The unthinkable happened in 2013: Arvind Kejriwal became CM of Delhi. What’s the most unthinkable thing that could actually happen in 2014? Kejriwal could become prime minister of India. Readers may laugh incredulously at the very suggestion. But the revolutionary […]
Time to think the unthinkable: Kejriwal as PM? Read More »
India Inc is delighted with the exit of Jayanthi Natarajan as environment minister, as also with a proposal for deemed environmental clearances if formal clearances are not given within a stipulated time limit. Natarajan was often castigated for slowing environmental
Finding a balanced approach to environment and development Read More »
Dear Rahul Gandhi, When you visited the refugee camps in Muzaffarnagar district last week, you advised the refugees to return to their village homes, saying failure to do so would mean victory for the communalists who started the Hindu-Muslim violence.
Muzaffarnagar offers chance to rejuvenate Congress Read More »
Runaway inflation caused the Congress debacle in the recent state elections. The latest inflation figure is 11.2%, with food inflation touching 14.5%. Inflation has averaged almost 10% a year for several years, one of the highest inflation episodes in history.
Runaway inflation can be curbed by reining in food prices Read More »
A spectre is haunting BJP: the Modi effect may be dented by the Kejriwal effect, spoiling BJP\’s chances of leading a stable government after the 2014 election. BJP has done well in the four state assembly elections, but Aam Aadmi
A spectre is haunting BJP: the Modi effect may be dented by the Kejriwal effect, spoiling BJP\’s chances of leading a stable government after the 2014 election. BJP has done well in the four state assembly elections, but Aam Aadmi
Despite dismal GDP growth, the stock markets are buoyant. Market analysts hope that a BJP-led coalition will be elected in 2014, liberalising policies and boosting economic growth. These hopes are grossly inflated. FirstPost editor R Jagannathan says, aptly, that Indian
BJP’s rhetoric and the behaviour of its CMs show no appetite for radical reforms Read More »
Shortly after the Gujarat state election, Swaminomics argued that Narendra Modi would not be able to make this a launching pad for the prime ministership. I need to qualify that judgement heavily after a recent tour of Madhya Pradesh and
There’s a Modi effect, but not a Modi wave Read More »
With GDP growth having halved from over 9% in 2010-11 to just 4.5% today, many observers are demanding more reforms from New Delhi. Finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram replies that a new wave of reforms is indeed being implemented. The central
States need to reform fast to speed up projects, growth Read More »
During the period of fast economic growth in the 2000s, how did poor minorities fare? Some heartening answers have been provided in a Columbia University paper by Panagariya and More (Poverty by Social Religious and Economic groups in India and
Poverty falls fast for dalits and Muslims Read More »
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