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A tale of two sectors in India’s digital transition

India digitalisation, digital transition India, demonetisation impact, digital payments, e-readiness index, ICT labour, skilled labour shortage, manufacturing sector India, services sector productivit...

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Why India’s fintech boom needs to address gender diversity at the top

Indian fintech has expanded rapidly over the past decade, with further growth and job creation expected in the coming years. While there is an increasing number of women-led startups in the sector, gr...

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R&D tax credit policy, product development, and welfare gains

Over the past two decades or so, India has had a targeted R&D tax credit policy to incentivise innovation within firms in strategic sectors. This article shows that small and medium firms responded to...

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Policy Roundup: Domestic reform push amidst global turmoil

Recent disruptions to global trade have brought into focus the need for holistic policy reforms in India – aimed at enhancing productivity, innovation, and competitiveness in economic activity. Agains...

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Rethinking India’s export strategy

The recently imposed US tariffs on India are being viewed by some analysts as an opportunity for India to undertake holistic economic reforms. In this post, Sharmila Kantha contends that such reforms ...

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India at work: Challenges and the road ahead

While India’s economy experienced steady growth over the last 20 years or so, the growth in employment has not kept pace and key challenges remain to the creation of good-quality jobs. In this post, G...

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Night shift bans and female employment in Indian manufacturing

Between 2014 and 2017, seven Indian states amended their regulations to allow women to work night shifts in factories, with the condition that employers provide female-friendly amenities. This article...

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Exit barriers as entry barriers: Explaining India’s odd development path

Despite an abundance of low-skilled labour, India never experienced the kind of take-off in labour-intensive manufacturing seen in other countries at similar income levels. This article argues that a ...

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Policy Roundup: India-UK FTA, good monsoon, medium firms

This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to the India-UK free trade agreement, predictions of an above-normal monsoon this ...

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Planning for ‘jobs of the future’ in a changing world

Following decades of structural transformation, in the coming years, external factors including climate change, increasing automation, and global economic policies will all play a role in determining ...

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Old or new: What’s driving employment growth in formal manufacturing?

As the government undertakes various initiatives for manufacturing, it is important to understand what type of firms drive employment growth in the sector. Based on data on registered firms from the A...

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How firms adapt supply chains to climate risk

Amidst growing climate risks, localised weather events such as floods or droughts pose a threat to the links between firms and their suppliers. Using data from India, this article analyses how busines...

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