The writer is chairman, 15th Finance Commission
October 30, 2005 00:00 IST
Hopefully, the aftermath of the ongoing electoral rhetoric in Bihar will yield stable electoral outcomes. Bihar’s development imperativ...
Sun, Oct 30, 2005October 23, 2005 00:00 IST
Last month, the ASPEN Institute India held a well-attended interactive session on justice and society. Speakers included Goolam Vahanvati, S...
Sun, Oct 23, 2005October 16, 2005 00:00 IST
NEW YORK: Given the present paranoia on security and terrorism, international migration can scarcely be a popular theme. It is another matte...
Sun, Oct 16, 2005October 09, 2005 00:28 IST
New York: Four days ago, the report of the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) entitled ‘‘Migration in an intercon...
Sun, Oct 09, 2005October 02, 2005 00:00 IST
Manmohan Singh respects authority, he is its repository, but is certainly not authoritarian. Reforms in governance has been his recurring th...
Sun, Oct 02, 2005September 25, 2005 00:24 IST
Just before P Chidambaram left for the annual ritual of the World Bank and the IMF meeting in Washington he was rather optimistic in an inte...
Sun, Sep 25, 2005September 18, 2005 00:09 IST
Last week, I made some suggestions on reforming the Ministry of Finance. This included repeal of laws which have outlived their utility. Al...
Sun, Sep 18, 2005September 11, 2005 00:00 IST
The Parliament is in recess. While the Press survives the silly season, Ministers get respite to plan for the future. Chidambaram has alread...
Sun, Sep 11, 2005September 04, 2005 00:00 IST
Last week, P Chidambaram presented to the Parliament the ‘‘Outlays and Outcomes Budget — Towards Achieving Better Results...
Sun, Sep 04, 2005August 28, 2005 00:00 IST
Paul Wolfowitz, the 10th President of the World Bank, has just concluded his first visit to India. Notwithstanding NGO protests against wate...
Sun, Aug 28, 2005August 22, 2005 00:00 IST
Sensing the public mood, the UPA government had to relent after tabling a completely sterile Action Taken Report alongwith the Nanavati Comm...
Mon, Aug 22, 2005August 21, 2005 00:12 IST
Disinvestment, much less privatisation, is clearly out of fashion. Chidambaram, irrespective of what he privately believes, has ruled out s...
Sun, Aug 21, 2005August 14, 2005 01:10 IST
Last week, I wrote about the Central Government focusing on their achievements and inadequacies. This week I want to focus on the states. It...
Sun, Aug 14, 2005August 07, 2005 00:53 IST
Time passes quickly. It was exactly one year ago that I wrote my first column, ‘‘A prime ministerial embrace for August 15’&#...
Sun, Aug 07, 2005July 31, 2005 00:00 IST
THE ASPEN Institute India made a credible beginning last week with a well-attended interactive session on ‘‘Media and Society’...
Sun, Jul 31, 2005July 24, 2005 00:00 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has just returned from a successful visit to the United States. The new initiatives auger well for strengtheni...
Sun, Jul 24, 2005July 17, 2005 00:00 IST
The much awaited visit of the Prime Minister to the US has begun. The visit has been well prepared considering that:• ENRON, a perennia...
Sun, Jul 17, 2005July 10, 2005 00:17 IST
MADRID: The world is gripped with a new India fever. It is increasingly fashionable for any worthwhile academic institution or a major inter...
Sun, Jul 10, 2005July 03, 2005 00:00 IST
Geneva: The turmoil in Europe over the future course of its integration process has no ripples in Switzerland. Europe truly is in the throes...
Sun, Jul 03, 2005June 26, 2005 00:02 IST
ZERMATT: Located at the southern tip of Switzerland, Zermatt is one of the best preserved ski resorts and a summer paradise for hikers and m...
Sun, Jun 26, 2005June 19, 2005 00:06 IST
Ongoing reforms in transport have substantially augmented public resources and created opportunities for public-private partnerships in deve...
Sun, Jun 19, 2005June 12, 2005 00:38 IST
India's transport infrastructure, among other topics, was discussed at great length at the recently concluded Stanford conference on India. ...
Sun, Jun 12, 2005June 05, 2005 00:02 IST
The Stanford Center for International Development (SCID)’s Sixth Annual Stanford Conference on Indian Economic Reform has just conclude...
Sun, Jun 05, 2005May 29, 2005 00:49 IST
India is coming to grips with the complexities of urban reform, particularly as pressures become clear in metro cities. Fortunately, compare...
Sun, May 29, 2005May 24, 2005 00:00 IST
The Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM), of which I am a member, has been conducting regional hearings before finalising the...
Tue, May 24, 2005