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The writer is a former IAS officer, and a governance and economic regulation expert
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Budget Can Do Groundwork for Deep Reforms in IndiaColumnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Budget Can Do Groundwork for Deep Reforms in India

    Low tax base, rising social spend and debt pressures constrain Centre’s reform ambitions

    16 Jan 2026 10:08 PM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Clouds Over the Horizon Amid Blue Skies in IndiaColumnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Clouds Over the Horizon Amid Blue Skies in India

    Strong macro numbers mask agriculture, competitiveness and political economy risks

    7 Jan 2026 11:27 PM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Synchronise The AI Pace, Robotics, Population FallColumnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Synchronise The AI Pace, Robotics, Population Fall

    For half a century after the Second World War, ideology did fashion coordinated political action — the liberal, free...

    30 Dec 2025 12:38 AM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Looking Through Data Fog: Decode Truth, Lies in IndiaColumnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Looking Through Data Fog: Decode Truth, Lies in...

    India is in the third quintile, along with select countries in South Asia, East Africa and West Africa

    17 Nov 2025 10:36 PM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | COP30: Can We Samba To A Greener Global Future?Columnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | COP30: Can We Samba To A Greener Global Future?

    The US is the largest cumulative emitter of carbon, historically responsible for 24 per cent of the global emissions....

    28 Oct 2025 10:14 PM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Clear, Transparent Rules Vital to Fight Graft in GovtColumnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Clear, Transparent Rules Vital to Fight Graft in...

    How to ensure that State powers — concentrated at the top -- reconcile with the liberties and rights of citizens, has...

    10 Oct 2025 10:51 PM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Trump’s H-1B Shock Jolt To Indian Techie DreamsColumnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Trump’s H-1B Shock Jolt To Indian Techie Dreams

    Of the 1.5 million Indian engineers graduating every year, only a miniscule 0.25 per cent can avail of this opportunity...

    23 Sept 2025 11:13 PM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Nepal crisis: Fault lines or democratic aspirations?Columnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Nepal crisis: Fault lines or democratic...

    The spontaneous eruption of youth violence last week in Nepal, against the shutdown of social media apps, illustrates a...

    17 Sept 2025 1:18 AM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | GST 2.0: A Major Reform or Sops for Hard-Pressed?Columnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | GST 2.0: A Major Reform or Sops for Hard-Pressed?

    GST 2.0 must optimise across the three primary objectives: of reducing the incidence of tax on consumers; increasing its...

    4 Sept 2025 11:17 AM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | India, Russia and China: Collaborators or Rivals?Columnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | India, Russia and China: Collaborators or Rivals?

    China feels that the relationship with India should not be determined solely by the disagreements on border issues

    27 Aug 2025 7:04 AM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | After Trump’s Tariff Rebuff, Key Reforms Vital For IndiaColumnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | After Trump’s Tariff Rebuff, Key Reforms Vital For...

    Deals will have to be negotiated, compensating the immediate losers with financial support (grant transfers from the...

    13 Aug 2025 11:26 PM IST

    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | India-UK FTA: Bilateral, Voluntary Colonisation?Columnists
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | India-UK FTA: Bilateral, Voluntary Colonisation?

    Multilateralism grew global trade (goods and services) from 20 per cent of global GDP in 1968 to 57 per cent in 2024

    29 July 2025 9:59 PM IST

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