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

Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. (Photo: PTI)

To protect consumers, focus on basics

No surprise then that Ram Vilas Paswan, minister for consumer affairs, chose three unorthodox areas to show his...

19 April 2017 2:03 AM IST

A liquor shop being shifted following the directive of the Supreme Court banning liquor sale along highways, in Mumbai.

Tame killer highways, liquor ban just optics

Curbing drunken driving requires that drivers, a small fraction of all travellers, be targeted. Most travellers are...

8 April 2017 3:57 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: File)

Basic income transfer: Modi's next big thing?

PM Modi is not one to be hesitant about funding innovative ideas in the public interest.

31 March 2017 2:21 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressing a press conference in Lucknow on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Are safeguards possible to prevent theocracy?

Much of the angst against Adityanath is drawn from the colonial brown sahib culture of political correctness.

22 March 2017 2:26 AM IST

BJP workers carry a giant cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate the partys victory in the UP and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

If BJP can uplift UP, all of India will gain

The Narendra Modi performance juggernaut can be rolled out uniformly across the state.

13 March 2017 1:46 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in support BJP candidates in Jaunpur. (Photo: PTI)

In politics, like in biz, bulk up to beat rivals

The govt's budget needs to expand by at least one-fourth to accommodate the necessary capital spend.

9 March 2017 12:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Can Modi revise social compact? 2019 will tell

The BJP came to power at the national level in 2014 by disrupting traditional identity-based votebanks.

2 March 2017 6:37 AM IST

There are allegation that from November 15 to November 18, the bank manager had issued 149 demand drafts for amounts less than Rs 50,000 in favour of a Pune-based finance company in violation of RBI guidelines.

To raise resources, give and take needed

We are in the middle of an incipient financial emergency, which can be triggered by a shock.

14 Feb 2017 1:20 AM IST

There are allegation that from November 15 to November 18, the bank manager had issued 149 demand drafts for amounts less than Rs 50,000 in favour of a Pune-based finance company in violation of RBI guidelines.

To raise resources, give and take needed

We are in the middle of an incipient financial emergency, which can be triggered by a shock.

14 Feb 2017 1:20 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Red flags that Finance Minister must not ignore

The investment red flag must be raised if targeted investment in 2017-18 is below two per cent of GDP.

1 Feb 2017 1:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he delivers a speech after the awards ceremony of National Awards for Excellence in Journalism, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Safeguard poor, bring India back on track...

Fifty-four out of 180 million rural households (30 per cent) own no land and survive on manual labour.

20 Jan 2017 6:26 AM IST

The new government-sponsored payments app named Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) created by the National Payments Corporation.

To create new India, 3 initiatives overdue

PM Modi fell into the same rhetorical trap of belting out a preachy sermon but chose the wrong words.

11 Jan 2017 1:10 AM IST