This program studies contemporary developments in India’s political economy, with a view towards understanding and informing India’s developmental choices. Scholars in the program analyze economic and regulatory policies, design and working of public institutions, interfaces between politics and the economy, and performance of key sectors of the economy such as finance and land.
Anirudh Burman
Associate Research Director and Fellow, Carnegie India
Anirudh Burman is an associate research director and fellow at Carnegie India. He works on key issues relating to public institutions, public administration, the administrative and regulatory state, and state capacity.
Suyash Rai
Deputy Director and Fellow, Carnegie India
Suyash Rai is a deputy director and fellow at Carnegie India. His research focuses on the political economy of economic reforms, and the performance of public institutions in India.
Carnegie India’s Political Economy program presents seven thematic compendiums consisting of essays curated from its fortnightly newsletter Ideas and Institutions. Researchers in the program offer a critical look into some of the most pressing and complex questions facing India today—from democratic politics and economic growth to land markets and urbanization. These compendiums provide valuable insights into the complexities and nuances of a broad theme. Taken together, each set of essays contributes to a better understanding of the evolving dynamics that shape the country’s economic development.
“Ideas and Institutions” is a monthly newsletter put out by the Carnegie India Political Economy Team.
This newsletter presents analysis of contemporary developments in India’s political economy, and review of writings relevant to India’s development path. We seek to analyze and inform the institutional and policy choices that India is making in its development journey. We also reflect on how India’s political economy shapes these choices and the effects that these choices have on the political economy order.
You can expect to see our analysis on public finance, financial sector policies, technology policy, urbanization, labor markets, agriculture, growth strategy, state-capital relations, public administration, and other areas.
In this episode of Interpreting India, Poornima Dore, an economist and business leader, joins host Suyash Rai to discuss the nuances of regional economic development in India.
Carnegie India is organizing a Political Economy Seminar titled "How Do Zoning Regulations Affect Housing Affordability in India?" Sahil Gandhi will present the findings from the paper, following which, we will have comments from the discussant Jagan Shah, CEO, The Infravision Foundation. The seminar will conclude with an open discussion.
In this episode of Interpreting India, Karthik Ganesan joins Sayoudh Roy to discuss the present and future of the electricity sector in India.
In 2023, the Ideas and Institutions newsletter from Carnegie India's Political Economy team sent out forty-eight essays. This year-end roundup features those essays that the writers of this newsletter consider the best of the year.
In our rapidly evolving digital era, the rise of advanced artificial intelligence and the dominance of large technology firms have reshaped the economic landscape. Understanding these firms is not just an academic exercise—it is essential for effective policymaking and fostering competitive markets.
In this working paper, Rajan Katoch and Sunil Bahri share their experience of winding up five government-owned enterprises that had been making losses for many years.
An annual anthology of essays by young scholars
India has been a pioneer in using digital technology at scale. Various Digital India initiatives and an ecosystem of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) have played an integral role in this journey.
Carnegie India is delighted to invite you to a book talk on the political economy of populism. The authors of the book, Deepanshu Mohan and Abhinav Padmanabhan, will present the arguments in their book and discuss the emerging trends of populism outside the West.
We hosted a Political Economy seminar on “Understanding Urbanization in India.” Om Prakash Mathur, the principal author of the report, State of the Cities: India, presented his study & its findings.
