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Pramit Bhattacharya

Pramit Bhattacharya

Articles by Pramit Bhattacharya

Need a grand bargain to boost job growth

If Indian capitalism has to grow while India remains a democracy, we must build a rational, fair labour regime. (Sunil Ghosh /HT Photo)

Updated on May 5, 2026 15:22 IST

Making the Indian census fit for the 21st century

The 2027 census would tell us what proportion of the country is urban, what proportion remains rural, and how literacy rates and gender ratios vary across states, districts, cities, and villages. (HT Archive)

Updated on Apr 6, 2026 16:23 IST

Time of great global demographic u-turn

Some demographers and economists believe that governments should now encourage people to have more children. A depopulating world may not necessarily be good for either the environment or economic growth, they argue. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 23, 2026 15:50 IST

What the new GDP series gets right, what needs fixing

As in other large economies, India must also find a way to institutionalise regular audits of key statistical products such as the GDP, the consumer price index (CPI), and the index of industrial production (IIP). (Shutterstock)

Updated on Mar 9, 2026 16:30 IST

The great Indian local governance challenge

Local governments received statutory backing only after the liberalisation of the economy in the early 1990s. The 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments were aimed at empowering village and city governments to deliver local public goods. (HT Archive)

Updated on Feb 23, 2026 14:33 IST

The Economic Survey needs to be reimagined

The Economic Survey should provide analysis that is not easily available elsewhere. (AFP)

Updated on Jan 26, 2026 15:36 IST

Designing trade policy for a brave new world

India should step up trade negotiations with a broad range of partners. An early trade deal with the EU that protects our exporters from the debilitating impact of EU’s proposed green tariffs is particularly important. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 12, 2026 15:32 IST

The possibilities and limits of the Tamil Nadu model

Tamil Nadu’s track record in delivering inclusive growth remains better than most other states. The southern state offers useful lessons for other regions. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Jul 14, 2025 16:03 IST

The lottery of life & the role of the State

The State may not be very effective in countering the role of luck in one’s life. However, it can be quite effective in tackling structural inequalities. (AP)

Updated on Jun 30, 2025 14:45 IST

Political and economic roots of the Emergency

Jayaprakash Narayan gave a call for sampoorn kranti (total revolution) in 1974 to cleanse Indian politics of corruption. (HT Archive)

Updated on Jun 16, 2025 13:55 IST

Rich Kerala, poor Bengal, and the role of the party

The dominant social groups in Bengal haven’t tasted success in business for a very long time (LightRocket via Getty Images)

Updated on May 5, 2025 15:46 IST

Resetting the rules of the global trade regime

Countries that weaponise their trade relationships should face immediate and effective sanctions from the global body (AFP)

Updated on Apr 21, 2025 13:50 IST

Upgrading the plumbing of India’s administration

The IAS-P division should have more liberal norms of entry and exit, so that people with relevant skills from academia or the private sector can become part of this cadr (HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 10, 2025 14:07 IST

Lessons from India’s fintech revolution

A QR code for the Paytm digital payment system at a general store in Mumbai, India, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. Paytm’s earnings are expected to get a boost from the sale of its stake in Japan’s PayPay Corp., and improvement in operating performance as business stabilized after a central bank crackdown last year. Photographer: Abeer Khan/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Updated on Feb 10, 2025 15:32 IST

Does India need another tryst with the plan panel?

30 March 1950 - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru presiding over the inaugural meeting of the Planning Commission held in New Delhi on Tuesday - HT Photo.

Updated on Jan 27, 2025 14:50 IST

The shaky foundations of Bangladesh’s growth

A man arranges clothes at his shop in a wholesale market in Dhaka on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Dec 16, 2024 14:46 IST

The great Indian debate on national champions

The actions against the Adani Group have ignited a debate on the role of national champions in India’s growth story REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 2, 2024 14:45 IST

Three books that help us understand the Trump age

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) gala at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 14, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 18, 2024 14:28 IST

Needed: A road map to regulate the regulators

Updated on Nov 4, 2024 14:56 IST

Need a clear-eyed trade policy to sustain growth

A man walks past container trucks sitting parked near the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, operated by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Updated on Oct 21, 2024 14:58 IST

Three governance tasks that confront new government

New Delhi, Jun 09 (ANI): Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi addresses a meeting with National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders before the swearing-in ceremony of the new Cabinet and council of ministers, at his residence in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Updated on Jun 17, 2024 18:45 IST

Reforming civil services is key to improving delivery

UPSC civil services exam

Updated on Jun 3, 2024 16:34 IST

Inequality debate must centre around evidence

Countries that are poorer than the United States (US) also tend to be poorer in statistics (AP)

Updated on May 20, 2024 16:30 IST

Extraordinary legacy of a grounded economist

Kakkadan Nandanath Rajan,

Updated on May 7, 2024 16:30 IST

Why the Swatantra Party could not be resurrected

C Rajagopalachari. (HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 22, 2024 16:30 IST

Poll finance is waiting for a clean-up by ECI

Election staff scans serial numbers of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) before dispatching them from a warehouse in Ahmedabad.

Updated on Apr 8, 2024 16:30 IST

How a popular strand of economics lost its shine

If 2008 marked the rise of behavioural economics, 2023 marks a year of reckoning. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/Representational image)

Updated on Dec 11, 2023 16:30 IST

Getting Indian banks back on the track

State Bank of India (SBI), would report a steep increase in bad loans every time its chairperson changed.

Updated on Nov 27, 2023 16:41 IST

The welfare programme economists loved to hate

MGNREGS workers. (HT Photo/File)

Updated on Nov 14, 2023 12:22 IST

Needed, a new contract between RBI and GOI

RBI has enjoyed operational independence to set short-term interest rates under the new monetary policy framework. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 3, 2023 09:43 IST

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