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P Chidambaram
P Chidambaram is former Finance minister of India.
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P Chidambaram writes: Why no jobs for most youth?Subscriber Only
May 25, 2025 07:01 IST
...The regrettable but inescapable conclusions are, firstly, that the applicants for jobs do not have the education or the skills to fill the jobs. And, secondly, that the jobs on offer are not attractive because of the structure of the enterprise or the emoluments
Sun, May 25, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: The irrepressible Mr TrumpSubscriber Only
May 18, 2025 07:00 IST
There are other questions, but this is not the time or place to raise them. Mr Trump is irrepressible, he will not go away, he will make embarrassing statements, and he will give ample material for questions. Will we get answers or is silence the answer?
Sun, May 18, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: The Pahalgam paybackSubscriber Only
May 11, 2025 07:15 IST
In a smart move, the government fielded two young women officers, one from the Army and one from the Air Force, to brief the media on live television. The nation watched. The only sour note was the absence of the prime minister at the all-party meetings held on April 24 and May 7
Sun, May 11, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: India applauds resolve, and waitsSubscriber Only
May 04, 2025 07:05 IST
There are many reasons: the government expressed shock but not contrition; no one in authority acknowledged the grave lapses in security; the prime minister cut short his visit to Saudi Arabia and returned to Delhi but did not visit Pahalgam or Srinagar; an all-party meeting was called but Mr Modi skipped it and instead chose to visit Patna for a rally
Sun, May 04, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Between Scylla and CharybdisSubscriber Only
April 27, 2025 07:00 IST
The trade deficit with China exacerbates India’s current account deficit and is a ticking bomb. The surplus with the US has, to an extent, compensated the deficit with China. If the trade surplus with the US vanished thanks to Mr Trump’s tariffs and the trade deficit with China grew larger, it will worsen the situation for India
Sun, Apr 27, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: University education in perilSubscriber Only
April 20, 2025 07:00 IST
Unless the UGC Act is repealed, re-imagined and re-enacted, University autonomy will be a distant goal. Unless endowments are created with alumni support, academic freedom will be illusory. Instead of self-reliant public universities, there will be a proliferation of private universities promoted and funded by wealthy families and corporates (with exceptions).
Sun, Apr 20, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Mr Trump will be a loserSubscriber Only
April 13, 2025 07:04 IST
Mr Trump’s pause on tariffs has given the world some hope to believe that economic sense will prevail on him. However, if Mr Trump revokes the ‘pause’ and re-imposes the tariffs he had announced on April 2, he will upend the world’s economy.
Sun, Apr 13, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Malice toward MuslimsSubscriber Only
April 06, 2025 07:20 IST
Hindu religious and charitable institutions are administered by Hindus and Hindus alone. No one would suggest — or accept — that in the administration of Hindu temples and religious/charitable institutions, non-Hindus may have a role. (In fact, there is a demand by the Andhra Pradesh CM that non-Hindus ought not to be appointed even as employees of the Tirupati-Tirumala Devasthanam)
Sun, Apr 06, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Mr Modi stoops, will he conquer?Subscriber Only
March 30, 2025 07:30 IST
India’s response so far has been secretive and reactive. The government announced tariff reductions in the budget for 2025-26. Mr Trump was not impressed. Mr Modi tried flattery, Mr Trump was not satisfied. The digital service tax (the ‘Google tax’) was withdrawn when the Finance Bill was passed. More concessions are under discussion. This is an unsatisfactory approach...
Sun, Mar 30, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Collective action than dostiSubscriber Only
March 23, 2025 07:17 IST
On larger geo-political issues, what will be Mr Modi’s reaction if the United States took control of the Panama Canal in a swift and bloodless operation... Next, what will be Mr Modi’s reaction if the United States took over Greenland “one way or another” as promised by Mr Trump? Can India say that Greenland is too distant and is not our concern?
