The writer, a former Union minister, is an economist.
June 03,2015 00:00:34 AM
Government must raise public investment by at least one per cent of the GDP
March 16,2015 00:06:07 AM
Land law amendments imply that state, not market, knows best.
March 04,2015 00:06:44 AM
A reformist budget was tripped up by short-run pressures.
January 27,2015 00:48:43 AM
Next set of GDP figures won’t be different. We need a public investment stimulus.
December 08,2014 00:58:49 AM
If an anti-technology mindset spreads, we will have to pay for it dearly.
November 24,2014 00:05:30 AM
But has India fully leveraged its presence at the high table?
November 11,2014 00:26:12 AM
Electricity reforms, talked about for years, need a sustained political push.
October 06,2014 00:04:29 AM
Sensible principles have become a casualty in the noisy pricing debate.
September 18,2014 00:52:33 AM
What we need to learn from China is not the art of running a small firm well, but the art of supporting a small business.
September 08,2014 00:21:12 AM
We need clarity on how the government plans to tackle the deficient monsoon.
August 07,2014 03:01:09 AM
Behind the CSAT furore lie vested interests of the teaching shop industry.
June 06,2014 00:00:21 AM
When food prices are driving inflation, an investment fillip is the answer.
May 29,2014 00:16:29 AM
That poverty in Gujarat’s Adivasi belt has not come down is uncontested.
May 07,2014 05:00:08 AM
Debate on the Gujarat model is more about stated positions, less about reality.
April 16,2014 00:05:30 AM
Here, the MGNREGA and ration card are the people’s lifelines.
April 08,2014 00:45:37 AM
Congress manifesto points to things the UPA didn’t do.
February 04,2014 02:26:50 AM
A national power grid will need skilful management
January 07,2014 13:11:52 PM
The relationship between civil servants and politicians remains unreformed.
December 26,2013 01:49:01 AM
An investment stimulus,not a trimmer budget,is the need of the hour.
November 02,2013 01:56:57 AM
The government must work on the fundamentals,not just wait for FDI.
October 21,2013 03:37:57 AM
Why much of the anxiety over the new land acquisition law is misplaced.
October 08,2013 04:57:16 AM
Vo Nguyen Giaps strength was his immersion in the real world
September 20,2013 03:36:39 AM
Improving agricultural productivity is the real challenge for food security.
August 26,2013 03:46:12 AM
Globally accepted norms of transparency in financial assessments are needed
August 10,2013 05:49:53 AM
Only the foolhardy would uncritically accept official estimates.
