Sunil Jain (1963-2021) was Managing Editor of The Financial Express. He passed away on May 15 due to post Covid-19 complications. Known for his insightful and unsparing commentary on business and economy, Jain was often a lightning rod for many an intellectual and policy debate. A graduate of Delhi School of Economics, he wrote extensively on issues like regulatory capture, highlighting details of faulty decisions by the telecom as well as various electricity regulators. Jain started his journalistic career as a reporter in India Today in 1991, and then moved on to heading all business and economy coverage for The Indian Express. After working for six years in the Express, he worked with Business Standard for eight years, and then joined The Financial Express. Jain wrote two books based on the results of NCAER’s annual household survey and was the co-author of ‘Caste in a Different Mould’ on the role of education and location and occupation in social and income mobility across caste groups.

July 31, 1999 00:00 IST
While both President K.R. Narayanan and Chief Election Commissioner M.S. Gill appear quite exercised over what the powers of a `caretaker...
Sat, Jul 31, 1999
July 28, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 27: With elections round the corner, the government appears to have decided to keep the much-needed hike in diesel prices...
Wed, Jul 28, 1999
July 28, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 27: With elections round the corner, the government appears to have decided to keep the much-needed hike in diesel prices...
Wed, Jul 28, 1999
July 27, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 26: Just a few months after he rejected the steel ministry's demand to retain a floor price on steel imports, Commerce Mi...
Tue, Jul 27, 1999
July 24, 1999 00:00 IST
Though Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has stuck to his government's controversial decision on the telecom package, and has justified...
Sat, Jul 24, 1999
July 20, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 19: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee sent a reply to President K R Narayanan today, defending his government's decisio...
Tue, Jul 20, 1999
July 20, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 19: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee sent a reply to President K R Narayanan today, defending his government's decisio...
Tue, Jul 20, 1999
July 17, 1999 00:00 IST
A few days ago, when the controversy over whether the Essar Group should be allowed to default on its $250m worth of foreign loans was at...
Sat, Jul 17, 1999
July 15, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 14: With the one-year old peace accord it announced with Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan not working too well due to th...
Thu, Jul 15, 1999
July 14, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 13: With the term of Petronet India Ltd's current chairman M A Pathan coming to an end, the battle for the next chief is ...
Wed, Jul 14, 1999
July 10, 1999 00:00 IST
A few weeks ago, the Reliance group sent shivers up the collective spine of the public sector oil companies when they wrote a letter to t...
Sat, Jul 10, 1999
July 09, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 8: Over the last few months, anywhere between 10,000 to 15,000 unsuspecting investors have been attending Maple Leaf Trad...
Fri, Jul 09, 1999
July 08, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 7: Coke may finally be readying itself for an all-India launch of its Diet Coke following a wide-ranging stay granted to ...
Thu, Jul 08, 1999
July 03, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 2: The government today granted Ranbaxy Laboratories the final clearance to begin testing its new drugs on specially-rear...
Sat, Jul 03, 1999
July 03, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 2: The government today granted Ranbaxy Laboratories the final clearance to begin testing its new drugs on specially-rear...
Sat, Jul 03, 1999
July 03, 1999 00:00 IST
Before spending a few billion dollars on new equipment, chances are most corporates would undertake a massive market-analysis exercise to...
Sat, Jul 03, 1999
July 02, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 1: Six months after it was first done for all civilian government employees, the Ministry of Defence has finally notified...
Fri, Jul 02, 1999
July 02, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 1: Six months after it was first done for all civilian government employees, the Ministry of Defence has finally notified...
Fri, Jul 02, 1999
June 29, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JUNE 28: Though the government has not yet been able to get the formal clearances for the telecom package from either the fina...
Tue, Jun 29, 1999
June 27, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JUNE 26: Believe it or not, officials in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) have actually asked the Ghaziabad court to...
Sun, Jun 27, 1999
June 26, 1999 00:00 IST
Years ago, when I worked for one of the country's leading chambers of commerce, the popular office joke was about how we confused Indian ...
Sat, Jun 26, 1999
June 25, 1999 00:00 IST
JUNE 24: The Union Cabinet will decide on the new telecom bailout package on Tuesday. Meetings were held between officials of the Departm...
Fri, Jun 25, 1999
June 25, 1999 00:00 IST
JUNE 24: The Union Cabinet will decide on the new telecom bailout package on Tuesday. Meetings were held between officials of the Departm...
Fri, Jun 25, 1999
June 23, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JUNE 22: While recommending last week that the government could allow the existing telecom companies to shift from the fixed-l...
Wed, Jun 23, 1999
June 23, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JUNE 22: While recommending last week that the government could allow the existing telecom companies to shift from the fixed-l...
Wed, Jun 23, 1999



