India State Wise Road Density
Roads are one of the strongest measures of economic activity. The denser the road network in a particular area, the easier it is for people in the area to connect with and trade with each other, thus...
View ArticleBanking activity and economic activity
Out on Capitalmind, Deepak Shenoy has an excellent post on the penetration of banking services in India, where he points out that 30% of all bank deposits in India are in Mumbai and Delhi. I encourage...
View ArticleBaptists and Bootleggers: Karnataka Edition
“Baptists and bootleggers” is a popular concept in economics. It is used to illustrate that in the absence of sound economic thinking, good intentions don’t count for much. According to this concept,...
View ArticleAn economic view of state splits
Most commentators prefer to couch the Andhra Pradesh split in emotive terms – the people of Telangana thought they were being treated in an inferior manner by the people of Andhra, and hence wanted to...
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