N K Singh
The Indian Express Group
Sunday 8 July '07
After the installation of the new president, the attention of policy makers will inevitably shift to the pending business of government.Saturday 7 July '07
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who was forced to cut short his Switzerland trip earlier this week to tackle the floods back home, will again be flying abroad.Sunday
1 July '07The eighth annual conference on Indian economic policy reforms at Stanford University three weeks ago discussed the broad theme of development research lessons.Sunday
10 June '07Power and agriculture have remained two disappointing areas, both for this government and many of its predecessors. The new initiative of the prime minister to convene a chief...Sunday
3 June '07The Prime Minister’s Ten Point Commandments at the recent CII annual conference created quite a stir. The debate was, however, hijacked on the limited issue of resisting excessive...Sunday
27 May '07Evaluating the performance of any government is never easy. There is an element of subjectivity and how we choose to define the threshold of expectations.Sunday
20 May '07The right to access clean drinking water is fundamental to life and there is a duty on the state under Article 21 to provide clean drinking water to its citizens...Sunday
13 May '07Rivalry’s roots are in water: rivalis, the Latin root, means one using the same stream (rivus) as another. In many ways, water management comes down to conflict management.Sunday
6 May '07India’s chief water woes — scarcity, institutional ambiguity, and lack of infrastructure — need to be addressed holisticallySunday
29 April '07Ground reality has changed in laggard states like Bihar and Rajasthan. It is time to acknowledge that. State-level development councils can helpSunday
22 April '07The current efforts to rewrite the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 will not solve the conflicts, but the country does have an opportunity to at least lessen the rancourSunday
15 April '07If states are expected to behave in a fiscally responsible way, is it fair that the Centre’s own policies should remain above discussion or reproach? Why can’t the states discuss the Centre’s fiscal policies?Friday
13 April '07With big retail chains pushing for the sugar-free, low-calorie potato, farmers in the potato zone of Gujarat are more than willing to obligeTuesday
10 April '07Braving the sweltering heat, hundreds have been lining up at a temple in this small town here to have a darshan of a 32-year-old.Sunday
8 April '07The Stanford-India Mirror Conference in Patna came up with policy suggestions that could improve not only Bihar but also IndiaSunday
1 April '07Recent election results have been marked by a palpable indifference, if not hostility, of urban voters towards incumbent governmentsSunday
25 March '07The real miracle in Asia in recent times has been the emergence of India and the recognition it is gettingSunday
18 March '07There's a new momentum in the Indo-Japanese relationship. The fourth symposium on the future of this relationship...Sunday
4 March '07This has been an eventful week. The budget, the election outcomes and the return of what the media has described as “the Q shadow” have kept us engaged.Sunday
25 February '07SPVs are ‘special’ in mitigating risks and strengthening private investor confidence. But the need for more durable reforms remainsSunday
18 February '07India could be a preferred location for a global risk management institute, given its demography, high vulnerability to multiple global risks, and talent pool in the many disciplines which may be involvedSunday
11 February '07The recent report of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on climate change dispels any lingering doubts.Sunday
4 February '07Davos 2007 is behind us. Over the years this annual meeting of the World Economic Forum has continued to generate debates on contemporary issues ranging from global growth...Sunday
28 January '07The proposed restructuring of the Accelerated Power Development & Reform Programme is both timely and necessary.Sunday
21 January '07We need to make micro-level efforts to engage the non-resident Indian. Nostalgia and the search for identity can be important drivers of change
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