RBI has overreacted, It needs to let go

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(Business World, 31 Jul 2013)

Arvind Panagariya, the 60-year-old professor of economics at Columbia University, New York, has been in the US for 38 years. The Padma Bhushan awardee has also done stints with the World Bank and held the position of chief economist at the Asian Development Bank. But for the past five to six years, his focus has been India. In 2008, he wrote his first book, India: The Emerging Giant. For the past three years, he has been working on a five-book series on Indian economic policy for Oxford University Press. Two of these are out and three are on their way. He spoke to  BW’s Anjuli Bhargava on his latest book, India’s Tryst With Destiny.

This article was updated on August 17, 2020