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Sanjeev Ahluwalia
About the AuthorSanjeev Ahluwalia
The writer is a former IAS officer, and a governance and economic regulation expert
    People at a medical camp organised by Army, in an area of Manipur. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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 IndiaOpinion
    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)Books
    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)Opinion
    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

    \Seven passengers on Sundays Air India Delhi-Auckland flight have tested positive for COVID-19 three days after arrival,\ New Zealand government official said. (PTI)Opinion
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Will a sparkling Maharajah be home away from...

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the two agreements for deepening mutually beneficial cooperation with both the...

    17 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Today there are 5.03 billion Internet users around the world and 4.9 billion of these use social media. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | How the fatal tug of social media got bigger,...

    Social media fills the spatial, societal and relationship gaps which separate individuals from their dreams.

    29 Dec 2022 2:18 AM IST

    It is never too early to explore more intrusive management measures to improve the efficiency of public expenditure. 9Representational Image)Opinion
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Indian economy between a rock and a hard place

    Budget reform must enable doing more with less, cut waste, improve project execution, and control administrative...

    9 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Firewalling Indian personal data is out of place with this strategy and plays to a jingoistic Chinese playbook, sans its economic and business heft. (Representatioanl Image)Opinion
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Personal data is only half protected' by new data...

    It includes a bland provision for transfer of data outside India to countries notified by the govt on terms and...

    25 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Elon Musk (AP file image)Opinion
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Musk storms tweeter nest: Twitter to retain its...

    Musk's stance in favour of free speech seems as doomed as Custer's last stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876

    2 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Great power rifts shatter India's dream sequences

    India subscribes to the Western model in form -- an outcome of a dream sequence which began at Independence and has...

    27 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

    A cheetah after being released inside a special enclosure of the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Cheetahs back: Will it take India into happier...

    This is not the first time that the introduction of big cats has been attempted in this region

    22 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

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