This paper has examined the major issues relating to the technology dimensions of competitveness confronting India, as it globalises its economy through a trade and FDI liberalisation policy package. Drawing from a wide range of available evidence from East Asia, the paper has argued for a...

Since the economic reforms were launched in 1991, the annual budget of the Union Government has assumed a special aura - as a key signal about the direction of economic policy - or more precisely, as a barometer for liberalization. Earlier budgets presented by Manmohan Singh and P. Chidambaram...

The idea of economic self-sufficiency was an important element of M.K. Gandhi‘s economic thought, and part of his vision of freedom. Because the experience of colonial rule was associated with economic backwardness and dependence on imports of manufactures, most nationalist thinkers and...

The critical role of infrastructure in sustaining high rates of economic growth and overall development has been receiving renewed attention in recent years. The World Bank's major annual publication on development imperatives, the World Development Report 1994, is addressed to infrastructure...

The role that knowledge plays in competitiveness in the market place, has increased dramatically over the last two decades. This has been arguably one of the most significant economic trends of the late 20th century - a process linked closely with the rapid internationalization of business and...

Higher education has a crucial role in India’s ability to succeed in the modern global economic system. The number of institutions serving the sector and student enrollments in India have expanded very rapidly in recent decades. Enhanced educational attainments have contributed significantly...

This paper traces in part the changes in the nature and extent of the regulatory role of the government over the years, and takes a look at some of the general principles which form the basis of regulation. We first review the market regulation scenario preceding and following the 2008 financial...

The sustainability of liberal market reforms under successive regimes is a key issue in several countries. This paper examines the significance of the Indian 1998 Budget (a major signal for the direction of economic policy, and the first one to be presented by the new government) for reform...