Make Planning Fashionable Again

Indian Economy

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-04 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Issues relating to Planning Economic planning is not considered fashionable today. Nevertheless, contemporary economic debates will have much to gain by revisiting the ideas on planning, championed in particular by Jawaharlal Nehru. As is well known, India under Nehru’s leadership inaugurated a strategy for…

Oil Swings And The Economy

Indian Economy

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-29 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Issues relating to Growth & Development – Inflation & Monetary Policy Global demand for oil, decisions by major producing nations to raise/ cut supplies and the global political environment are key to oil prices. Prices have swayed from above $160 per barrel in June…