Columns: 2021
14th April, 2021
The latest measure will push Indian banking, if not banks, into creeping privatisation and at the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
12th April, 2021
The monetary policy announced on April 07, 2021 has been along expected lines, on the surface. But... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, Global, RBI, India politics, Indian economy
9th April, 2021
The Covid crisis is the story of two global solutions to a medical problem: one was lockdowns; the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
9th April, 2021
This week, April 7, is World Health Day, and we can expect discussions to be largely focused on the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
8th April, 2021
In its first meeting of 2021-22, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India kept... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, China-India, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
7th April, 2021
The current national minimum wage of 176 rupees per day certainly needs to be revised upward. An... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
31st March, 2021
I have almost come to believe in the myth of corporate liberalism. And then comes Prof. Mehta’s... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
30th March, 2021
The brew has significance in this election as among the five poll-bound States, four are the top... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
25th March, 2021
In Mumbai, there is nothing honest in the air as yet with allegations, wild and otherwise, flying... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Global, Jobs, India politics
18th March, 2021
Subhash Kapoor’s new film, Madam Chief Minister (2021) has been in the limelight for all the wrong... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
17th March, 2021
There seems to be a sudden epidemic of sorts, to legislate jobs for locals, in various States of... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
10th March, 2021
Assam’s tea industry is mostly confined to the tea supply chain's unremunerative plantation... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
9th March, 2021
India is one of the worst affected countries in terms of the number of detected COVID-19 cases and... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Philanthropy, Taxes, China-India, Global, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
8th March, 2021
There was widespread celebration as Kamala Harris became the first female US Vice President. But... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
7th March, 2021
Savak Sohrab Tarapore was one of India’s most outstanding career Central bankers. He joined the RBI... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
5th March, 2021
The third-quarter data on India's GDP showed that it has come out of the recession. The data... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, China-India, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, GST
5th March, 2021
This column highlights the case of a lesser-known Himalayan region, the area around the hill... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Global, Indian economy
27th February, 2021
The farmers agitation has grown and sustained over a long enough period of time to become the most... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
23rd February, 2021
Governments sometimes bury their heads in the sand, like ostriches, to avoid uncomfortable... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
19th February, 2021
The very foundation of a robustly functioning democracy is a high degree of social capital and... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Philanthropy, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy