3 Top Economists And Their Economic Reform Wishlist | Budget 2025

An exclusive conversation with three top economists - Rathin Roy, Distinguished Professor at the Kautilya School of Public Policy; Neelkanth Mishra, Chief Economist, Axis Bank; and Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Advisor, SBI. In a freewheeling discussion with Rahul Kanwal, Executive Director, Business Today, the three talk about the economic reforms India urgently needs to boost its pace of progress. With just two major assembly elections, of Delhi and Bihar, scheduled in 2025, the union government has considerable political leeway to take some hard decisions. From increasing farmer income to agricultural price discovery, from judicial reforms to concrete steps for the SME sector, listen to what the top economists suggest for the Modi government. Rathin Roy, in fact, goes a step further by suggesting those in power should stop trivialising economic issues.