The Economic Times

After political dividends, notebandi can also yield economic dividends In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said demonetisation (DM) was a great economic and mo ral success. The more modest claim of the Economic Survey , Volume 2, […]

The Nitish-BJP gathbandhan will be better for governance and growth Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, once seen as a possible future Prime Minister heading an anti-BJP front, has broken a million liberal hearts. He has broken the maha al hearts.

The Nitish-BJP gathbandhan will be better for governance and growth Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, once seen as a possible future Prime Minister heading an anti-BJP front, has broken a million liberal hearts. He has broken the maha al hearts.

A universal basic income that makes it feasible to avoid working is immoral A Delhi seminar last week discussed what intellectuals see as the next great idea for social revolution: a Univers al Basic Income (UBI). Prof Pranab Bardhan proposed

Invest in solar energy at a slower pace for cheaper, better technologies When I argued recently that excessive speed in installing solar power threatened to bust coalbased plants and banks that had financed them, critics said I had ignored the

FRBM-2 has good ideas but isn\’t tough enough to enforce financial discipline The N K Singh Committee has suggested a new Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act to replace the old one. It has many eminently sensible proposals. Its

US President Donald Trump keeps getting tripped by checks & balances Will Donald Trump transform the US in his first 100 days through executive orders and new laws? Will he wreak protectionist, anti-immigrant and anti-minority havoc? Relax. The US Constitution

Narendra Modi should make Uttar Pradesh the engine of India\’s growth The last bastion of caste politics has come around and voted for economic development.“ Thus did Arvind Panagariya, head of Niti Aayog, sum up Narendra Modi\’s swe Aayog, sum

Tepid economic growth tarnishes Akhilesh Yadav\’s chances in Uttar Pradesh A million words have already been written analysing the coming state election in Ut tar Pradesh. Most analyses have been based on personal visits, interviews, anecdotes and caste arithmetic. This

A flourishing unified domestic market calls for amending restrictive laws In 1947, many foreigners expect ed India to break up into frag ments. Cleavages of language, region and religion seemed en ough to doom unity . India\’s greatest achievement -owing