Dhiraj Nayyar
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New Delhi, DL, India
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Coronavirus: A Pause in the Long March
ON JANUARY 17TH, 2020, China announced that its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita had, for the first time, crossed $10,000 in the previous year; a more than 30 times increase in 30 years that transformed an impoverished nation into a comfortably middle-income country in a single generation. Even though economic growth had slowed down … Continue reading "Coronavirus: A Pause in the Long… → Read More
Modi in the Marketplace
The Prime Minister is on target Modi & Markets: Arguments for Transformation | Dhiraj Nayyar | Westland | 232 Pages | Rs 449 → Read More
Narendra Modi and the Idea of Innovation
Imagining the Future The Innovation Republic: Governance Innovations in India Under Narendra Modi | Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and Dhiraj Nayyar | Wisdom Tree | 179 pages | Rs 495 → Read More
Dividends of Disruption
IN THE 21ST CENTURY, disruption is the key to advance and progress. In the English language, that may sound counter-intuitive. As it might for practitioners of government in India. India’s state apparatus has been a great disruptor for the last 70 years, across two centuries—in the cause of progress, for the goal of advance. The disruptive, interventionist and interfering administrative and… → Read More
Articles by Dhiraj Nayyar
Dhiraj Nayyar is officer on special duty and head of economics, finance and commerce at the National Institute for Transforming India, or NITI Aayog, the Indian government's think tank. → Read More
India Needs to Open Its Wallet
Spending more is the only way to get the economy moving again. → Read More
India Needs to Loosen the Purse Strings
The Indian economy needs to go through deleveraging and scaling down to adjust to the new reality. → Read More
Wielding a Blunt Knife
For rate cuts in India to have an impact, they have to be much deeper. → Read More
India Needs Its Own Silicon Valley
Despite its tech prowess, the country hasn't built a true startup ecosystem. → Read More
Where Things Work in India
States, rather than the central government, are taking the initiative on reforms. → Read More
How Modi Can Regain His Mojo
The focus should shift to radical changes that'll benefit the poor, not just the middle class. → Read More
Modi's Got More Than a Patel Problem
The worst protests in years should have India's government worried. → Read More
Indian Banks Need to Bust Some Chops
Otherwise the country's mountain of bad loans will continue to pile up. → Read More
Noodles Aren't India's Problem
Regulators haven't kept pace with the growth of the economy. → Read More
In India, Modi Desperately Needs a Reset
Parliament isn't his only problem; he's lost the narrative in favor of reform. → Read More
Modi Needs a New Strategy in India
India's Prime Minister needs to do an end run around Parliament if he wants to salvage reforms. → Read More
Don't Fret for India's Central Bank
Despite fears, new proposals don't threaten the RBI's independence. → Read More
Modi's Window for Reform Is Closing
India's halting efforts at economic reform have been hit by scandal. → Read More
Here's the Downside to Cleaning Up India
Modi's crackdown on cronyism may be hurting critical businesses. → Read More
Time for India to Rethink the Rupee
Modi needs a weaker currency to get exports going. → Read More