Mayawati has a better chance of becoming PM than Rahul Gandhi In recent months, the prospect of a mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) of Opposition parties presenting a united front against the BJP has sparked widespread speculation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will …
Nothing is more fundamental in the Constitution than equality before the law. This prevents narrow but powerful groups from getting special privileges. True, the Constitution also has other provisions permitting caste-based quotas in government jobs and education. But equality before …
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (popularly called KCR) is the political hero of the hour. At a time when most incumbents are thrashed in state elections, he was re-elected with 87 of 119 seats, improving on his 69 seats …
Why Naveen Patnaik has the best solution for farm distress Read More »
Narendra Modi’s chances of returning to power in 2019 elections are 50-50 Media analysis in the first half of 2019 is going to focus on the coming general election in May, to the exclusion of almost everything else. Will Narendra …
“One country, one market!” With that slogan, politicians of all parties cheered the launch of a unified Goods and Services Tax in 2017, ending the old era when every state had its own tax rates. Alas, unity for India’s market …
Discriminating against migrants isn’t just unconstitutional, it’s also bad politics Read More »
Four economists argue for Arun Jaitley against Urjit Patel on RBI reserves On October 26, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Viral Acharya had made a passionate speech warning that governments that raid the reserves of their central bank, as …
Let us not mince words. One reason for the government changing the RBI Governor is to get a more pliable candidate who will help it win the general election in May 2019. There are also other technical issues on which …
RBI’s job is not to help the ruling party bring in achhe din and win elections Read More »
The government has finalised a policy to double agricultural exports by 2022, supposedly in line with its broader policy of doubling farm incomes. However, doubling farm exports cannot be a policy. It can only be an outcome of good policies. …
To double farm exports, govt needs to halve Hindutva Read More »
We should treat the latest GDP statistics as innocent till proved guilty Has the government fudged GDP data to show that the Narendra Modi era has registered faster GDP growth than either of the two terms of the preceding UPA …
Can you keep your head when all around you people are losing theirs, and blaming it on you? The reaction of the government and RBI to rising oil prices after August looks panicky and short-sighted now that prices have collapsed. …
Don’t let short-term panic derail long-term reforms Read More »
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