P Chidambaram
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Across the Aisle: A big ask in election year
After looking at data over the medium term, it appears that the foundations of macroeconomic stability of the Indian economy are becoming weaker. The trend may still be reversed and, as a concerned citizen, I hope it will be.
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Black to white magic
With the release of the RBI’s Annual Report for 2017-18, the ghost of demonetisation has come back to haunt the government of Mr Narendra Modi.
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Across the aisle: Jobs- The make or break issue
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines ‘interview’ as a face-to-face conversation between a journalist and a person of public interest.
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P Chidambaram asks government to ’emulate’ UPA policies and not ‘envy’
Reform is a word that has many meanings. It is usually associated with economic reforms, but there are reforms outside the economy that are as important as economic reforms and, in their own way, reinforce economic reforms, he says.
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Across the aisle: Mr AB Vajpayee, RIP
Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93, passed away last Thursday after a long battle with illness. He started his political career as a swayamsevak, remained a member of the Jana Sangh until its merger in the Janata Party, founded the BJP with Mr LK Advani in 1980.
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Across the aisle: First anarchy, now autarky
There is a vast difference between being market-friendly and business-friendly.
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Across the aisle: Engaging with Mr Imran Khan
India must press Pakistan on matters that the two countries can address regardless of the issue of J&K.
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Across the AISLE: Debate, questions, but no answers
On Friday, July 20, the government reluctantly agreed to a debate on a motion of no-confidence, the first such motion in the four years and two months of the Narendra Modi government.
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Across The Aisle: France wins honours, Croatia wins hearts
On its way to the final, Croatia beat Nigeria, Argentina, Iceland, Denmark, Russia, England and drew with Switzerland. Other examples of small but prosperous countries are Iceland, Austria, Norway, Sweden and New Zealand.
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Across the aisle: BJP renders aid and advice to LG!
The irony of our times is that the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
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Across the AISLE: Su-raj (good governance) and Ms Sushma Swaraj
After the election, Ms Swaraj fought a lonely battle to find an honourable place in the new govt and was ultimately accommodated as EAM — but with little say in the conduct of foreign policy, which had been taken over by the PMO.
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US has gone rogue, consequences of trade war will be serious
It is not the Third World War, but the consequences will be serious and will hurt all countries of the world. On the trade front, the world’s biggest player, the US, has gone rogue.
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The remains of the day
‘I had no hesitation in blaming the BJP-led central government’s policy for the rapidly deteriorating situation in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in the Kashmir valley.’
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Searching for Shangri-La
If there is a Shangri-La, it is not likely to be in India, and that will be a big disappointment for all Indians who take pride in the history, culture, civilisational attributes and traditions of the country.
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Across the aisle: Governments hide, people seek
The government puffed up the Q4 growth rate and claimed that the worst effects of demonetisation and a flawed GST were over.
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Across the Aisle: Second-class citizens?
What brought the two into focus at the same time was the letter written by the Archbishop to the parish priests on May 8, 2018, and the essay written by Mr Ribeiro in a major newspaper on May 28, 2018.
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Across The Aisle: Who is minding the store?
A famous election promise was that the rupee-dollar rate (then Rs 59) will be brought down to Rs 40! Between January and May 2018, the rupee has been among the worst performing currencies. It has depreciated from Rs 63.65 to Rs 68.42 and may cross Rs 70.
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Who will save the Constitution?
Once the orders were given from the top, events unfolded rapidly in Karnataka.
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Across the aisle: India is failing the test on J&K
Every executive action will be responsible action. In J&K, this principle stands on its head: every executive action is an impulsive and insincere action.
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State election, nation-wide effect
Thanks to the media, ‘Karnataka goes to polls’ sounds or reads like ‘India goes to war’.
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Across The Aisle: The one-trick pony in Delhi
The first Gulf War 1990 was fought on oil: which companies will control the oil fields of the Arabian region? Norway wisely built a Future Fund on oil revenues, strict control on its use and fiscal discipline.
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The Republic of Impunity
Nirbhaya’s rape and the brutal attack on her in December 2012, and her death subsequently, shook the conscience of the nation as no similar crime in the recent past had done.
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Across the aisle: P. Chidambaram speaks about government’s stand on federalism
Under Article 280, it is the constitutional right of the states, together, to get the states’ share of taxes; it is also the constitutional right of each state to get its fair share out of the total states’ share.
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Across the aisle: Southern flames may scald the nation
The Fifteenth FC has been asked to consider certain performance-based incentives, including — efforts and progress made in moving towards replacement rate of population growth; implementation of schemes of the Government of India
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Across the aisle: One-man band cannot make music, says P Chidambaram
The new cold war is between India and China, says former Union minister P Chidambaram.
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Across the aisle: Change begins with words and ideas
Beginning 2004-05, the first year of the UPA government, the GDP was computed using 1999-2000 as the base year. After a few years, the base year was changed to 2004-05 but the methodology remained the same.
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Message sent by the average voter during bypolls is loud and clear, says P Chidambaram
Two apparently unconnected events happened on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. All demands for grants were ‘guillotined’ (ie moneys were allocated without a debate) and the Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill 2018 without a discussion.
