The bifocal economic agenda

Taking advantage of strong revenue buoyancy, the finance minister has been able to meet his political objectives in this election…

Give up the ostrich act

Back from the somewhat sombre and not the usual ebullient atmosphere at Davos, the finance minister will find that the…

Ignoring the hard issues

RBI has chosen to maintain a passive policy stance. The CRR hike, which will curtail liquidity, is like acting on…

Inflation: Chinese checkers

India deserves a quality of governance that is better than international levels simply because our challenges are more complex

The economy: a mixed scene

The latest economic numbers are a mixed bag. The IIP for July was disappointing, showing both industrial and manufacturing sector…

India and its neighbourhood

I have just returned from Katmandu, where I attended a regional conference organised by the South Asian Network for Economic…

Indo-US ties?at China?s cost?

The Economist, to which I am a long-standing subscriber for its well researched, strategically focused and well written pieces, has…

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