Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar

It’s in Our Common Interest

India needs new fiscal rules targeting the interest-revenue ratio he Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act of 2003 aimed

Hilariously, climate activist Greta Thunberg supports India’s farmer agitation. The farmers demand government guarantees for a farming system that is

India aims to copy China in what economists call “industrial policy”. The budget allocated Rs 2 trillion over five years

India’s political system is too topdown. In a first-past-the-post electoral system, few talented new faces can gain enough critical mass

The Budget speech announced the privatisation of two public sector banks (PSBs). While politicians have often talked of selling losing

Covid has hammered the poor, yet stock markets have boomed. Massive printing of money by central banks has flooded the

Democracy is not about unity — it is about differing and dissenting New US President Joe Biden mentioned ‘unity’ 20

RBI predicts a disastrous GDP fall of 7.5%, yet the stock market has soared. The Sensex crossed 50,000 last week,

Many economists are urging a major fiscal stimulus in the coming budget of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to deal with