Columns: January 2020
29th January, 2020
Given the national noise and the disruptions, the temper and the fury that now permeate our public... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
29th January, 2020
The Budget to be presented on February 1 is being keenly watched for a number of reasons. First,... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
24th January, 2020
In the current times, the biggest problem with unpacking the economic situation is that economic... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
24th January, 2020
The upcoming Union Budget presentation will be the first full year budget in the Seventeenth Lok... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, GST
21st January, 2020
Great science results from great contestation. It is in this spirit that I have contested the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Global, India politics, Indian economy
21st January, 2020
The Indian economy is at the crossroads, grappling as it is now with a massive slowdown and... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, China-India, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, GST
16th January, 2020
In last year’s Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken about investing 100... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
14th January, 2020
“The time has come,” said the Walrus to the Carpenter in Lewis Carrol’s poem, “to talk of many... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
14th January, 2020
The internet has become an inextricable part of life. The recent shutdown of the internet in... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Global, India politics
11th January, 2020
President Donald Trump’s speech to the nation on January 8 morning American time turned out to be a... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Global
8th January, 2020
Violence of an unprecedented kind flared up at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Jobs, India politics, Inclusive growth
5th January, 2020
It sounds progressive and high-minded but is, in reality, turning a necessity into a virtue. It is... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Sustainability, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
4th January, 2020
Well intentioned boards and “promoters” of companies look for a variety of attributes in their... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Sustainability, Global, India politics, Indian economy
3rd January, 2020
We are living through one of the darkest periods of independent India. The Emergency was bad. This... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
1st January, 2020
There is growing awareness of the connection between health and climate change, leading nations to... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Global, India politics