The myth of the Great Leader with incompetent followers A recent article in Business Standard newspaper by noted journalist Shekhar Gupta tried to analyse why Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s big ideas do not lead to any...
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Prosenjit Datta
Of Pithy Slogans and Makeshift Policies
The Prime Minister’s vision of making India a manufacturing powerhouse has not been backed by coherent policy making When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in his latest address to citizens the big new thrust to...
No Country For Migrant Workers
The pandemic has bared the attitude of the authorities towards workers. As the lockdown keeps getting extended again and again, the attitude of the union government and the state governments towards migrant workers is...
The Looming Supply Shock
Policy makers have been worrying about the consumption slowdown for some time. But the far greater danger could be the supply side choking up. Even before the Coronavirus pandemic upturned the globe, finance ministry...
Manufacturing Strategies for a Post-Covid-19 World
A look at the lessons learnt from the lockdown and the five things that are likely to change in manufacturing after the pandemic. The lockdown will be over eventually even in states that have decided to extend it beyond...
Lockdown Diaries 7: A Hard Stop
The factories shut down overnight. Then some started partially and some are hoping to start soon. But normalcy will take months, if not years. According to the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2017-18 report...
Liquor is Quicker
Candy may be dandy but alcohol gives immediate revenues to state governments – and that is why they want liquor retailing to be allowed now When the national lockdown was announced, the union government left...
Lockdown Diaries6: A Chain Broken
Every link in the logistics industry broke down. It will take a long time for normalcy to return. Even before Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his announcement at 8 pm on 24 March that a complete lockdown would be...
Winners and Losers
The Coronavirus pandemic is going to punish some digital businesses – and help others accelerate One thing has become very clear after as the Coronavirus pandemic roils the globe and forces governments to go for partial...
Planning Omission
The government’s handling of the Covid-19 Pandemic threat has been piecemeal and erratic so far. March 24, 2020: In another 8 PM address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nation-wide lockdown for...
