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P Chidambaram is former Finance minister of India.
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P Chidambaram writes | Eleven years: a data-based critiqueSubscriber Only
June 22,2025 07:00:05 AM
Expenditure is a proxy for income and borrowing. The persons in the bottom 10% have an expenditure of Rs 50-100 per day. Ask yourself, with Rs 50-100 a day, what kind of food can a person consume? What kind of dwelling can a person have? What kind of medical care or medicines can the person afford?
Sun, Jun 22, 2025
P Chidambaram writes | Eleven years: A critiqueSubscriber Only
June 15,2025 07:00:55 AM
By all accounts, every power is concentrated in the hands of Mr Narendra Modi. He may deserve to claim sole credit for the government’s achievements; he should also bear sole responsibility for its failures
Sun, Jun 15, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: War against a fused frontSubscriber Only
June 08,2025 07:00:02 AM
I feel it would have been more appropriate to convene a special session of Parliament and for the prime minister or defence minister to make a statement on Operation Sindoor, and invite a discussion. However, it was egregious behaviour on the part of bhakts to troll General Chauhan (as they trolled Foreign Secretary, Mr Vikram Misri)
Sat, Jun 07, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: That’s the way the cookie crumblesSubscriber Only
June 01,2025 07:00:07 AM
Despite the dosti, America deported Indian ‘illegal’ immigrants in handcuffs and leg chains. Not a word of protest from the prime minister. Steep tariffs were imposed on imports from India; not a word. The U.S. voted in favour of IMF’s loan to Pakistan; not a word. Indian students face the threat of revocation of their visas; not a word. Student visa interviews have been suspended; not a word. The dosti lies in a shambles
Sun, Jun 01, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Why no jobs for most youth?Subscriber Only
May 25,2025 07:01:50 AM
...The regrettable but inescapable conclusions are, firstly, that the applicants for jobs do not have the education or the skills to fill the jobs. And, secondly, that the jobs on offer are not attractive because of the structure of the enterprise or the emoluments
Sun, May 25, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: The irrepressible Mr TrumpSubscriber Only
May 18,2025 07:00:49 AM
There are other questions, but this is not the time or place to raise them. Mr Trump is irrepressible, he will not go away, he will make embarrassing statements, and he will give ample material for questions. Will we get answers or is silence the answer?
Sun, May 18, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: The Pahalgam paybackSubscriber Only
May 11,2025 07:15:41 AM
In a smart move, the government fielded two young women officers, one from the Army and one from the Air Force, to brief the media on live television. The nation watched. The only sour note was the absence of the prime minister at the all-party meetings held on April 24 and May 7
Sun, May 11, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: India applauds resolve, and waitsSubscriber Only
May 04,2025 07:05:46 AM
There are many reasons: the government expressed shock but not contrition; no one in authority acknowledged the grave lapses in security; the prime minister cut short his visit to Saudi Arabia and returned to Delhi but did not visit Pahalgam or Srinagar; an all-party meeting was called but Mr Modi skipped it and instead chose to visit Patna for a rally
Sun, May 04, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Between Scylla and CharybdisSubscriber Only
April 27,2025 07:00:17 AM
The trade deficit with China exacerbates India’s current account deficit and is a ticking bomb. The surplus with the US has, to an extent, compensated the deficit with China. If the trade surplus with the US vanished thanks to Mr Trump’s tariffs and the trade deficit with China grew larger, it will worsen the situation for India
Sun, Apr 27, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: University education in perilSubscriber Only
April 20,2025 07:00:09 AM
Unless the UGC Act is repealed, re-imagined and re-enacted, University autonomy will be a distant goal. Unless endowments are created with alumni support, academic freedom will be illusory. Instead of self-reliant public universities, there will be a proliferation of private universities promoted and funded by wealthy families and corporates (with exceptions).
Sun, Apr 20, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Mr Trump will be a loserSubscriber Only
April 13,2025 07:04:17 AM
Mr Trump’s pause on tariffs has given the world some hope to believe that economic sense will prevail on him. However, if Mr Trump revokes the ‘pause’ and re-imposes the tariffs he had announced on April 2, he will upend the world’s economy.
Sun, Apr 13, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Malice toward MuslimsSubscriber Only
April 06,2025 07:20:00 AM
Hindu religious and charitable institutions are administered by Hindus and Hindus alone. No one would suggest — or accept — that in the administration of Hindu temples and religious/charitable institutions, non-Hindus may have a role. (In fact, there is a demand by the Andhra Pradesh CM that non-Hindus ought not to be appointed even as employees of the Tirupati-Tirumala Devasthanam)
Sun, Apr 06, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Mr Modi stoops, will he conquer?Subscriber Only
March 30,2025 07:30:26 AM
India’s response so far has been secretive and reactive. The government announced tariff reductions in the budget for 2025-26. Mr Trump was not impressed. Mr Modi tried flattery, Mr Trump was not satisfied. The digital service tax (the ‘Google tax’) was withdrawn when the Finance Bill was passed. More concessions are under discussion. This is an unsatisfactory approach...
