State should foot bill for maternity, paternity leave
The Rajya Sabha has just amended the Maternity Benefits Act, mandating 26 weeks of paid leave for mothers against the
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GST’s a great idea. But making it work is not going to be easy
The Constitutional amendment to facilitate a goods and services tax has been called the greatest economic reform since 1991. Political
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The future of dal should be high-protein soya — with the right price
The high price of dal is big news. Rahul Gandhi says arhar dal costs as much as Rs 180 a
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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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