The writer is chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the PM. Views are personal.
October 11, 2010 04:20 IST
Our anti-gambling laws derive from a colonial mindset
October 06, 2010 02:19 IST
Jacques Rogge,International Olympic Committee President,was interviewed.
October 05, 2010 05:10 IST
Our education system trains to faithfully reproduce,not think originally
September 29, 2010 16:32 IST
We have a Contempt of Courts Act,1971. Under this,anything that scandalizes or tends to scandalize,or lowers or tends to lower the authority of,any court is contempt.
September 20, 2010 01:30 IST
Bihar was once Indias basket case; that stereotype no longer holds
September 16, 2010 12:35 IST
Growth is good,because it leads to trickle-down,though this doesn't negate the need for direct govt intervention through anti-poverty programmes.
September 13, 2010 03:11 IST
Our thinking on land issues is dangerously muddled
September 09, 2010 10:31 IST
So we got to know that wrong deflators had been used for GDP at market prices and actual real GDP growth was 10.02%,not 3.65%.
September 07, 2010 02:48 IST
Our tribal policy is a mass of contradictions
August 27, 2010 12:21 IST
Justice Iyer says: Our socialist,secular,democratic republic must appoint only judges who share the political philosophy of the Constitution...
August 17, 2010 02:29 IST
We need to address inefficient usage of water,including irrigation....
August 10, 2010 14:44 IST
IPRI is compiled by Property Rights Alliance and works through a network of organisations in several countries.
August 10, 2010 04:21 IST
In a Railways reform,touts have won the battle over agents...
August 04, 2010 15:55 IST
Poverty ratios below a poverty line don't capture everything about poverty.
August 02, 2010 03:56 IST
The minister wants a debate on population control. Its ambit should be wider....
July 19, 2010 04:22 IST
Capitalism makes social mistakes,socialism makes capital mistakes...
July 17, 2010 21:33 IST
The word "democracy" has now acquired meaning as rule by the people.
July 14, 2010 15:13 IST
UNDP's HDRs have been phenomenally successful in focusing attention on human development aspects.
July 09, 2010 04:23 IST
Industry chambers arrive quickly where economists fear to tread. Why?....
July 08, 2010 17:39 IST
There is a draft land titling bill,with many desirable features. Comments have been invited on the draft...
July 03, 2010 03:07 IST
Sorting out the world through football line-ups...
July 02, 2010 15:23 IST
The spat between the MoS for Health and the Health Secretary sounds personal.
June 26, 2010 03:30 IST
There is too much generalisation in policy response to left-wing extremism....
June 19, 2010 03:46 IST
Why do we deny corporates investment opportunities in domestic agriculture?....
June 19, 2010 02:16 IST
How did Wall Street turn from a utility into a casino,asks another financial-crisis book....
