Bibek Debroy
That government is best which governs least. We don’t know who said this — Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Jefferson or Thomas Paine.
On terrorism, it’s time India accepted the trade-offs and made the choice for policies of long-term deterrence
Whether or not WTO or the US or the world wants us to, we should change our patent law
RBI’s economy review came a day before North Block’s. The latter at least says something
Industry, government know private sector quotas won’t solve anything. But charge ahead they must...
Doctors as bombers? Prognosis, not diagnosis, is a better response to terrorism
Consider this. We have 6 Central statutes from 1830s, 9 from 1840s, 34 from 1850s, 21 from 1860s, 33 from 1870s, 37 from 1880s and 34 from 1890s on ou
Obama memo reflects two things. India is a high-table player. And, on outsourcing, US can’t have it both ways
Where wealth accumulates and men decay: study the quotas in a government order on small enterprises
Doubts about sustaining growth momentum are getting answered. Question now is about acceleration
The AICTE case is a good example of how India is being de-skilled
A simple index can track real deprivation. Caste is so misguiding as policy tool
The law’s been clear. Nationalisation of banks was about control, not regulation
PIL was filed this week on fake drugs, which are 20% of pharma turnover. Yet public energy is mostly spent on drug prices
So the poor will benefit if we don’t host Asiad? And it’s better money goes to a South Korean city, not Delhi?
Look at the ceiling and conjure up a figure, apply it to cap land transaction. SEZs get that time-tested treatment
It’s UP’s politics that will hold economic India down. But BJP, Congress seem happy to be led by others
Industry & government still discuss minutiae because business is still scared of sarkar
Right question: is cartel pricing feeding inflation? Wrong answer: Micro manage prices
FM had genuine compulsion to avoid all reforms bar one — that of the tax regime. It’s here he disappoints
Expenditure is revenue plus capital expenditure and receipts are revenue plus capital receipts. The budget deficit is expenditure minus receipts, but
India is sui generis in details. Development Cassandras forget this
The eventual logical outcome of the Supreme Court’s judgment on Ninth Schedule is clear
Await the full fury of the UPA government’s expenditure mayhem
West has inner cities. We’ve ‘outer cities’ like Nithari, the soft underbelly of our progress
