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By Sudarshan Iyengar |
A person in public life has to be a person of character exercising self-restraint all the time. Gandhiji believed in…
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The nation continues to be subjected to an unseemly tug-of-war between the government and judiciary, taking relations…
By Ajit Ranade |
The key difference between advanced and emerging economies is in their educational attainment. This was the observation…
By Martin Macwan |
There seems to be limited options for dalits in India for their ‘own’ independence. They have to create their own…
The policy stands out as a unique document in terms of macroeconomic developments, liquidity management, pass-through…
By Usha Thorat |
Wage inflexibility in the public sector, a high level of mandatory investments in government securities, and public…
By Arun Maira |
A popular movement against corruption, swelling in 2013, and the perception that governance had become paralyzed,…
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I must see the film “Udta Punjab” next week! I am told that the proliferation of drugs in the State is the single…
By Usha Thorat |
Any increase in bank deposits higher than credit growth, any reduction in bank borrowing from RBI on a consistent basis…
When the source of inflation originates from supply shocks, the efficacy of monetary policy is severely challenged.…
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…
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…
The Reserve Bank of India’s “State Finances: A Study of Budgets 2015-16” is a service to the nation and deserves to be…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
Shouldn’t the education to children equip them with relevant skills so that they get productively engaged as adults in…
By Usha Thorat |
If the RBI feels that interest rates should be lowered keeping in view that inflationary pressures are reducing and…