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Donors and academic freedom: Given stormy seas in today’s India, funding must be diversified beyond a few business sources

Ashoka University’s reputation as a world-class liberal arts university has been dented by Prof Pratap Bhanu Mehta: His media columns highly critical of the BJP proved very inconvenient for those running Ashoka.  Former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian also resigned …

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Donors and academic freedom: Given stormy seas in today’s India, funding must be diversified beyond a few business sources

Ashoka University’s reputation as a world-class liberal arts university has been dented by Prof Pratap Bhanu Mehta: His media columns highly critical of the BJP proved very inconvenient for those running Ashoka. Former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian also resigned …

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‘Just Enough’ Democracy

Indian freedom declines from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’. But it remains resilient Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar Earlier this month, Freedom House’s 2021 report (bit.ly/ 3enIBz8), measuring political and civil liberties across the world, downgraded India from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’. …

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It’s in Our Common Interest

India needs new fiscal rules targeting the interest-revenue ratio he Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act of 2003 aimed for prudence and stability by reducing the Centre’s fiscal deficit (FD) to 3% of GDP by 2008. Alas, the Great …

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