Hopefully the downward drift in oil prices will not lull us into a false complacency by neglecting key energy concerns.…
That an integrated energy policy is central to our growth strategy has been stated many times before. Harmonising stakeholders? conflicting…
The state of the economy receives continuous review. As also the working of central ministries. The state of the states,…
The economic outlook for 2006-07 presented by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister has no startling revelations. It…
Parliament has been too preoccupied with issues like the leakage of the Pathak report to consider our multiple economic challenges.…
Before Parliament meets for its winter session, the Approach Paper to the XI Five-Year Plan would have been endorsed by…
The penalty imposed on Zinedine Zidane for his infamous head-butt and on Marco Materazzi for his provocative remarks by FIFA…
The recent Stanford conference on ?Challenges of economic policy reform in Asia? debated issues that concern the region?s future. One…
This has been a week full of report cards and agitations. The UPA government?s completion of two years in office…
The rhetoric that the 21st century belongs to Asia is rapidly becoming conventional wisdom. The scorching pace of growth by…
The spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank group in Washington concluded last week. Gone…
Public-private-partnership (PPP) is a favoured fashion. Its newly discovered virtues endow it with almost magical qualities to resolve the many…
Six years ago, the Stanford Centre for International Development, with the support of the Indian diaspora in the Silicon Valley,…
The recent India Today Conclave focused on the theme of India tomorrow: Bridging the divide. Over the years, this annual…
This has been an eventful week. Lalu Yadav surprised even his critics by presenting a reformist Railway Budget. The Economic…
Energy issues are in sharp focus. The ?State of the Union? address by President Bush, preceded by former president Clinton?s…
Every now and then when oil prices are high, we wake up to emphasise on non-conventional energy. We also begin…
With the New Year festivities happily behind us, there is need for real action. The Prime Minister has over the…
