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Amartya Sen: 'You need an educated, healthy workforce to sustain economic development'
To reclaim a high growth trajectory, prioritise expenditure on education and healthcare instead of ill-directed subsidies and tax exemptions, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen tells Forbes India at the launch of An Uncertain Glory: India and its contradictions, a book he’s co-authored with Jean Dreze
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Happy to Recommend Owning India: Morgan Stanley's Jonathan Garner
Morgan Stanley’s Jonathan Garner tells Pravin Palande and Shravan Bhat that emerging markets have been a huge success story in terms of development and long-run performance
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Need Private Sector to Help Skill Youths: Mallikarjun Kharge
Mallikarjun Kharge, who was the labour minister before the recent cabinet reshuffle, talks to Forbes India about the government’s target of skilling 50 crore young people by 2022
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The Need for Visible Action is Driving Nasscom: KK Natarajan
The industry body’s new chairman Krishnakumar Natarajan tells NS Ramnath how it plans to reinvent itself in order to stay relevant
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Legatum CEO Mark Stoleson on Capital Inflows in India
Mark Stoleson, CEO of global investment firm Legatum, tells Forbes India that what happened in the Andhra Pradesh microfinance sector was an aberration, but it almost killed off the entire sector
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Developing Economies Lack Educational Resources: PISA Board Member
PISA’s initiative for developing economies plans to include children who don’t go to schools, and focus on lower performers, board member Dana Kelly tells Forbes India
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Without Patented Drugs, There's No Generics Industry: Mylan CEO
Novartis’ and Bayer’s patent battles in India reflect the increasing legal nature of the globalising pharma industry, Mylan Inc CEO Heather Bresch tells Forbes India
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Private Enterprises Seek EBRD's Local Knowledge: Suma Chakrabarti
Private enterprises join the Bank not for loans but for political comfort and local knowledge, Sir Suma Chakrabarti tells Forbes India
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Demand for Homes Will Only Grow in India
Land controls is restricting supply, but demand will only grow as more Indians want to own homes, and move out of joint families, Alastair Hughes tells Forbes India
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YV Reddy: Empower the Fiscal, Don't Weaken It
Former RBI governor YV Reddy tells Forbes India that the government should increase fiscal expenditure, as the private sector cannot meet the rising demand for water, sanitation and public health
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Malay Mukherjee's Learnings from the Metal Industry
After successful stints at India’s leading steel firms, Malay Mukherjee speaks to Fobes India about the mistakes large companies tend to make