human history – or as far as data can tell...