The writer, a former Union minister, is an economist.
June 03, 2015 00:00 IST
Government must raise public investment by at least one per cent of the GDP
March 16, 2015 00:06 IST
Land law amendments imply that state, not market, knows best.
March 04, 2015 00:06 IST
A reformist budget was tripped up by short-run pressures.
January 27, 2015 00:48 IST
Next set of GDP figures won’t be different. We need a public investment stimulus.
December 08, 2014 00:58 IST
If an anti-technology mindset spreads, we will have to pay for it dearly.
November 24, 2014 00:05 IST
But has India fully leveraged its presence at the high table?
November 11, 2014 00:26 IST
Electricity reforms, talked about for years, need a sustained political push.
October 06, 2014 00:04 IST
Sensible principles have become a casualty in the noisy pricing debate.
September 18, 2014 00:52 IST
What we need to learn from China is not the art of running a small firm well, but the art of supporting a small business.
September 08, 2014 00:21 IST
We need clarity on how the government plans to tackle the deficient monsoon.
August 07, 2014 03:01 IST
Behind the CSAT furore lie vested interests of the teaching shop industry.
June 06, 2014 00:00 IST
When food prices are driving inflation, an investment fillip is the answer.
May 29, 2014 00:16 IST
That poverty in Gujarat’s Adivasi belt has not come down is uncontested.
May 07, 2014 05:00 IST
Debate on the Gujarat model is more about stated positions, less about reality.
April 16, 2014 00:05 IST
Here, the MGNREGA and ration card are the people’s lifelines.
April 08, 2014 00:45 IST
Congress manifesto points to things the UPA didn’t do.
February 04, 2014 02:26 IST
A national power grid will need skilful management
January 07, 2014 13:11 IST
The relationship between civil servants and politicians remains unreformed.
December 26, 2013 01:49 IST
An investment stimulus,not a trimmer budget,is the need of the hour.
November 02, 2013 01:56 IST
The government must work on the fundamentals,not just wait for FDI.
October 21, 2013 03:37 IST
Why much of the anxiety over the new land acquisition law is misplaced.
October 08, 2013 04:57 IST
Vo Nguyen Giaps strength was his immersion in the real world
September 20, 2013 03:36 IST
Improving agricultural productivity is the real challenge for food security.
August 26, 2013 03:46 IST
Globally accepted norms of transparency in financial assessments are needed
August 10, 2013 05:49 IST
Only the foolhardy would uncritically accept official estimates.
