Swaminomics

State growth performance favours Mamata Banerjee and is iffy for Jayalalithaa

Does GDP growth matter in state elections? A statistical exercise by this newspaper some years ago suggested that if average

Upamanyu Chatterjee once wrote a book titled The Mammaries of the Welfare State. If he visited Tamil Nadu today, he

Arvind Kejriwal should remember two elementary economic propositions when overhauling his odd-even scheme for cars. One, those who use public

Two droughts in a row have caused immense distress in areas like Marathwada. The courts have ordered the Indian Premier

Six months ago, I wrote a column, ‘Why bother about small interest rate changes in India?’, (goo.gl/7cFp1L, September 16, 2015)

Public sector banks are losing huge sums and running up gargantuan bad debts. Defaulters like Vijay Mallya, once politically powerful,

A step forward in gender justice is the Supreme Court’s admission of the petition of a Muslim woman, Shayara Bano,

The liberals who rushed to defend Kanhaiya Kumar should be more outraged by the suspension from the Maharashtra assembly of

The government is suffering from schizophrenia. Its Make in India campaign aims to convince global and Indian manufacturers that India