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26th March, 2020
Corona, speculative mischief suggests, must be of divine provenance. She has the intelligence to... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Sustainability, India politics, Indian economy
24th March, 2020
Of Bharat bandhs, the days it was a form of potent protest, it used to be claimed in officialdom... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, India politics, Indian economy
23rd March, 2020
The decision of the Maharashtra government announced by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray earlier... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Global, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
21st March, 2020
For a society that claims several thousand years of civilisation, why are our cities so ugly? When... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, India politics
18th March, 2020
One of the most telling episodes in the aftermath of the failure of Yes Bank is the scramble by... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
14th March, 2020
The dramatic developments in the case of Yes Bank will bring new shock waves to a financial sector... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
11th March, 2020
Metanoia is from ancient Greek. It connotes penitence, a radical change of heart, amounting to a... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Sustainability, Global, Jobs, Indian economy
4th March, 2020
The Coronaviruses (CoV) are a family of viruses that can cause flu-like symptoms or also severe... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, China-India, Global, India politics, Indian economy
25th February, 2020
When I finished college in 1964, in the early years after India’s freedom, I wanted to help build... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Sustainability, Global, Jobs, Indian economy
25th February, 2020
Amid reports that the visit of US President Donald Trump will be an occasion to ask India to open... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, China-India, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
21st February, 2020
The Australian inferno is a signpost to the future ecology of the earth. Almost three quarters of... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, Indian economy
20th February, 2020
They are the two largest democracies in the world, separated by some ten thousand miles. America’s... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, China-India, Global, India politics, Indian economy
17th February, 2020
The cover of my Budget Speech was as much a subject of animated discussion as the Budget itself.... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
14th February, 2020
Banknotes or currency notes have been traditionally printed on paper made from cotton rags. The... read more
Categories: Blackmoney, Common citizen, Governance, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
14th February, 2020
The Economic Survey for 2019-20, in Chapter 7 on page 158 puts it on record that “PSBs are clearly... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
11th February, 2020
The nation awaits with bated breath the results of the New Delhi Assembly elections today. The BJP... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Global, Jobs, India politics, Inclusive growth
10th February, 2020
The MPC of the RBI unanimously kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.15% in its last meeting... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
7th February, 2020
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), at its meeting on February 06, 2020, unanimously resolved to... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, India politics, Indian economy
6th February, 2020
To begin with, the Finance Minister does not even recognise that the economy is experiencing a... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
4th February, 2020
Traditionally, the presentation of the Central government’s annual budget is an occasion to conjure... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth