The writer is Contributing Editor at The Indian Express, and Consulting Editor at Network 18
February 24,2011 01:44:28 AM
Public employment created by non-NREGA public works may just be giving more bang for the buck than NREGA.
February 17,2011 02:49:37 AM
Scams like 2G take place once in a decade,but NREGA and PDS-type schemes cause a larger loss every year
February 05,2011 02:10:31 AM
For all its political uses,the estimate of Indias black money is wildly overblown.
January 13,2011 03:11:05 AM
No amount of obfuscation by the UPA changes this: money was lost with no gain to the public good.
January 08,2011 03:07:05 AM
India desperately needs a new States Reorganisation Commission and a new constitution.
December 25,2010 02:28:19 AM
The Jalan report on stock exchange ownership gets it spectacularly wrong,starting with the presumption that India is unique.
December 18,2010 03:54:07 AM
Theres much to cheer in the Indian pattern of growth and poverty alleviation. If only we werent determined to ignore it.
December 11,2010 11:06:11 AM
Let us start with the Radia case. What was wrong here?
December 11,2010 03:07:02 AM
There is no better guarantor of freedom and efficiency than a system that lets the regulator be checkmated when it indulges in malpractice.
December 02,2010 02:56:21 AM
The Jalan reports control-era conclusions on stock-exchange ownership need to be thoroughly debated before being even marginally accepted.
November 25,2010 03:02:31 AM
Nitishs overwhelming victory shows that taking development to the poor works. The Congress should do that instead of legislating morality.
November 12,2010 00:54:27 AM
Given that governments are incapable of acting,the good old market might well provide the solution to the worlds currency,or yuan,problem.
October 23,2010 00:26:50 AM
For a new improved world order,the yuan must substantially appreciate over the next few years.
October 02,2010 03:42:01 AM
Why we will all eventually thank the CWG organisers for their inept and inefficient corruption.
January 01,2006 00:00:00 AM
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