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Lessons for India from the Australian inferno
The Australian inferno is a signpost to the future ecology of the earth. Almost three quarters of...
Negotiating with Trump
They are the two largest democracies in the world, separated by some ten thousand miles. America’s...
Kerala Budget and the Gandhi assassination
The cover of my Budget Speech was as much a subject of animated discussion as the Budget itself....
Faultlines in the path of PSU privatisation
The Economic Survey for 2019-20, in Chapter 7 on page 158 puts it on record that “PSBs are clearly...
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Health
All data, no action on climate change
There is growing awareness of the connection between health and climate change, leading nations to...
A tale of two global rankings
Two global rankings were announced recently. One was the 2019 “Doing Business” report...
Having the last word on ‘population control’
On July 11, World Population Day, a Union Minister expressed alarm, in a Tweet, over what he called...
Why should resident doctors live in hell?
The huge downside of this experience for doctors at the start of their career will certainly mark...
Politics
Kerala Budget and the Gandhi assassination
The cover of my Budget Speech was as much a subject of animated discussion as the Budget itself....
Delhi results and the road ahead for India
The nation awaits with bated breath the results of the New Delhi Assembly elections today. The BJP...
Message from Shaheen Bagh to India
Delhi is charming. Its charm has not failed in fascinating anyone. The Pandavas who are believed to...
Internet lockdowns are a blot on India
The internet has become an inextricable part of life. The recent shutdown of the internet in...
Economy
Negotiating with Trump
They are the two largest democracies in the world, separated by some ten thousand miles. America’s...
Faultlines in the path of PSU privatisation
The Economic Survey for 2019-20, in Chapter 7 on page 158 puts it on record that “PSBs are clearly...
Point is to raise growth without inflation
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), at its meeting on February 06, 2020, unanimously resolved to...
A big disappointment: No admission of a...
To begin with, the Finance Minister does not even recognise that the economy is experiencing a...
Recents
Delhi results and the road ahead for India
The nation awaits with bated breath the results of the New Delhi Assembly elections today. The BJP...
Balanced approach to monetary easing
The MPC of the RBI unanimously kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.15% in its last meeting...
Point is to raise growth without inflation
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), at its meeting on February 06, 2020, unanimously resolved to...
A big disappointment: No admission of a...
To begin with, the Finance Minister does not even recognise that the economy is experiencing a...
Short on stimulus, long on reform
Traditionally, the presentation of the Central government’s annual budget is an occasion to conjure...
Budget lacks direction in reviving growth
The Union budget 2020-21 comes against the backdrop of a massive slowdown of economic growth and...
A measured fiscal booster dose
The macro context to the Union Budget was grim. Nominal growth rate which is at a forty two year...
Message from Shaheen Bagh to India
Delhi is charming. Its charm has not failed in fascinating anyone. The Pandavas who are believed to...
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