Sun, Mar 30, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Collective action than dostiSubscriber Only
March 23,2025 07:17:10 AM
On larger geo-political issues, what will be Mr Modi’s reaction if the United States took control of the Panama Canal in a swift and bloodless operation... Next, what will be Mr Modi’s reaction if the United States took over Greenland “one way or another” as promised by Mr Trump? Can India say that Greenland is too distant and is not our concern?
Sun, Mar 23, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Prepare to deal with dealmakerSubscriber Only
March 16,2025 07:05:54 AM
Mr Trump has made no distinction between foe (China) and friend (India), and is willing to make deals. “I have made deals all my life”, he boasted and, after inviting, humiliating and throwing out President Zelenskyy, he invited him back “when he is ready to sign an agreement” for presumably critical minerals — Mr Trump called it ‘payback’
Sun, Mar 16, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Delimitation DilemmaSubscriber Only
March 09,2025 07:00:56 AM
The promise that the number of seats of the Southern states will not be reduced is a hollow promise. Please note that there is no promise that the number of seats of the most populous states — Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh — will not be increased
Sun, Mar 09, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Starting an unprovoked warSubscriber Only
March 02,2025 07:01:56 AM
The Three Language Formula (TLF) is not enforced in the Hindi-speaking states but sought to be enforced in the non-Hindi speaking states. It is a matter of record that government schools in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Haryana follow effectively a one-language policy of only Hindi
Sun, Mar 02, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Budget abandons the lesser gods-2Subscriber Only
February 23,2025 07:00:08 AM
If the FM had desired to uphold equity and morality, she could have given tax relief through a cut in the GST rates or cut in the taxes on petrol and diesel. Or she could have to put more money in the hands of the people by increasing the MGNREGS daily wage or raising the statutory minimum wage in every kind of employment across the board
Sun, Feb 23, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Budget abandons the lesser gods – ISubscriber Only
February 16,2025 07:00:56 AM
It is most probable that the ‘giveaway’ of a cut in the income tax was decided at the highest levels of the government. Which section of the tax-payers should get the benefit? Aw shucks (as Mr Trump would have said), let every income tax payer get it! Hence, the decision to raise the threshold of taxable income from Rs 7 lakhs to Rs 12 lakhs. The FM said it would cost Rs 1,00,000 crore
Sun, Feb 16, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Voice in the wildernessSubscriber Only
February 09,2025 07:00:38 AM
Look at the situation in 2024: The BJP had been voted to power for the third time but with a warning. You will have sufficient numbers but not an absolute majority to form the government... It was the same situation that Narasimha Rao-Manmohan Singh faced in 1991. The Congress’ PM-FM seized the opportunity and announced path-breaking reforms
Sun, Feb 09, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Ideology trumps ConstitutionSubscriber Only
February 02,2025 07:00:00 AM
It appears that the aim of Uttarakhand was not to make a progressive and liberal law in tune with the changing values, morals and mores of society. It was, in the words of the Union Home Minister, to remove the “regressive personal laws”. Uttarakhand’s law is an assertion of majoritarianism
Sat, Feb 01, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: State of economy before the BudgetSubscriber Only
January 26,2025 07:00:25 AM
The government has acquired the tag of being pro-corporates and pro-cronies. Corporate profits amounted to Rs 10,88,000 crore in 2022-23 and rose to Rs 14,11,000 crore in 2023-24. During the two years, scheduled commercial banks wrote off loans to corporates amounting to Rs 2,09,144 crore and Rs 1,70,000 crore, respectively
Sun, Jan 26, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: NRN, SNS and other provocative peopleSubscriber Only
January 19,2025 07:15:00 AM
Having achieved enormous success and reached the top, I think NRN and SNS are qualified to speak about ‘longer’ hours of work for Indians. I don’t think it has anything to do with financial rewards, as insinuated by some trolls and memes
Sun, Jan 19, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Vice chancellors will become viceroys Subscriber Only
January 12,2025 07:00:24 AM
Under the present dispensation, governors are political appointees rewarded for loyalty to the RSS/BJP’s ideology or trusted retired civil servants. In Opposition-ruled states, the governor is instructed to act as the Viceroy of the central government and to shackle the state government. In effect, there is a Dyarchy in the states: the elected government and the unelected governor
Sun, Jan 12, 2025
P Chidambaram writes: Dr Manmohan Singh, R.I.PSubscriber Only
January 05,2025 07:00:54 AM
The present generation (born after 1991) scarcely believes that there was an India with one television channel, one car, one airline, one telephone service provider, trunk calls, PCO/STD/ISD booths and long waiting lists for everything from two-wheelers to train tickets to passports. The seeds of change were sowed by Dr Singh, a fact belatedly acknowledged by PM Modi’s tribute to him and the Cabinet resolution
Sun, Jan 05, 2025Journalism of Courage
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