Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar

Universal Basic Income is neither desirable nor practical

Switzerland recently held a referendum on a Universal Basic Income (UBI) for all citizens. Voters rejected the proposal 77 per

For decades I have argued that the railway budget is a colonial aberration that should be abolished. Wonder of wonders,

Kalikho Pul, who split the Congress party and manipulated a friendly governor to become chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh last

Analysts have warned for years that India risks being isolated from global trade negotiations because its stalling tactics in the

The Rajya Sabha has just amended the Maternity Benefits Act, mandating 26 weeks of paid leave for mothers against the

The Constitutional amendment to facilitate a goods and services tax has been called the greatest economic reform since 1991. Political

The high price of dal is big news. Rahul Gandhi says arhar dal costs as much as Rs 180 a

An anti-corruption agitation by NGOs in 2011 forced the government to enact a law setting up a lokpal. In an

How well has Narendra Modi fared in two years? On the economic side, he has not been the radical reformer