Who should decide the policy that will determine the rates of interest at which commercial banks will lend money?
I did not expect to write about the Lalit Modi-Sushma Swaraj controversy again this week. But it is the issue…
Through the election campaign, I marveled at Mr Modi’s ability to work the crowd to a frenzy of support with…
Then, Plato and Aristotle, and now Mr Tsipras. How did Greece fall so low?
There is a silent crisis brewing on the economic front and the political class seems unconcerned about it.
King John ruled England from 1199 to 1216. He was, by most accounts, an incompetent king. He betrayed almost everyone…
Making a budget is a task that can be completed with diligence and patience. Making promises — as well as…
GST should also subsume state taxes such as VAT, sales tax, entertainment tax and entry tax not levied by local…
On 26 May 2015, our mind space was occupied by celebrations on the part of the government and criticism on…
I am an average citizen. I belong to an average family, had an average education, live in an average town,…
In the elections held in 2014, the Congress lost and Mr Narendra Modi won, and I say that advisedly. No…
The ‘middle’ can be very supportive, it can also be unforgiving. It is the ‘middle’ which makes or breaks governments,…
An extraordinary thing happened 10 days ago, thanks to the finance minister, Mr Arun Jaitley.
Some things do not have a place in a civilised country. One of them is the Armed Forces (Special Powers)…
There is satisfaction all round that inflation has declined.
If one compared the Budget estimate for 2014-15 and the Budget estimate for 2015-16, the reduction was extremely harsh—nearly Rs…
It is difficult to believe that a government will stake so much—risk of defeat in the Rajya Sabha, political capital,…
Not Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Not Ms Sushma Swaraj (who famously tweeted in August 2013, “The rupee has lost its…
