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P Chidambaram
P Chidambaram is former Finance minister of India.
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Across the aisle: Celebrating gods, neglecting children – 2Subscriber Only
January 21, 2018 02:31 IST
There is another acclaimed report published every year. It is the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER). We have a new report (2017) on the status of education in rural India and it was published on January 16, 2018.
Sun, Jan 21, 2018
Across the aisle: Truth, post-truth and again the truthSubscriber Only
January 14, 2018 00:00 IST
Twenty-seven days before the Budget, it was an awkward time to speak extensively on the state of the economy or to give any assurances.
Sun, Jan 14, 2018
Across the aisle: Revisiting Jammu and KashmirSubscriber Only
January 07, 2018 01:10 IST
We cannot allow ourselves to be caught between a hard place and a hard place. If we do, the losers will be the people of J&K and India will lose the opportunity to find a political solution.
Sun, Jan 07, 2018
Bid goodbye to a bizarre yearSubscriber Only
December 31, 2017 00:23 IST
The year 2017, to which we bid goodbye today, was replete with bizarre statements.
Sun, Dec 31, 2017
Across the aisle: Gujarat winner and economy are limpingSubscriber Only
December 24, 2017 00:00 IST
The BJP’s leadership has reason to be despondent that it lost 16 seats (from the 115 seats it had held) and was nowhere near its declared goal of 150 seats. The Congress’s leadership has reason to be disappointed because it came so near (80 seats) but couldn’t cross the finish line (92 seats)
Sun, Dec 24, 2017
Across the aisle: Now, return to governanceSubscriber Only
December 16, 2017 23:47 IST
The new normal is that every rule will be bent to influence the election.
Sun, Dec 17, 2017
Across the aisle: Gujarat after 22 years of BJP ruleSubscriber Only
December 10, 2017 01:12 IST
I shall readily admit that the issues of development and jobs and price rise are common to all states. In the past too, ruling parties attempted to side-step the real issues, but wise voters changed the government.
Sun, Dec 10, 2017Across the aisle: The sons of the soil of GujaratSubscriber Only
December 03, 2017 00:02 IST
Mr Modi should speak on matters that concern all of India such as farmers’ distress, oppression of Dalits, discrimination against minorities,.. Even during a state election, Mr Narendra Modi should speak as the Prime Minister of India
Sun, Dec 03, 2017
Across the aisle: She put the poor on the agendaSubscriber Only
November 26, 2017 00:19 IST
The people should never let any government forget that nearly 22 per cent of India’s population is still poor and they also have the right to a life of dignity — a truth that Indira Gandhi had acknowledged and defended in her lifetime.
Sun, Nov 26, 2017
Across the aisle: Development, and those left behindSubscriber Only
November 19, 2017 00:00 IST
A similar sense of disappointment prevails in Gujarat which goes to election in December. The much-touted ‘Gujarat Model’ is being dissected and examined. Even before 1995, Gujarat’s growth rate was higher than the national average and Gujarat has maintained that edge
Sun, Nov 19, 2017
Across the Aisle: Do good; else, do no harmSubscriber Only
November 12, 2017 00:15 IST
Demonetisation was a thoughtless and rash decision that turned out to be a colossal mistake and imposed a huge cost in terms of denting economic growth and heaping misery on millions of ordinary people.
Sun, Nov 12, 2017
Across the aisle: GST unravels, quick fixes not answerSubscriber Only
November 05, 2017 01:00 IST
Given the BJP’s penchant for inventing acronyms, it could have given the tax a name other than GST, because what we have got is not a true GST nor a ‘good and simple tax’.
Sun, Nov 05, 2017
Across the aisle: Ignore Thiruvalluvar at your perilSubscriber Only
October 29, 2017 00:00 IST
Recapitalisation is a half-reform done three years late, as pointed out by the Chief Economic Adviser on October 25. According to the CEA, it has to be accompanied by — I would say preceded by — banking reforms and tough governance standards. There is no word from the government on these concomitant reforms
Sun, Oct 29, 2017
Hunger is a shameSubscriber Only
October 22, 2017 00:30 IST
'I cannot recall the Prime Minister making food security a mission, nor did the government propose an alternative to the NFSA.'
Sun, Oct 22, 2017
Across the aisle: The real world beckons the PMSubscriber Only
October 15, 2017 00:00 IST
What the Prime Minister’s researchers and speech writers failed to tell him was that if all sectors of the economy were not growing, the economy will witness a recession, not a slowdown
Sun, Oct 15, 2017
Across the aisle: The killed and the killersSubscriber Only
October 08, 2017 00:05 IST
It is not difficult to construct a picture of the person or persons who probably committed these despicable murders. Almost certainly, they belong to right-wing groups. They question free speech and India’s diversity.
Sun, Oct 08, 2017
Across the aisle: Summer of 2014 to autumn of 2017Subscriber Only
October 01, 2017 00:15 IST
How did we go from the great expectations of the summer of 2014 to the disappointing autumn of 2017?
Sun, Oct 01, 2017
Against consumer and good economicsSubscriber Only
September 24, 2017 00:10 IST
In my view, "organised loot and legalised plunder" aptly describe the NDA government’s policy of taxation of petrol and diesel.
Sun, Sep 24, 2017
Across the aisle: Clueless in New DelhiSubscriber Only
September 17, 2017 00:01 IST
Every economist is agreed that India’s economic growth has slowed down. The Chief Economic Adviser has candidly admitted the fact, only his government is in denial! If a government is in denial about the slowdown, it is fair to conclude that it is also clueless about the causes of the slowdown.
Sun, Sep 17, 2017
Across the Aisle: Privacy is the core of personal libertySubscriber Only
September 10, 2017 00:15 IST
Justice K S Puttaswamy has enlarged and enriched the freedom that we won in 1947. Today, we will celebrate. Tomorrow, there will be other challenges and those too we shall overcome
Sun, Sep 10, 2017
Across the aisle: Demonetisation, a proof of the puddingSubscriber Only
September 03, 2017 00:04 IST
Since demonetisation, quarterly growth (and hence annual growth) has settled at between 6 and 7%. The CSO numbers for Q1 of 2017-18 are worse: GDP 5.7%, GVA 5.6% and manufacturing GDP 1.2%. Is that not a catastrophic blow to the economy?
Sun, Sep 03, 2017
Across the aisle- India at 70: The curse of casteSubscriber Only
August 27, 2017 00:00 IST
How and why the caste system has survived through the centuries is a puzzle. Why did the Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, who had power and money, accept the Brahmin as their superior? Why was the guru invariably a Brahmin?
Sun, Aug 27, 2017Across the aisle: India at 70 – The Economy (continued)Subscriber Only
August 20, 2017 01:01 IST
The RBI’s monetary policy statement has confirmed many of the conclusions. According to the RBI, business sentiment reflects expectations of moderation of activity in Q2 of 2017-18 (read slower growth).
Sun, Aug 20, 2017
Across the Aisle: India at 70 – The EconomySubscriber Only
August 13, 2017 00:00 IST
It is time to do a health-check of the economy as free India completes 70 years.
Sun, Aug 13, 2017
Across the aisle: A counter-narrative will emerge Subscriber Only
August 06, 2017 00:51 IST
In the post-truth world, more and more people are believing what is not necessarily true. They believe that ideology is dead. The only ‘thing’ you have to believe in is ‘What’s in it for me?’ asks P Chidambaram
Sun, Aug 06, 2017Journalism of Courage
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