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P Chidambaram
P Chidambaram is former Finance minister of India.
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Across the aisle: Disconnect between government and peopleSubscriber Only
July 03, 2016 00:30 IST
'The BJP was voted into office by 31 per cent of the people who took part in the voting... I am sure, the Prime Minister has often pondered on how to wean some of the 69 per cent to his side.'
Sun, Jul 03, 2016
Across the aisle- Economic reforms: Act I, Scene ISubscriber Only
June 26, 2016 01:01 IST
It is wrong to think that economic reforms consist of announcements or a few deft strokes of the pen making changes in some policy or other.
Sun, Jun 26, 2016
Across the aisle: Fake encounter with facts, fake controversySubscriber Only
June 19, 2016 00:07 IST
No government can pronounce anyone guilty or innocent. No one can declare that Ishrat Jahan and three others were ‘terrorists’.
Sun, Jun 19, 2016
Across the aisle: Gross domestic product or puzzle?Subscriber Only
June 12, 2016 00:00 IST
The GDP growth number is an approximation of the underlying economic activity. Many economic decisions of the government and private investors are based on that number.
Sun, Jun 12, 2016
Across the Aisle: Then and now – The model is flawedSubscriber Only
June 05, 2016 00:00 IST
How does the government change the behaviour of its citizens in the matter of defecation given the social structure of a village with limited resources?
Sun, Jun 05, 2016
I wish the Prime Minister had saidSubscriber Only
May 29, 2016 00:15 IST
My government has greatly benefited by the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan and the National Skill Development Mission launched by the previous government. We have scaled up the two programmes which are now being implemented as Swachh Bharat and Skill India
Sun, May 29, 2016
Across the aisle: It is not yet the turning pointSubscriber Only
May 22, 2016 00:10 IST
As it turned out, the election results were as expected a few months ago — that is before the spin masters and the pollsters took over and created a mystery around the elections.
Sun, May 22, 2016
Across the aisle: Misadventures of the Modi governmentSubscriber Only
May 15, 2016 00:05 IST
Many who had voted for the BJP are looking for alternatives, as they did in the elections in Delhi and Bihar.
Sun, May 15, 2016
Wanted: A Bharatanatyam dancer, pleaseSubscriber Only
May 08, 2016 00:14 IST
Every commentator has acknowledged that the best years of the Indian economy (“boom years” according to the current Chief Economic Adviser!) were 2004-2009, that is the period of UPA I.
Sun, May 08, 2016
Government should back CJI on idea of a Court of AppealSubscriber Only
May 01, 2016 00:24 IST
The CJI proposed the idea of a Court of Appeal which would be a beginning of the end of an over-burdened and choked Supreme Court and the restoration of a true Constitutional Court .
Sun, May 01, 2016
Across the aisle: Let’s admit we are challenged in one eyeSubscriber Only
April 24, 2016 00:00 IST
Dr Rajan was not obliged to explain what he had meant, but he did explain a few days later and reminded his critics that a central banker has “to be pragmatic and cannot get euphoric”.
Sun, Apr 24, 2016
Across the aisle: Embracing Kashmir, alienating KashmirisSubscriber Only
April 17, 2016 00:00 IST
The project of building a Union of States will reach its culmination when the people of the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir feel they are truly a part of India.
Sun, Apr 17, 2016
Across the aisle: A factual report from the groundSubscriber Only
April 10, 2016 00:00 IST
The government’s intentions may be good, but that is not enough. As the saying goes, the way to hell is paved with good intentions. The government must boldly tackle the problems and take the difficult decisions. That alone will promote new investments.
Sun, Apr 10, 2016
Across the aisle: Basking in an illusory sunshineSubscriber Only
April 03, 2016 00:00 IST
I do not doubt the intentions of the government. My worry is, does the government have a firm grasp of the current economic situation.
Sun, Apr 03, 2016
BJP’s attempt to define a nationalist as one who will say ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ is a gross distortion of historySubscriber Only
March 27, 2016 00:00 IST
'Project Nationalism' seeks to bludgeon the people to submerge their individual identities in a presumed national identity
Sun, Mar 27, 2016Across the Aisle-Aadhaar Bill: Ends right, means wrongSubscriber Only
March 20, 2016 00:00 IST
In 2013, the Supreme Court, by an interim order, ruled that Aadhaar could not be made mandatory to receive benefits. In 2015, the case was referred to a larger bench to decide the question whether Aadhaar infringed the right to privacy.
Sun, Mar 20, 2016
Across the aisle- Budget 2016-17: The fiscal math is puzzlingSubscriber Only
March 13, 2016 00:00 IST
No part of the windfall has been used for additional capital expenditure or socially useful programmes.
Sun, Mar 13, 2016
Across the aisle- Dear farmers: Achhe din are comingSubscriber Only
March 06, 2016 00:00 IST
The way to improve the farmer’s income is to improve his non-farm income.
Sun, Mar 06, 2016Across the aisle: In good times and bad times, courage is the allySubscriber Only
March 01, 2016 00:10 IST
The budget is an opportunity wasted by a government enjoying a majority in the Lok Sabha
Tue, Mar 01, 2016
Across the Aisle: A wish list and some notes of cautionSubscriber Only
February 28, 2016 00:59 IST
The third budget of any government is a crucial milestone. If the economy is on a roll, it is a time for consolidation; if the economy is stuck, it is the last opportunity to get it unstuck.
Sun, Feb 28, 2016
Across The Aisle: Maybe we are all anti-nationalsSubscriber Only
February 21, 2016 00:15 IST
What is the place of a University in the democratic republic that we have given unto ourselves? As a student, can I regard my age as an age where I have the right to be wrong?
Sun, Feb 21, 2016
Across the aisle: Crouching tiger vs hidden dragonSubscriber Only
February 14, 2016 00:27 IST
Net neutrality is not a slogan and Regulations are not slogans written into the law; they need to have more nuance.
Sun, Feb 14, 2016
Across the aisle- MGNREGA: Making a meal of wordsSubscriber Only
February 07, 2016 00:00 IST
MGNREGA was never about “digging pits”; nor is it a “monument to failure”. As Mr Modi has made a meal of his words, the time has come to convert the programme into one that will create “durable assets” and become a “monument to social justice”
Sun, Feb 07, 2016
China and India: In same choppy watersSubscriber Only
January 31, 2016 00:02 IST
China has been the main driver of world growth for a decade. Through the 1997 Asian currency crisis and through the 2008 international financial crisis, China continued to grow at an unprecedented rate.
Sun, Jan 31, 2016
Across the aisle: ‘My birth is my fatal accident’Subscriber Only
January 24, 2016 00:00 IST
Just as “No one killed Jessica Lall”, no one Is — or will be held — responsible for the death of Rohith.
Mon, Feb 01, 2016Journalism of Courage
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