The Economic Times

India can afford more freebies than the others without creating a crisis. Yet, it is sobering that India’s people remain poorer than others in South Asia, even as the country claims to be a rising superpower. GoI boasts that India […]

To meet the climate challenge, coal will be slowly phased out. This will have dramatic results. Indian Railways will lose huge revenues from coal transport. The closure of coal mines will cost millions of jobs, mostly in the eastern region.

The author reflects on his visit to Uzbekistan and highlights the rich history and educational significance of the ancient madrasas in Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva. He emphasizes the need for India to change the negative perception of madrasas and suggests

Western critics are not seriously discomfited by India killing terrorists at home, or even covertly in Pakistan. What they cannot stand is the killing of Western citizens. They argue that this is unwarranted since there is rule of law in

India, too, is copying the Chinese economic model. The government says free trade has reached its limits, and so has been raising tariffs for five years. It has offered subsidies as high as 50% for some sectors like chip fabrication.

China strongly favours expansion of BRICS, seeing a chance to convert the grouping into an anti-Western front by inducting countries dependent on Chinese aid and investment. India should argue against rapid membership expansion where it will have little influence. The

In India, industry’s share of jobs (25%) is actually higher than in Bangladesh (22%) or Indonesia (22%), and not much lower than in China (28%). Of course we would love to have a still higher share, but you cannot say

Modi remains immensely popular. So, the NDA argues, it will definitely win in 2024. After Karnataka, that certainty has diminished to a probability. Corruption now matters. BJP has lost its halo. In all probability, it will still win the 2024

I was reminded of this when Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar recently said, “The West has a bad habit of commenting on others. They somehow think it is some kind of God-given right. They will have to learn only by

Incentives should not be extended beyond five years: the biggest risk is that they will continue forever in flop sectors to save face and jobs. Demands from additional sectors to get PLI must be resisted. 14 sectors are already too