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

Bangladesh has managed to improve manufacturings share of GDP in recent years from 16 per cent to 20 per cent while Indias has fallen from 15 per cent to 12 per cent since 2014. (Representational Image. DC File Image)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Budget: Is govt trying to do too much to be...

India's robust economic growth projections contrast with fiscal concerns, prompting calls for strategic fiscal...

8 Feb 2024 12:00 AM IST

Indias economy sprang a pleasant surprise last week by registering better than expected growth of 7.6 per cent in the July-September quarter as against the RBIs projected growth rate of 6.5 per cent. (Image:Twitter)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | What lies ahead: India to grow, inequality will...

India will continue to enjoy the benefits, and suffer the downsides, of political stability

27 Dec 2023 11:10 PM IST

The time horizon of the AI tipping point is uncertain. (Image: jcomp on Freepik)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Why the whole world needs to keep the AI genie...

Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) different, and if so, how much time do we have left?

11 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting, in Mumbai, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is it creative disruption, or the murder of...

ONE NATION, ONE ELECTION

6 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

The proposed substitute to the existing CrPC 1973 will be the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita. (Representional Image: DC)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Unshackling or rebranding India's basic criminal...

The laws themselves have rarely been a problem, it is how they are implemented that must change.

17 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

Cover photo of Work 3.0 by Avik Chanda and Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | How to rehumanise the workplace in the era of cyborgs

The fear is, machines could become sentient in the not-too-distant future.

23 July 2023 12:04 AM IST

The chronological narrative follows three themes. First a brief overview of the budgets presented by each FM a refresher for fiscal policy wonks and deeply instructive for eager learners. Second, an informed and lively peek into the personal dynamics between the Prime Minister (PM) and each FM and between each FM and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) all situated within the political economy context over the three decades. (Image By Arrangement)

Book Review | Finance ministers who shaped early post-Independence...

What struck this reviewer was how many FMs resigned from office in those early days a practice that ended soonafter

3 July 2023 12:19 AM IST

People at a medical camp organised by Army, in an area of Manipur. (PTI Photo)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | The sounds of a silent Internet in Manipur

Manipur is a leader in Internet access. 44.8 per cent of Manipuri women and 73.9 per cent of Manipuri men have access to...

12 Jun 2023 12:15 AM IST

For those who are not drunk on the magic of numbers, this massive over-population can only warn of a Malthusian disaster looming ahead. (Representational Image)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Too many people: Think before you have a baby

Till we achieve global climate stability, encouraging the young to think before becoming a parent is fairly sound advice

27 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | How culture underpins the budgets of states in India

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | How culture underpins the budgets of states in...

The inequity of Bombay, controlled by Gujarati money with the local people working for them, became a flashpoint

5 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

Cover photo of Transforming the Steel Frame: Promise and Paradox of Civil Service Reform edited by Vinod Rai. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Could our civil service be less rule-oriented, more...

Review of 'Transforming the Steel Frame: Promise and Paradox of Civil Service Reform' edited by Vinod Rai.

26 March 2023 12:11 AM IST

In March 2020, the year before Covid-19, merchandise exports were $314 billion. Meaning there was no growth in merchandise exports in six years. (Representational Image)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Export, monetise, privatise: The eco mantra India...

Despite the hoopla of centralised governance, the economy is mutating away from the government and towards the private...

14 March 2023 12:38 AM IST