Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as Congress president has been followed by an exodus of Congress MLAs in Karnataka and Goa. The party has long been a bunch of opportunists held together only by dependence on the Gandhis to attain power. Without […]
Without Gandhi glue, Cong will come unstuck Read More »
France shows the way in taxing digital giants and presenting a united front to the US France has enacted legislation to tax digital giants like Amazon and Facebook on their revenue, not profits. India — which levies a 6% tax
Tech What One Deserves Read More »
The Economic Survey said rightly that no country had ever grown fast without buoyant exports, and called for policies to generate a virtuous cycle of rising exports, GDP, savings and investment. The budget fails comprehensively to do this. Far from
Budget has failed to create an India that can compete Read More »
Draft amendments to the Indian Forest Act have been circulated for comment, and provoked much controversy. The ministry of environment proposes enhanced powers for the police and bureaucrats in dealing with forest tribals to improve forest cover. In 2015, the
Take a leaf from Gujarat, and let tribals own and operate forests Read More »
The Prime Minister held a meeting with other party leaders last Wednesday to promote his longstanding idea of simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. Many Opposition leaders are bitterly opposed to this and boycotted the meeting. They
‘One nation, two elections’ can be a good compromise solution for Modi Read More »
There are technical weaknesses in Subramanian’s claim of 4.5% growth Last week, former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian claimed in an Indian Express column (bit.do/ eVn2A), based on his new research paper, that GDP growth in 2011-16 was only 4.5%,
Why the Sky is Not Falling Read More »
Arvind Subramanian, former Chief Economic Advisor, says in a sensational newspaper column that India’s GDP growth rate since 2011 has been only 4.5%, far short of the official 7%. Sorry, this is too bad to be true. Many economists have
Subramanian fails the smell test no less than India’s GDP data Read More »
Why did Congress fare so badly in the General Election? One reason is that it devised catchy slogans that made media headlines but didn’t translate into votes since they were not grounded in reality. The best example is Rahul Gandhi’s
Congress gave slogans, Modi made them real Read More »
Why did rising unemployment not hurt Prime Minister Narendra Modi? The latest National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report shows that unemployment has risen to a record 6.1% in 2017-18, almost triple the 2.2% in 2011-12. NSSO claims this is partly
Notwithstanding No Naukri Read More »
Annual GDP growth fell from 6.9% in 2017-18 to 6.8% in 2018-19. Worse, GDP in the latest January-March 2019 quarter slowed to just 5.8%. Yet Narendra Modi swept the general election. The BJP’s national vote share rose from 31.3% to
BJP’s rural votes show talk of farm crisis misleading Read More »
Sign up to get all the latest posts and news sent to your inbox.
