Rajrishi Singhal

Rajrishi Singhal

Former Senior Fellow, Geoeconomics Studies

Rajrishi Singhal is a former Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, Gateway House. He has been a senior business journalist, and Executive Editor, The Economic Times, and served as Head, Policy and Research, at a private sector bank, before shifting to consultancy and policy analysis. In his extensive journalistic career, he has covered areas such as, steel, coal, shipping, ports, petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles and corporate performance. He was the Gurukul Chevening Fellow at the London School of Economics (1997-1998), and the C. V. Starr Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania (2002). He has written at length on the Indian economy, banking and finance industry, and on numerous public policy issues. He also served on two government committees appointed to re-examine policy options in areas of financial services, such as pension sector reforms. At present, he is a member of the Core Advisory Committee of National Insurance Academy and the Advisory Board of India Knowledge@Wharton, and a regular Op Ed contributor to various publications. He has a Master’s degree in Economics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Download a high-res bio picture
Education

Masters in Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Expertise

Politics of international business, finance, economics and trade

Last modified: December 1, 2017

Recent projects

mia-main Courtesy: wikimediacommons
31 October 2014 Gateway House

India needs an anti-tapering strategy

India faces heightened geoeconomic risks as the U.S. exits its unconventional monetary policy and the value of the dollar appreciates against major currencies. We can mitigate the risks with a multilateral safety net to provide liquidity, and by attracting FDI through the ‘Make in India’ programme

WTO Courtesy: wikimedia
15 October 2014

India’s curious stand at WTO

India’s decision to block the Trade Facilitation Agreement at the World Trade Organisation in July was perplexing; the confusion was compounded because India was almost alone in its position. This policy perspective explains the reasons for India’s curious stand
Modi obama Courtesy: Ministry of External Affairs
30 September 2014 Gateway House

India-U.S. must move past deal-led ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S. is unlikely to reset bilateral relations. The relationship remains determined by bickering over trade and investment deals, such as the impasse at the WTO and the disputes over IPR. To become real strategic partners, both countries must move beyond these transactional exchanges

Modi shaking hands with Xi Jinping Courtesy: MEA/Government of India
26 September 2014 Gateway House

India-China: resolving divergences

Situated between the Xi-Modi bonhomie and border intrusions lies the growing divergence between India and China on food security and climate change. Both sides must address these issues urgently

Hindu Bizline Courtesy:
23 September 2014 Hindu Businessline

Time to put substance before style

A post-visit analysis of Chinese President Xi Jinping's first official trip to India by Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, Gateway House, was published in the Hindu Businessline

GST_Indian_rupee Courtesy: Associated Press
14 August 2014 Gateway House

How far away is fiscal federalism?

The debates and delays over the Goods and Services Tax exemplify how fiscal federalism is evolving through threats to its original design and rearguard action by states. Rebalancing the centre-state relationship is not easy, but an enlightened fiscal federalism is indispensable to keeping the republic together
Arun Jaitley with briefcase Courtesy: Ministry of Finance/GoI
5 August 2014 Gateway House

Poll pledges and budget realities

If Budget 2014 is used as a reference point to examine how closely the Modi government kept to its election promises, it is evidently not easy to extirpate the old ways of doing business. This is clear, for example, in the punitive capital gains tax rate on debt mutual funds. Budget 2015 must correct the anomalies