The writer, a former Union minister, is an economist.
July 22, 2013 04:54 IST
Food security could help raise real incomes,trigger innovation in agriculture
June 11, 2013 04:20 IST
Support mechanisms for states are key to a national water law
May 03, 2013 03:14 IST
Law on land acquisition will reduce distortions in the use of a scarce resource
April 12, 2013 02:27 IST
Rahul Gandhi said it: we need policies to improve conditions for economic migrants
March 28, 2013 03:56 IST
Can a policy for growth with price stability be configured,is the question
February 27, 2013 03:09 IST
It is unlikely to address concerns arising from failing agricultural initiatives
September 10, 2012 03:32 IST
Eras,like the one Verghese Kurien inaugurated,never come to an end
July 05, 2012 02:26 IST
Time to take the bolder steps,bring FDI to small towns
June 11, 2012 02:55 IST
What the standing committee report on the land acquisition bill left out
April 04, 2012 00:29 IST
P.S. Appu demanded a lot,but set the perfect example
March 17, 2012 01:34 IST
Theres no easy way out after living beyond our means for so long. But the budget is good
March 05, 2012 00:06 IST
Transparency is essential in holy grails like nuke energy and agri research
February 02, 2012 03:57 IST
Exaggerated numbers are thrown across our food security debate
January 03, 2012 03:38 IST
Strengthening the food and agricultural supply chain
December 05, 2011 11:47 IST
Science doctorates went up from 5000 at beginning of 10th Plan to more than 9000 in 11th Plan.
October 05, 2011 03:39 IST
We need to maximise self-selecting measures for subsidies
August 08, 2011 01:09 IST
Some proposals in the seeds bill need further deliberation.
August 07, 2011 18:43 IST
The Planning Commission which ruled the poverty roost with an iron hand for over thirty years seems to have hung up its gloves.
July 21, 2011 00:18 IST
Why exporting wheat is not a solution in itself
July 08, 2011 03:58 IST
Are we finally looking at decontrolling sugar?
June 23, 2011 00:56 IST
Remembering Suresh Tendulkar,the great critic of planning.
May 27, 2011 00:05 IST
Why farmers are so reluctant to diversify
May 26, 2011 15:53 IST
India is playing in fact a soft leadership role in the continent of the future.
May 21, 2011 17:51 IST
Rajiv had no patience with more of the same and threw out those who made a career of it,from his strategic thinking teams.
May 16, 2011 17:51 IST
It is only when the election results were being declared that I discovered that Mamata Didi is a denizen of Kalighat.
