Many analysts and businessmen fear that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), dominated by socialists and Marxists like Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, is an extreme Left party. These fears are overblown. The AAP has appointed a seven-member committee to formulate […]
AAP can take a leaf out of Amartya Sen’s book Read More »
Once again, emerging market currencies are falling but not nearly as dramatically as in May-August 2013. The episode was sparked by the US Fed indicating it would soon taper and eventually end quantitative easing (QE3). Tapering is now partly priced
Rupee slide to 65/dollar and shrinking CAD will boost India\’s exports and growth Read More »
Once again, emerging market currencies are falling but not nearly as dramatically as in May-August 2013. The episode was sparked by the US Fed indicating it would soon taper and eventually end quantitative easing (QE3). Tapering is now partly priced
Rupee slide to 65/dollar and shrinking CAD will boost India\’s exports and growth Read More »
Food inflation is a huge problem. It has, in different years, been concentrated in different items: sometimes cereals, sometimes proteins (dairy products, pulses, eggs, meat), sometimes vegetables. Skyrocketing global prices of wheat and maize after the mid-2000s have stoked Indian
Falling wheat prices and controls on MSP can rein in food inflation Read More »
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
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