When government falls prey to businessmen Land grab, to house a strange animal, a species called an SEZ, is the energetic activity, the new buzz, on… 19 years ago
Refix the Centre-state federal model The state of the economy receives continuous review. As also the working of central ministries. The state of the states,… 19 years ago
What makes people like us People Like Us In a discussion on the net with a bunch of friends on the film Omkara, I wrote: ?Yes, Omkara is… 19 years ago
How global growth surmounts new challenges? On September 1, 2006, China?s National Bureau of Statistics raised its estimate of growth in 2005 to 10.2%, up from… 19 years ago
These teeth aren?t for biting M Damodaran, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), is known for using his public speeches effectively… 19 years ago
Diverse, yet rooted The auction season is in. Apparao Galleries, Saffronart, Osian?s, Sotheby?s or Christie?s?you name the art house and it?s having auction… 19 years ago
No room for complacency An article in Bloomberg earlier this week on investor attitude to risk (?What risk? Oil, gold, stocks show investors ignore… 19 years ago
Will the Maoists of Nepal ever disarm? Events ?Events in Nepal are moving at breakneck speed, but four months after an outpouring of remarkable synergy between political… 19 years ago
Make the poor more productive The impact of economic liberalisation on poverty in the country has been vigorously debated by economists and politicians for long.… 19 years ago
The real question is of relevance The finance minister?s letter to the vice chairman of the Planning Commission is interesting from several points of view. First,… 19 years ago
Chidambaram vs Ahluwalia In his letter to Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, finance minister P Chidambaram raised several questions about the… 19 years ago
Keeping the minority investor out The capital market is booming, share prices of almost all the well-performing companies have soared to an all-time high and… 19 years ago
Plurality of views aids meaningful consensus The economic outlook for 2006-07 presented by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister has no startling revelations. It… 19 years ago
No solution in sight The Centre for Science and Environment, under the leadership and guidance of Sunita Narain, has moved the ?controversy? from the… 19 years ago
How global demand adjusted to oil prices It is just two years and some months back that crude prices crossed the $40 per barrel (/bbl) mark. A… 19 years ago
The other side of the Kidwai case Pardon me for being a spoilsport, but I find the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) bashing on the Naina Lal… 19 years ago
No guarantees Looking at the two catalogues of the Art For Concern charity auctions in support of the Concern India Foundation (the… 19 years ago
Notifications won?t eliminate child labour The recent notification by the ministry of labour banning the employment of children as domestic servants and in dhabas, restaurants,… 19 years ago
National Safe Motherhood Day- Women need healthy ecosystem for recovery post-pregnancy: V Venkatraman, CEO, Motherhood Hospitals
