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The writer is a former IAS officer, and a governance and economic regulation expert

Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia (Photo: PTI)

Price of democracy? A 4-point growth mantra

Wasteful use of capital is hardwired into a system which prices capital cheaply.

9 July 2018 12:04 AM IST

Terming the MSME sector as the backbone of the economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the sector would lead the current consolidation phase of the economy. (Photo: PTI)

It's time govt shows the middle class some love

The income-tax structure also reveals an implicit lower bound for middle class income.

30 Jun 2018 5:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the Centenary Celebrations of Patna University, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Govt's lateral' hiring: Great idea, bad timing

What the zenana was to the Great Mughals, the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is to our political leaders at the...

18 Jun 2018 4:49 AM IST

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A fiscal storm looms: Don't wait for Godot!

The consequences for the domestic economy will be harshly adverse.

6 Jun 2018 1:42 AM IST

Saudi Aramco, the worlds top oil company which is preparing to go public, said on Sunday it has appointed new members to its board including a female executive.

Oil shock: Entry point for deepening reform

The bleed made the rupee slide by around six per cent to more than Rs 68 against the US dollar from around Rs 64...

25 May 2018 2:20 AM IST

Karnataka Congress MLAs getting down from a bus in a private hotel in Hyderabad on Friday. (Photo: Deepak Deshpande)

What K'taka foretells: Not all gloom & doom

The next two important achievements have been taming inflation whilst playing a careful sherpa to economic growth.

19 May 2018 2:00 AM IST

Productivity in British low-paid jobs lags 20 to 30 per cent behind equivalent roles in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United States.

Jobs & nature of work: It may be time to rethink basics

India, unlike China, is largely informal and ineffectively regulated for work standards and safeguards.

5 May 2018 12:40 AM IST

Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar (Photo: PTI)

Govt & India Inc: Time to diffuse the red lines'

Mr S. Jaishankar is reported to have said he was happy to join the Tata Group India's most respected brand globally .

28 April 2018 12:12 AM IST

Read it to know the pain and joy of activism

Read it to know the pain and joy of activism

Getting the dispossessed to appreciate that access to information and knowledge is vital, was the easiest part.

22 April 2018 2:15 AM IST

People in many states are complaining of cash crunch at ATMs. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

What the cash crunch foretells

The Reserve Bank, unconvincingly, denies that there is any cash crunch & alleges the inefficiency of banks in properly...

21 April 2018 12:26 AM IST

Big Data is too valuable not to be used by social media and digital search, share, see and sell companies.

In an age of leaks, just lock your data & sell it

Using your data to analyse behaviour trends is also acceptable, if only aggregated, secondary data is made public.

3 April 2018 5:35 AM IST

US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Ugly American' is back: Shun all the failed ideas

Unlike China under the Great Qing, the United States runs a massive trade deficit equal to around three per cent of its...

17 March 2018 12:37 AM IST