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

The Covid-19 pandemic which inspired the new normal of work from home also questions an individual-centric world. (DC file photo)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | As bells toll for 2021, an end is also a beginning

At present, for around 37 per cent of jobs in developed countries and 10 per cent in developing countries, working from...

24 Dec 2021 12:43 AM IST

The absence of a central authority to define rules for sharing a depletable, common resource is the central problem behind global warming.Representational Image. (AP)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Glasgow COP looming: Feel earth move under your...

At the current rate of around thirty-four billion tons of CO2 emissions per year, we could exhaust our carbon budget in...

25 Oct 2021 1:10 AM IST

One of the implications of climate change that has not received much attention is its impact on civilisations. Representational Image. (ANI)

Glasgow COP is near: Fix rewards for aggressive mitigation of goal

The race to keep global climate stable seems irrevocably loaded against us, already

27 Aug 2021 1:08 AM IST

Taming regulatory excess in retail markets

Sadly, legislation, in democracies, is strongly influenced by political economy which dilutes technical good sense

18 July 2021 7:47 AM IST

The stock market is not a useful proxy for economic welfare. It tracks the well-being of an elitist minority in the formal sector, albeit with trickle down benefits. (By arrangement)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | The morality of stock markets

Capital intensive competitive 'games' have a funneling effect where the biggest players benefit disproportionately

13 Jun 2021 7:14 AM IST

The billions of tax dollars avoided by multinational e-commerce, whilst feeding off the commercial data generated by their customers, often without explicit permission and without compensation and we have a fishbowl of growing global inequity. (Photo: AFP)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | The social media djinn: Excluding and unsocial

India women are 26 per cent less likely to access mobile Internet due to misogyny, harassment and revenge porn

9 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Indian subnationalism past its expiry date?

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, represent exemplar benchmarks for regionalism with deep political, social,...

11 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

For citizens, at the receiving end of the pipe, what matters most is the efficiency and effectiveness of the last-mile expenditure management by the state governments. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | A bottom-up view of the annual Budget

Despite the hoopla around the Union government's Budget, for citizens, allocations in their state budgets matter more

14 Feb 2021 4:35 AM IST

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel clear debris after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier snapped off, releasing water trapped behind it in Tapovan, Uttarakhand on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (AP Photo)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Playing with God's world: Growth' has a high price

It is also unclear to what extent the disaster is the outcome of over-exploitation of resources in the back-to-back...

10 Feb 2021 7:14 AM IST

The work is the latest in a series of studies from Waller and colleagues using observation to assess a variety of aspects of parenting. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | C-virus funk? Relax, and respect the kids

There are so many moving parts, any of which could pitch the game against the parent or the child

10 Jan 2021 7:32 AM IST

2021: A magical bridge across troubled waters

The enhanced vaccine cover will, we hope, diminish social and economic disruptions.

31 Dec 2020 4:43 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Keeping Big Biz out of banks not a good idea

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Keeping Big Biz out of banks not a good idea

Increasing the number of well- capitalised private banks will induce competition and dilute the concentration of...

4 Dec 2020 7:35 AM IST