The writer is Contributing Editor at The Indian Express, and Consulting Editor at Network 18
February 24, 2011 01:44 IST
Public employment created by non-NREGA public works may just be giving more bang for the buck than NREGA.
February 17, 2011 02:49 IST
Scams like 2G take place once in a decade,but NREGA and PDS-type schemes cause a larger loss every year
February 05, 2011 02:10 IST
For all its political uses,the estimate of Indias black money is wildly overblown.
January 13, 2011 03:11 IST
No amount of obfuscation by the UPA changes this: money was lost with no gain to the public good.
January 08, 2011 03:07 IST
India desperately needs a new States Reorganisation Commission and a new constitution.
December 25, 2010 02:28 IST
The Jalan report on stock exchange ownership gets it spectacularly wrong,starting with the presumption that India is unique.
December 18, 2010 03:54 IST
Theres much to cheer in the Indian pattern of growth and poverty alleviation. If only we werent determined to ignore it.
December 11, 2010 11:06 IST
Let us start with the Radia case. What was wrong here?
December 11, 2010 03:07 IST
There is no better guarantor of freedom and efficiency than a system that lets the regulator be checkmated when it indulges in malpractice.
December 02, 2010 02:56 IST
The Jalan reports control-era conclusions on stock-exchange ownership need to be thoroughly debated before being even marginally accepted.
November 25, 2010 03:02 IST
Nitishs overwhelming victory shows that taking development to the poor works. The Congress should do that instead of legislating morality.
November 12, 2010 00:54 IST
Given that governments are incapable of acting,the good old market might well provide the solution to the worlds currency,or yuan,problem.
October 23, 2010 00:26 IST
For a new improved world order,the yuan must substantially appreciate over the next few years.
October 02, 2010 03:42 IST
Why we will all eventually thank the CWG organisers for their inept and inefficient corruption.
January 01, 2006 00:00 IST
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