Columns: September 2018

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‘Dalit’: The term is a unifying force and a powerful identity
by Martin Macwan
27th September, 2018
‘Dalit’ is a popular identity in India as it is in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other parts of... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Time to hit hard on galloping healthcare costs
by Jagdish Rattanani
25th September, 2018
At the root of India's failing system is a health network that has become a money-spinning... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Rafale deal: A turbulent flight for the BJP
by Jagdish Rattanani
25th September, 2018
There are two wings on which scandals of the Rafale and Bofors variety take flight. One is plain... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, Governance, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, India politics, Indian economy
Lessons from the slide of the Rupee
by Ranjit K Pattnaik
24th September, 2018
The recent measures announced by the authorities may provide some short term relief but the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, RBI, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Grapple with the rupee and oil but don’t panic
by Ajit Ranade
20th September, 2018
The big news this week was on two key prices. One is the price of the almighty dollar, and the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Taxes, China-India, Global, RBI, India politics, Indian economy, GST
India's NPA saga – where do we go from here?
by Himadri Bhattacharya
19th September, 2018
One obvious casualty of widespread restructuring was the supervision of banks. The examiners of... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, RBI, India politics, Indian economy
A political leader is not a CMO
by Jagdish Rattanani
19th September, 2018
The idea of winning elections through so-called strategists like Prashant Kishor is far removed... read more
Categories: Common citizen, India politics, Inclusive growth
Sustaining the pace of growth will be challenging
by Ajit Ranade
7th September, 2018
On August 31, it reported that India’s GDP growth rate for the April to June quarter was a solid 8.... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Taxes, China-India, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, GST
Democracy under assault
by Dr. M A Kalam
5th September, 2018
Hardly anyone is aware today that in Britain there existed a party called the British Union of... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Jobs, India politics, Inclusive growth
Growth is good but everything else is not
by Jagdish Rattanani
4th September, 2018
India’s GDP growth has come in at 8.2 per cent for the quarter covering April, May, June of... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth