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Should the census in 2001 ask people to specify their caste? Yes, say the Census Commissioner and Home Minister. Definitely not, say others indignantly. I am agnostic on this issue. I see some technical reasons to question the inclusion of […]

At the annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics this week, Jeffery Sachs and John Luke Gallup of Harvard presented a paper highlighting the importance of geography in economic outcomes. They looked at data for 150 countries and noted how

Even as BJP-ruled India is adopting swadeshi, Britain is abandoning it. Rolls-Royce, long the ultimate symbol of British manufacturing prowess, has been sold to Germany\’s BMW (and Volkswagen is trying to come in with a still higher bid). With this,

Even as BJP-ruled India is adopting swadeshi, Britain is abandoning it. Rolls-Royce, long the ultimate symbol of British manufacturing prowess, has been sold to Germany\’s BMW (and Volkswagen is trying to come in with a still higher bid). With this,

The BJP wants to strengthen Indian industry without scaring away foreign investors. Its manifesto talks of creating an institution like Japan\’s ministry of international trade and industry (MITI), which channelled substantial financial support to select Japanese industries after World War

The BJP wants to strengthen Indian industry without scaring away foreign investors. Its manifesto talks of creating an institution like Japan\’s ministry of international trade and industry (MITI), which channelled substantial financial support to select Japanese industries after World War

The BJP says it will usher in swadeshi economic policies. What exactly does this mean? It means, says the National Agenda on Governance, that India must be built by Indians. But it could hardly be otherwise: The World Bank and

The BJP says it will usher in swadeshi economic policies. What exactly does this mean? It means, says the National Agenda on Governance, that India must be built by Indians. But it could hardly be otherwise: The World Bank and

Now that it seems certain Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee will become the Prime Minister, the BJP\’s version of swadeshi will attract a lot of attention. Its stalwarts declare that foreign investment will be allowed in microchips but not potato chips.

OCED countries, by 2020, could generate anything upto 60 million jobs in looking after the disabled alone, says Swaminathan S A Aiyar. In my last column I said the future of business and exports lies more in services than manufacturing.