Do not misuse Lokpal Act to harass NGOs
An anti-corruption agitation by NGOs in 2011 forced the government to enact a law setting up a lokpal. In an
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PM Narendra Modi at mid-term is good enough for re-election in 2019
How well has Narendra Modi fared in two years? On the economic side, he has not been the radical reformer
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25 years on, the good, bad and ugly of reforms
In a forthcoming paper for the Cato Institute, I have summed up the 25 years of economic reform as an
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25 years of economic reforms: From super-beggar to potential superpower
This is a silver jubilee to remember. The economic reforms launched by PV Narasimha Rao in July 1991 have transformed
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Changes like Brexit need a super-majority
The government hopes that Parliament will pass a Constitutional amendment for a Goods and Services Tax in the coming monsoon
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Swamy plays spoiler as Modi woos diaspora
After attacking Raghuram Rajan as mentally un-Indian (he is a US green card holder) and unfit to be governor of
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Brexit may mean end of globalisation as we know it; stormy days lie ahead
Brexit heralds not just Britain’s exit from the European Union but the decline and maybe fall of the 20th century
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Rexit: This government has just shot itself in the foot
Even before Brexit, India has suffered Rexit. Raghuram Rajan has announced he will exit as RBI governor when his term
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Trump will not just lose, he’ll be thrashed
When Donald Trump started his zany campaign —laced with racism, xenophobia, nasty remarks about women, and endless falsehoods — most
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