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The real new item on the menu is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s one seat in the assembly. Both the BJP side and the anti-BJP side seem to view a “domino effect” in this.…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
By further arguing that this view enjoys the support of a large number in the BJP, Swamy is committing the ruling party to a line and an argument that carries deep…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
In the past, both the government and the RBI would routinely claim after episodes of fall in rupee's exchange rate that there would be little or no adverse implication…
By Ajit Ranade |
This year China completes fifteen years of its WTO membership. According to the conditions of its entry, it was guaranteed an MES latest by the end of 15 years, no…
By Haresh Jagtiani |
I’d be perfectly willing to match wits and join issues with a vegetarian or a vegan who questions my desire to eat beef.
By Arun Maira |
India has the highest GDP growth in the world today. But are we doing as well as we want to? When the Governor of the Reserve Bank posed this question, he was…
By K.Kanagasabapathy |
While public policies are aimed at improving the lot of the “common man”, he may not be benefited to the full extent and at times may become a victim to such policies if…
By Ajit Ranade |
Can ecommerce be a major job-creating engine? As India struggles to create 12 million jobs annually, this question is very pertinent. To the extent that ecommerce does…
By Ajit Ranade |
Measured as the Gini coefficient of income distribution, India fares better than Brazil and possibly China and Russia. But in wealth inequality terms we fare much worse…
The Reserve Bank of India’s “State Finances: A Study of Budgets 2015-16” is a service to the nation and deserves to be studied threadbare if we are to understand where…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
Shouldn’t the education to children equip them with relevant skills so that they get productively engaged as adults in multi sector economic activities in villages?…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
The ‘patidars’, who are Patels, a surname noted for being numerically the most popular Indian last name in the US, are angry and agitating against the government because…
By Usha Thorat |
If the RBI feels that interest rates should be lowered keeping in view that inflationary pressures are reducing and expectations are getting softened, the impact on the…
By Arun Maira |
The country is open to citizens’ protests: on the streets, in the press, and increasingly in a hyper-active social media. Issues can be raised in the public space. But…