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Impossible trinity revisited : lessons and policy implications for India and other emerging economies / Anil Bisen -- Refocusing the union budget : fiscal imperatives and some other issues / Rajeev Malhotra -- Is India's inflation inflated? / Gopal Singh Negi -- Is India's real effective exchange rate in line with economic fundamentals? / R. Sathish -- Financial sector reforms : refining the architecture / C.K.G. Nair -- Financial inclusion in rural areas and microfinance : issues, constraints, and policy options / K.K. Tripathy -- Role of competition law and policy in making markets competitive / Seema Gaur -- Does privatization lead to benign outcomes? The Indian experience and policy lessons / Kumar V. Pratap -- Accelerating manufacturing growth : promise of the new manufacturing policy and beyond / M.C. Singhi and Rajeev Malhotra -- Labour laws : are they holding back manufacturing sector growth and employment in India? / Vinita Kumar -- Breaking the glass ceiling : unleashing the potential of the informal sector / Anandi Subramanian -- Insurance as a tool for adaptation to climate change in India / Amit Ray and Rajasree Ray -- Managing India's demographic dividend : policy imperatives for the social sector and urban development / Arvinder S. Sachdeva -- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act : intentions, practice, and correctives for the future / N.K. Sinha -- Infrastructure development : recent experience and challenges ahead / Anna Roy -- India's regional trade agreements and prospects of Asian economic integration / Birendra Kumar Pandey -- Improving public service delivery : building a new Aadhaar for a billion plus / Devajit Khound.