The writer is chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the PM. Views are personal.
October 11,2010 04:20:54 AM
Our anti-gambling laws derive from a colonial mindset
October 06,2010 02:19:00 AM
Jacques Rogge,International Olympic Committee President,was interviewed.
October 05,2010 05:10:38 AM
Our education system trains to faithfully reproduce,not think originally
September 29,2010 16:32:41 PM
We have a Contempt of Courts Act,1971. Under this,anything that scandalizes or tends to scandalize,or lowers or tends to lower the authority of,any court is contempt.
September 20,2010 01:30:21 AM
Bihar was once Indias basket case; that stereotype no longer holds
September 16,2010 12:35:31 PM
Growth is good,because it leads to trickle-down,though this doesn't negate the need for direct govt intervention through anti-poverty programmes.
September 13,2010 03:11:46 AM
Our thinking on land issues is dangerously muddled
September 09,2010 10:31:29 AM
So we got to know that wrong deflators had been used for GDP at market prices and actual real GDP growth was 10.02%,not 3.65%.
September 07,2010 02:48:39 AM
Our tribal policy is a mass of contradictions
August 27,2010 12:21:45 PM
Justice Iyer says: Our socialist,secular,democratic republic must appoint only judges who share the political philosophy of the Constitution...
August 17,2010 02:29:20 AM
We need to address inefficient usage of water,including irrigation....
August 10,2010 14:44:06 PM
IPRI is compiled by Property Rights Alliance and works through a network of organisations in several countries.
August 10,2010 04:21:36 AM
In a Railways reform,touts have won the battle over agents...
August 04,2010 15:55:02 PM
Poverty ratios below a poverty line don't capture everything about poverty.
August 02,2010 03:56:46 AM
The minister wants a debate on population control. Its ambit should be wider....
July 19,2010 04:22:05 AM
Capitalism makes social mistakes,socialism makes capital mistakes...
July 17,2010 21:33:07 PM
The word "democracy" has now acquired meaning as rule by the people.
July 14,2010 15:13:32 PM
UNDP's HDRs have been phenomenally successful in focusing attention on human development aspects.
July 09,2010 04:23:13 AM
Industry chambers arrive quickly where economists fear to tread. Why?....
July 08,2010 17:39:17 PM
There is a draft land titling bill,with many desirable features. Comments have been invited on the draft...
July 03,2010 03:07:38 AM
Sorting out the world through football line-ups...
July 02,2010 15:23:55 PM
The spat between the MoS for Health and the Health Secretary sounds personal.
June 26,2010 03:30:36 AM
There is too much generalisation in policy response to left-wing extremism....
June 19,2010 03:46:34 AM
Why do we deny corporates investment opportunities in domestic agriculture?....
June 19,2010 02:16:39 AM
How did Wall Street turn from a utility into a casino,asks another financial-crisis book....
