Indian Reform Programme on 23 March 2015 in CPR

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It gives us great pleasure to invite you to a workshop on March 23, 2015, at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), co-hosted by South Africa’s Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) and CPR.

Venue: CPR's conference room; Dharma Marg, Chanakyapuri; New Delhi – 110021

Time: 10:00 – 13:00

The topic is “The Democratic Alternative from the South” with a focus on the recent economic reforms in India under the National Democratic Alliance government.

According to a recently published report The Democratic Alternative from the South, written by CDE’s Ann Bernstein, India, Brazil and South Africa have the potential to deliver high levels of inclusive growth if they implement reforms in four crucial areas. The areas are:

·       strengthening and increasing the transparency and accountability of democratic representation, institutions and processes;

·       launching a second wave of market reforms to address macroeconomic discipline, micro-economic reforms to reduce the costs of doing business, deregulation to reduce opportunities for corruption as well as accelerating growth;

·       strengthening the competence and capacity of government as the vital facilitator of growth, employment, infrastructure, and human capital development;

·       reforming policies that expand opportunities for the poor and disadvantaged.

India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, has initiated a major reform programme. To what extent does the Indian reform programme coincide with the four areas identified and what progress has been made with respect to these areas?

There will be a series of presentations, starting with Ann Bernstein outlining the core findings from the report, and followed by eminent Indian experts who will discuss the direction and progress of Indian reforms. The presenters are:  

1.     Ann Bernstein: Executive Director of CDE, South Africa’s leading development think tank

2.     M. V. Rajeev Gowda, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Upper House), of the Congress party

3.     Narendra Jadhav, former Member of the Planning Commission (rank of Minister of State), distinguished economist and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pune

The meeting will be chaired by Rajiv Kumar, Senior Fellow at CPR.

We look forward to your presence and participation at this workshop.

RSVP

Pranika Khurana

pranika@cprindia.org

+919811162361

Yours Sincerely,

Rajiv Kumar                                                 Ann Bernstein

Senior Fellow, CPR                                     Executive Director, CDE