Resident Senior Fellow, Vivek Dehejia, is quoted in the Financial Express, commenting on the RBIs move to allow eKYC. He says:
“The movement of some or many of the unbanked into the formal financial sector and the movement of firms from the informal to the formal economy (or, equival...
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, in this Livemint article, discusses some broad issues that deserve immediate attention in the wake of the currency reform. Shedding light on the economic processes that result from this exogenous shock, Rajadhyaksha cautions against jumping to quick conclusions,...
Shankkar Aiyar’s ‘Accidental India: A History of the Nations Passage Through Crisis and Change’, presents a thought-provoking perspective on the economic and political history of post-independence India. Combining academic rigor with journalistic flair, the book introduces its ...
Resident Senior Fellow Dr. Vivek Dehejia presented a lecture "Where is India Going?" at the Center of Financial and Monetary Studies at LUISS Guido Carli in Rome, on October 18, 2016. LUISS is one of Italy's leading private universities. The talk focussed on the challenges of improving the doing bus...
The GST Council discusses a four-tier rate structure and agrees on compensation to the loss-incuring states for the first five years of the tax regime. With a peak rate of 26 percent plus cess on ultra-luxury and demerit goods, lower slabs are set at 6, 12 and 18 percent. Read more on...
Vivek Dehejia, Resident Senior Fellow at IDFC Institute is quoted in a BBC News article by Leisha Chi on the promotion of Deputy Governor Urjit Patel to Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Chi uses the word 'continuity' to describe Mr Patel's appointment a...
Zia Mody's "10 Judgements that Changed India", is a compendium of Supreme Court cases that were critical in transforming the Indian democracy and the lives of citizens in India.
Mody’s book is aimed at readers with very little or no legal background. She presents insights into the working...
This post in Livemint, argues that the challenges posed by urban sprawl can be better addressed by an institutional framework that establishes multi-scale governance and a policy approach that prioritizes the provision of urban amenities in peri-urban areas. Excerpt below
"...As I...
Rajiv Lall, MD & CEO of IDFC Bank, in this ET Now interview, comments on the GST Constitutional Amendment Bill, welcoming the flexibility left with the GST Council.
“...this is a milestone in the development and evolution of the Indian Federation. This is the first...
Praveen Chakravarty, Visiting Senior Fellow at IDFC Institute, recently made a presentation on Infrastructure Financing to policymakers in Delhi. You can click on the below link to download the presentation.
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