Narendar Pani is Professor, School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies, and Adjunct Faculty at the Indian Institute of Science, both at Bangalore. An economist by training, he has worked in both academic and media institutions, including Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and The Economic Times. He has, over the last three decades, written extensively on a variety of subjects. His books include Inclusive Economics: Gandhian Method and Contemporary Policy (Sage 2001). He has also published a number of academic articles in India and abroad. He won the Citibank Pan Asia Journalism Award for 1992.
April 5, 2013
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The special allure of gold
Gold meets the ordinary Indians’ need for a long-term store of value, better than bank deposits or mutual funds.
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March 6, 2013
Why India is a high-cost economy
The Economic Survey or Budget will hardly admit that processes unleashed by reforms have driven up the cost of production for the small entrepreneur.
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February 6, 2013
India too expensive for business
As Finance Minister Chidambaram prepares to present his Budget, the UPA will be hoping he recreates the magic of his ‘Dream Budget’ of 1997. That exercise may have finally fallen far sho...
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January 2, 2013
The political economy of rape
A link needs to be drawn between rising crimes against women and the crisis in agriculture.
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December 5, 2012
Why our cities are so chaotic
Metros are growing faster at the periphery than the centre. But the periphery has been left to the mercies of real estate developers.
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November 7, 2012
Corruption, and our political culture
The way forward would be to push politics back to a system where the party, rather than families, control political funds.
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October 3, 2012
FDI-FII debate misses the point
The key issue is whether FDI or FII investment translates into productive capacity. We need to restore the link between stock markets and local capital. Reviving regional exchanges is, therefore, more important than opening up retail to FDI.
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September 5, 2012
Lessons from the N-E exodus
Regional disparities have increased in post-reform India, leading to higher migration. This has been accompanied by the rise of identity politics that targets migrants. The Internet is, therefore, just a convenient scapegoat. »
August 2, 2012
The opportunities in drought
The proportion of people dependent on farming can be reduced by using drought relief funds to create sustainable non-farm earning opportunities.
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July 4, 2012
Regulating the business of sport
The Bhupathi-Bopanna-Sania-Paes mess teaches us one lesson: We need an independent regulatory body to deal with conflict of interest when sport becomes business.
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