Our Work

Accelerating India’s Growth to Improve Lives

FED aims to facilitate sustained & broad-based economic growth of over 10%, to improve the lives of all Indians.

We identify high-impact growth opportunities in areas like labor-intensive exports, housing, etc., and work with the government on creating a value chain of reform

Our Focus Areas

Opportunities for Fast & Sustained Growth

Manufacturing

India should capitalise on Its low-skilled labour pool to drive export-led growth

Construction

Construction in India has the potential to create 1.5 crore productive jobs

Tourism

Tourism employs 3.2 crore people & has the potential to absorb more workers

CategoriesFocus Areas Ideas for Growth

Report: Worker Housing | Unlocking Labour-intensive Manufacturing In India

Our biggest imperative as a nation today is to create good jobs that would help our humungous workforce transition out…

CategoriesFocus Areas

Lant Pritchett On Growth, Development & Income Inequality | Ep 9 | FED Dialogues

Our guest for October is one of the strongest proponents of countries striving for GDP growth as a means of improving…

CategoriesFocus Areas Ideas for Growth

Ajay Shah On 4 Pillars Of Industrial Policy, And Why They’re All Bad | Ep 8 | FED Dialogues

Ajay Shah, economist extraordinaire and author of the finest primer on public policy in India – ‘In Service of the…

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News & Updates

PM’s target for electronics manufacturing is ambitious. We must start by reforming regulatory environment in geographically limited areas, building thriving manufacturing regions. FED COO Vinay Ramesh and Member of Board of Advisors Ashish Dhawan write for the Indian Express.
Our demographic dividend has become this vague, almost mythical assurance of perpetual economic growth. But the dividend is dissipating, and we're growing older, faster than we'd anticipated, which has brought to the fore an existential fear: Can India get rich before growing old? FED Team Members Harshit Rakheja and Yuvraj Khetan write for The Hindu.
Have you ever found yourself struggling to find a decent cabinet hinge? Or heard about a recent spate of cabinet hinge related disasters, turning it into a pressing problem for the public? Well, even if you haven’t, the government is stepping in to help. FED Programme Manager Yuvraj Khetan argues strongly against the government mandating quality standards for various products, and why they do more harm and no good! For The Statesman.