Sun, Mar 23, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Prepare to deal with dealmakerSubscriber Only
March 16, 2025 07:05 IST
Mr Trump has made no distinction between foe (China) and friend (India), and is willing to make deals. “I have made deals all my life”, he boasted and, after inviting, humiliating and throwing out President Zelenskyy, he invited him back “when he is ready to sign an agreement” for presumably critical minerals — Mr Trump called it ‘payback’
Sun, Mar 16, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Delimitation DilemmaSubscriber Only
March 09, 2025 07:00 IST
The promise that the number of seats of the Southern states will not be reduced is a hollow promise. Please note that there is no promise that the number of seats of the most populous states — Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh — will not be increased
Sun, Mar 09, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Starting an unprovoked warSubscriber Only
March 02, 2025 07:01 IST
The Three Language Formula (TLF) is not enforced in the Hindi-speaking states but sought to be enforced in the non-Hindi speaking states. It is a matter of record that government schools in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Haryana follow effectively a one-language policy of only Hindi
Sun, Mar 02, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Budget abandons the lesser gods-2Subscriber Only
February 23, 2025 07:00 IST
If the FM had desired to uphold equity and morality, she could have given tax relief through a cut in the GST rates or cut in the taxes on petrol and diesel. Or she could have to put more money in the hands of the people by increasing the MGNREGS daily wage or raising the statutory minimum wage in every kind of employment across the board
Sun, Feb 23, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Budget abandons the lesser gods – ISubscriber Only
February 16, 2025 07:00 IST
It is most probable that the ‘giveaway’ of a cut in the income tax was decided at the highest levels of the government. Which section of the tax-payers should get the benefit? Aw shucks (as Mr Trump would have said), let every income tax payer get it! Hence, the decision to raise the threshold of taxable income from Rs 7 lakhs to Rs 12 lakhs. The FM said it would cost Rs 1,00,000 crore
Sun, Feb 16, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Voice in the wildernessSubscriber Only
February 09, 2025 07:00 IST
Look at the situation in 2024: The BJP had been voted to power for the third time but with a warning. You will have sufficient numbers but not an absolute majority to form the government... It was the same situation that Narasimha Rao-Manmohan Singh faced in 1991. The Congress’ PM-FM seized the opportunity and announced path-breaking reforms
Sun, Feb 09, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Ideology trumps ConstitutionSubscriber Only
February 02, 2025 07:00 IST
It appears that the aim of Uttarakhand was not to make a progressive and liberal law in tune with the changing values, morals and mores of society. It was, in the words of the Union Home Minister, to remove the “regressive personal laws”. Uttarakhand’s law is an assertion of majoritarianism
Sat, Feb 01, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: State of economy before the BudgetSubscriber Only
January 26, 2025 07:00 IST
The government has acquired the tag of being pro-corporates and pro-cronies. Corporate profits amounted to Rs 10,88,000 crore in 2022-23 and rose to Rs 14,11,000 crore in 2023-24. During the two years, scheduled commercial banks wrote off loans to corporates amounting to Rs 2,09,144 crore and Rs 1,70,000 crore, respectively
Sun, Jan 26, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: NRN, SNS and other provocative peopleSubscriber Only
January 19, 2025 07:15 IST
Having achieved enormous success and reached the top, I think NRN and SNS are qualified to speak about ‘longer’ hours of work for Indians. I don’t think it has anything to do with financial rewards, as insinuated by some trolls and memes
Sun, Jan 19, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Vice chancellors will become viceroys Subscriber Only
January 12, 2025 07:00 IST
Under the present dispensation, governors are political appointees rewarded for loyalty to the RSS/BJP’s ideology or trusted retired civil servants. In Opposition-ruled states, the governor is instructed to act as the Viceroy of the central government and to shackle the state government. In effect, there is a Dyarchy in the states: the elected government and the unelected governor
Sun, Jan 12, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Dr Manmohan Singh, R.I.PSubscriber Only
January 05, 2025 07:00 IST
The present generation (born after 1991) scarcely believes that there was an India with one television channel, one car, one airline, one telephone service provider, trunk calls, PCO/STD/ISD booths and long waiting lists for everything from two-wheelers to train tickets to passports. The seeds of change were sowed by Dr Singh, a fact belatedly acknowledged by PM Modi’s tribute to him and the Cabinet resolution
Sun, Jan 05, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Defiant push to change ConstitutionSubscriber Only
December 29, 2024 06:30 IST
Commentators described the BJP-led government as a ‘minority’ government that will force Mr Modi to be more circumspect and restrained. I did not share that view. They thought that Mr Modi will be more deferent to Parliament, but that too was belied by the Winter session.
Sun, Dec 29, 2024
P Chidambaram writes: Big blows for the ConstitutionSubscriber Only
December 22, 2024 06:30 IST
One Nation One Election and other changes intended by the BJP are worse: they threaten to undermine democracy and federalism. However, I am convinced that the strong spine of the Constitution and its robust and progressive spirit will ultimately prevail
Sun, Dec 22, 2024
P Chidambaram writes: Wishful Bharat is not Viksit BharatSubscriber Only
December 15, 2024 04:00 IST
Mr Jaishankar and Mr Vaishnaw can legitimately be proud of the progress we have made in the country since liberalisation in 1991. It was the dawn of economic freedom. There were setbacks... Yet, successive governments stood on the shoulders of the previous government(s) and added more building blocks.
Sun, Dec 15, 2024
P Chidambaram writes: Pardon me, judges open Pandora’s boxSubscriber Only
December 08, 2024 03:00 IST
In my view, the Supreme Court should have invoked its powers under Article 141 of the Constitution to do “complete justice”, called the suit to its file, and dismissed the suit holding that the Act that was honoured for 30 years should be upheld at all costs
Sun, Dec 08, 2024Journalism of Courage
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