Monetisation of assets is an attempt to replace public investment by private investment without transferring ownership. But the plan lacks practical insights.
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By Ajit Ranade |
A nationwide survey covering 15 States has found that online education is simply not working. For the past seventeen months, most primary and upper-primary schools have…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
After a firestorm over the article in the RSS-aligned Panchjanya magazine that called Infosys anti-national, the RSS has come out to formally disassociate itself from…
By Ishan Chauhan |
Save those who have been termed ‘climate deniers,’ it is generally acknowledged that the climate crisis is a threat that demands immediate and sweeping action.
By Vidyadhar Date |
How do newspapers or journals acquire their reputations? In good measure, due to the contribution of simple, talented people.
By Ajit Ranade |
Seen in the light of an acute fiscal crunch, the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) is an ambitious idea. It aims to transfer (not sell) operating assets to private…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Long before Mr Pradeep Guha came on the scene in the Times of India group, the advertising department was headed by a very lively tall graceful youthful…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The government’s budget deficit which is otherwise known as the fiscal deficit, irrespective of the economic development of the country, has been rule based for most of…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Just read in today’s Guardian about how England recently, rescued, brought in a planeload of dogs from Kabul, leaving refugees behind.
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There is a debate as to whether a large fiscal stimulus would lead to high inflation, warranting a hike up in policy rates of interest at the possible expense of growth…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The developments in Afghanistan send out many complex messages but the one that is not in doubt is that an endless supply of money, weaponry and soldiers cannot help…
By Arun Maira |
Trouble is brewing between capitalist enterprises and national governments. An Indian cabinet minister has berated industry leaders for not serving the country’s…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Abki Baar Modi Sarkar was the election slogan. That has not helped people. What can be a good slogan and solution from the point of common people?
By Vidyadhar Date |
What a fascinating lecture Dr Farokh Udwadia gave on art and mankind at the NCPA in memory of Jamshed Bhabha.
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s 74 years of existence as a sovereign independent nation is a minor miracle. At its birth, not many outside observers gave it a life expectancy of more than a few…