Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Putting the spring back into the economy

............The other crucial thing that the government needs to do in order to sustain growth is to control inflation. Inflation has always been partly demand-driven and partly structural, due to elements like supply bottlenecks. In India, in the last few years, it’s the structural part which is almost always driving inflation, particularly food inflation. While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and monetary policy can ensure that inflation does not lead to hyperinflation, unless we solve the problem in the food sector, we will keep on having high inflation rates. Hence, interest rates will not be able to come down, hampering growth.
In order to solve this problem, .............

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