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Ajit Ranade

Mint columnist

Ajit Ranade is a Pune-based economist

ARTICLES BY AJIT RANADE

UPI’s benefits go far beyond mere convenience.

Ajit Ranade: UPI should stay free—its costs are real but so are its benefits

4 min read . 09 Aug 2026

By 2025, at least six Chinese universities were in the top 100 globally.

Ajit Ranade: What India could learn from the rise of Chinese universities

3 min read . 28 Jul 2026

Nearly half of all household debt is now taken for pure consumption, not for building a home or business.

Ajit Ranade: Why unease lurks under India's placid sovereign bond yields

4 min read . 13 Jul 2026

India needs more engineers and systems thinkers closer to public decision-making.

Ajit Ranade: the professional degree isn’t dead but job description is

3 min read . 29 Jun 2026

Protection against rupee depreciation leads to moral hazard as it incentivizes staying unhedged. (AFP)

Ajit Ranade: India needs a long-term playbook to relieve external stress

4 min read . 15 Jun 2026

India must move away from a system that is no longer fiscally, environmentally or strategically sustainable. (HT)

Ajit Ranade: this is the right moment to fix a fatal flaw in fertilizer policy

4 min read . 01 Jun 2026

Monetary policy needs insulation from political compulsions. (REUTERS)

Why RBI mustn’t become a fiscal stabilizer for the Centre

4 min read . 18 May 2026

Writing for AI synthesis is as important as the research itself. (AFP)

How should we evaluate academic research in the age of AI?

4 min read . 04 May 2026

The recent violence in Noida during factory worker protests is a symptom of a deeper issue, not the disease. (REUTERS)

Low wages and high profits—it’s a lopsided tug-of-war

4 min read . 20 Apr 2026

RBI banned banks entirely from offering rupee non-deliverable forward (NDF) contracts to any client and forbade the rebooking of cancelled ones. (Reuters)

Ajit Ranade: Rupee volatility? Address onshore-offshore market gaps

4 min read . 06 Apr 2026

A multitude of graduates prepare for government competitive examinations.

Ajit Ranade: India should liberate its youth from a degree trap

4 min read . 23 Mar 2026

The question for policymakers is not whether workers deserve good returns—they do. (Mint)

Ranade: A provident fund payout rate that doesn’t bend is bad for the economy

4 min read . 09 Mar 2026

While the digital payments revolution is real, India’s cash-loving political economy is also part of the stark reality.

Ajit Ranade: What does India’s cash in circulation spike portend?

4 min read . 23 Feb 2026

The most consequential upside of the US relationship may not be its 18% tariff but India’s entry into trusted technology and mineral supply chains. (REUTERS)

Ajit Ranade: Celebrate the India-US trade deal but don’t miss devilish details

4 min read . 08 Feb 2026

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman chose not to be too complacent about the apparent ‘Goldilocks’ type macroeconomic situation India is experiencing. (ANI)

Ajit Ranade: The budget’s focus on capabilities reveals its long view

4 min read . 02 Feb 2026

One big priority is jobs at scale. The budget must make labour-absorbing growth central.

Beyond the Goldilocks glow: Budget priorities on 1 February

4 min read . 30 Jan 2026

The most dangerous feature of air and water pollution is that they kill quietly. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)

Ajit Ranade: India must heed a warning from Davos on pollution

4 min read . 26 Jan 2026

GST is a destination-based value-added tax on final consumption, it is not meant to be a tax on production or investment.

Ranade: How a GST reform hiding in plain sight could revive private investment

4 min read . 14 Jan 2026

GST is a destination-based value-added tax on final consumption, it is not meant to be a tax on production or investment.

Ranade: How a GST reform hiding in plain sight could revive private investment

4 min read . 12 Jan 2026

Taiwan and India illustrate a classic Keynesian insight: GDP and overall income growth do not automatically translate to consumption growth. (AFP)

Ajit Ranade: Taiwan's economic rebalance has a lesson for India’s emergence

3 min read . 28 Dec 2025