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Bibek Debroy
The writer is chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the PM. Views are personal.
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Jobs, not the government’s jobSubscriber Only
October 13,2004 00:00:00 AM
At the Shram Awards function, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated that there must be greater flexibility in labour markets, but no automati...
Wed, Oct 13, 2004A Central Planning MinistrySubscriber Only
September 04,2004 00:00:00 AM
Everyone now swears by the Common Minimum Programme (CMP). Let me therefore give you two quotes from the CMP. First, “the UPA governmen...
Sat, Sep 04, 2004The budget’s redundant windowSubscriber Only
August 07,2004 00:00:00 AM
Some months ago, my car-related papers were stolen. I needed duplicates, but that was easier said than done. On the face of it, there is not...
Sat, Aug 07, 2004Disappointingly, no substantive tax reformSubscriber Only
July 09,2004 00:00:00 AM
Every Budget speech has Part A and Part B. Ideally, Part B is what we should be concerned with, since a budget is no more than an annual sta...
Fri, Jul 09, 2004Captain, a hole in your argumentSubscriber Only
June 28,2004 00:00:00 AM
Will we have reservations in the private sector? The Common Minimum Programme promises ‘‘a national dialogue with all political pa...
Mon, Jun 28, 2004Fire the non-issueSubscriber Only
June 08,2004 00:00:00 AM
In generating consensus on the Common Minimum Programme (CMP), and on reforms outside the CMP, labour market reforms invariably figure. Inde...
Tue, Jun 08, 2004Reform, make it farm freshSubscriber Only
May 27,2004 00:00:00 AM
Markets, industry and foreign institutional investors evidently dislike the electoral results. There is also a tendency to dislike democracy...
Thu, May 27, 2004What exactly are we afraid of?Subscriber Only
May 20,2004 00:00:00 AM
We don't yet know what the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of the new government will look like. But without waiting and recognising that CMP...
Thu, May 20, 2004The five-day economySubscriber Only
April 21,2004 00:00:00 AM
The economy will grow by 7 per cent; rural incomes will increase; 14 million new jobs will be created this year. I am not quoting from anoth...
Wed, Apr 21, 2004Education ShiningSubscriber Only
March 17,2004 00:00:00 AM
It is pity that the India Shining advertisements have disappeared. Because one of India’s most impressive achievements has also disappe...
Wed, Mar 17, 2004Sums and laddersSubscriber Only
February 09,2004 00:00:00 AM
Which is greater — 6 multiplied by 6, or 4 multiplied by 8? This trivial question deserves an answer because of what is being said abou...
Mon, Feb 09, 2004In 2004, just ban bansSubscriber Only
December 31,2003 00:00:00 AM
Those who browse around on the internet are familiar with the www.dhmo.org website and several chain e-mail messages resulting from it. Afte...
Wed, Dec 31, 2003The Budget as the BSP testSubscriber Only
December 11,2003 00:00:00 AM
Most people argue Indian elections are never fought, and lost or won, on economic issues, except isolated instances when onion prices shoot ...
Thu, Dec 11, 2003Laugh, and then thinkSubscriber Only
November 05,2003 00:00:00 AM
I have written about Ig Nobel prizes before. Indians have higher representation in winning Ig Nobel prizes than Nobel ones. Ig Nobel prizes ...
Wed, Nov 05, 2003Cancun: a mystery storySubscriber Only
October 17,2003 00:00:00 AM
There have been several post-mortems of what happened in Cancun. Flowing from that, there have also been some ante-mortems of the Doha Devel...
Fri, Oct 17, 2003Hindi-Chini Buy BuySubscriber Only
October 12,2003 00:00:00 AM
THREE years ago, there was paranoia about an import threat from China. Chinese manufactured products cost half or even one-third of Indian o...
Sun, Oct 12, 2003Clipping our own wingsSubscriber Only
September 10,2003 00:00:00 AM
Which is the best airline in the world? That’s probably an impossible question to answer. The answer varies from survey to survey and t...
Wed, Sep 10, 2003On the yellow brick roadSubscriber Only
August 06,2003 00:00:00 AM
John Loudon McAdam was born in 1756 and died in 1836. I vaguely remember reading about McAdam in school. I suspect McAdam has now moved out ...
Wed, Aug 06, 2003Open up the universitySubscriber Only
July 09,2003 00:00:00 AM
Recently I read that India annually produces the largest number of Ph.D degrees per capita. No source was given, so I haven’t been able...
Wed, Jul 09, 2003Tale of the two ISIsSubscriber Only
June 06,2003 00:00:00 AM
Has liberalisation been good for consumers, in terms of offering broader choice, lower prices and better quality? It certainly has and compe...
Fri, Jun 06, 2003No truck with the smallSubscriber Only
May 01,2003 00:00:00 AM
The truck strike is over. I will not waste words on the transporters’ demands and their agreement with the government. Instead, I want ...
Thu, May 01, 2003Here’s why the poor are poorSubscriber Only
April 14,2003 00:00:00 AM
On March 30, newspapers carried advertisements issued by the ministry of information and broadcasting to celebrate five years of a “dyn...
Mon, Apr 14, 2003Getting into the Super SixSubscriber Only
March 10,2003 00:00:00 AM
Speaking in Parliament, the prime minister has told us what everyone already knew. There is no way we will touch the average annual GDP grow...
Mon, Mar 10, 2003Tin is a soft metalSubscriber Only
February 06,2003 00:00:00 AM
February is the cruelest of months. Thanks to the Union budget. I am not saying this because of taxes. In a poor country like India, we want...
Thu, Feb 06, 2003
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