Dodgy statistics and global tempests can sink Budget calculations
I have welcomed this Budget, but with fingers crossed. First, it may be based on faulty statistics. Second, the global
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Author: Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
Aspirational India may turn against Modi
The aspirational classes who drove Narendra Modi to his 2014 victory may be turning against him. The Jat agitation in
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Let us all hope for a dull and boring Budget
Once the Budget was the biggest event in February. Now it is just another event, not even as important as
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JNU stir: Why ‘anti-nationalism’ is an empty abuse that has no place in a free society
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. The current rant against ‘anti-national’ slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) highlights
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Time to shift gears: scrap biofuels, go for solar power instead
When oil crossed $100/barrel in 2006, I championed mixing ethanol with petrol. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggested that ethanol, which has 60%
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Do not bet on MNREGA to save the poor
It is now 10 years since the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) was enacted with fanfare to
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India’s SEZs need top-class facilities, not tax breaks
India’s exports have been declining for 13 months. To reverse the trend, the commerce ministry wants to exempt exporters in
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Gujarat tribals turn bamboo plantation owners
Tribals are the poorest, most oppressed community. Maoists say revolution is the only way forward for them. That’s dead wrong.
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India must prepare for a recession
Oil has crashed from $110 a barrel to $28 a barrel, and could fall to $20 a barrel. Many other
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