N K Singh
The Indian Express Group
Sunday 14 January '07
The right policy does not mean that the machinery for delivery of govt services and infrastructure is working right. Identifying where it goes wrong is the first stepSunday 31 December '06
All great civilisations tend to be superstitious. Chinese astrology predicts that 2007, which will be the Year of the Boar...Sunday
17 December '06Talk of the renaissance of Nalanda is gathering momentum. Plans for the university have been discussed at high-level meetings between China and India...Sunday
10 December '06The National Development Council has approved the approach to the Eleventh Five Year Plan contained in the document...Sunday
3 December '06While much of the media and policy debate focuses on private infrastructure providers, most of India’s roads, ports, airports, telephone connections...Sunday
26 November '06The visit of Hu Jintao emphasises the many positives between India and China. Strengthening Indo-Chinese cultural relations can recreate the vision of the educational...Sunday
19 November '06Competitive populism poses a more significant challenge. One solution would be to limit the frequency of incentives for populism by unifying the electoral cycle. For elections happen in some state every year. The inevitable pre-election promises become rallying cries for citizens in other statesSunday
19 November '06Competitive populism poses a more significant challenge. One solution would be to limit the frequency of incentives for populism by unifying the electoral cycle. For elections happen in some state every year. The inevitable pre-election promises become rallying cries for citizens in other statesSunday
12 November '06November is always a busy month in India. All important visits, seminars, colloquiums, round table and even social functions like engagements and marriages are compressed in a short period.Sunday
5 November '06How will the tale of India’s telecom revolution end? India was a latecomer to mobile phones, but it is now the world’s fastest growing telecom market.Sunday
22 October '06With Diwali celebrations on, any suggestion to focus on risk would seem a melancholic pursuit.Saturday
21 October '06The ongoing Keshhubhai versus Narendrabhai tussle for party leadership in the state reveals how important the latter has becomeSunday
15 October '06Participatory urban planning, in which neighbourhoods are given more freedom to determine their local plans, is one tool to encourage more flexible urban planning.Sunday
8 October '06Research suggests that while poverty is bad for happiness, when we escape poverty and basic needs are met, other factors like rising aspiration, relative income differences & uncertainties influence happinessSunday
1 October '06Supply-side regulations in the Kirit Parikh report are a mixed basket: it’s difficult deregulating and regulating primary energy sources, given the long history of a variety of interests involvedSunday
24 September '06The Kirit Parikh report makes some important points, but who will oversee that what it recommends is incorporated into policy?Sunday
17 September '06The Bretton Woods Institutions meet in Singapore for their annual meeting in seeking to reinvent their relevance.Sunday
10 September '06How can we keep national political rivalries from adversely affecting Centre-state relationships? Perhaps the most important goal here would be to insulate transfers from politics. This is currently not the case in India, and allows the Centre to unduly influence local politics, and to play unfairlySunday
3 September '06Davos has left its footprint in almost every continent. In Australia the version is called ‘The Australian Davos Connection’...Sunday
27 August '06Whereas the Economic Advisory Council would like fiscal deficit to be moderated, the Eleventh Plan is predicated on a more flexible approach.Sunday
13 August '06I doubt many would argue that India should not invest in infrastructure and social services, but some kind of credible plan for implementation, and for a time-bound return to fiscal discipline is essentialFriday
11 August '06If 30 lakh people in Surat have been without food, drinking water and electricity for four days now, they can blame it on the administration.Sunday
6 August '06The disability which faces Five Year Plans is that given the present electoral cycle, it commences at the mid-point of the government in office. Given anti-incumbency factors, a mid-term appraisal which basically outlines altered priorities creates discontinuitiesSunday
30 July '06On the India China story, while none doubted that the current economic momentum in China will continue in the foreseeable future notwithstanding problems, there were concerns on India’s ability to address multiple serious policy challengesSunday
23 July '06The penalty imposed on Zinedine Zidane for his in-famous head-butt and on Marco Materazzi for his provocative remarks by FIFA...
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