
N K Singh
The Indian Express Group
N K Singh-

XIth Plan: Going beyond platitudes
Sunday 13 August '06
I 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 esse...Don''t fault nature, Surat''s misery man-made
Friday 11 August '06
If 30 lakh people in Surat have been without food, drinking water and electricity for four days now, they can blame it on the administration.XIth Plan, or XIth version of same Plan?
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 whi...Moving from holding to acting mode
Sunday
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 ad...Soccer: We need to set the ball rolling
Sunday
23 July '06The penalty imposed on Zinedine Zidane for his in-famous head-butt and on Marco Materazzi for his provocative remarks by FIFA...The young pledge to innovate
Sunday
18 June '06The interesting session on energy dramatically highlighted how 87 per cent of fuel in the gasoline tank is wasted and only 7 per cent actually goes to power the engine.The future: productivity and sustainability
Sunday
11 June '06India must improve total factor productivity, or its incremental capital-output ratio, to realise the somewhat daunting growth targets contemplated for the Eleventh Five Year Plan.Stanford re-examines federal complexities
Sunday
4 June '06There are already multiple examples where state governments which are part of the ruling configuration at the Centre or are well-disposed towards the ruling configuration have derived significant adva...When report cards are ready reckoners
Sunday
28 May '06P Chidambaram can draw comfort from withstanding pressures of fiscal profligacy or reversing tax reform and securing universal acceptance of VAT.Energy prices vs global warming
Sunday
21 May '06Global warming is primarily a result of excessive fossil fuel use, which is induced by low energy prices. If people pay market-related price for energy...Australia seeks greater Asian engagement
Sunday
14 May '06Growth using the same technologies as in the past may not be sustainable; the pattern of resource consumption required not only to employ these workers...The Asian way of development
Sunday
7 May '06Notwithstanding our claims about economic liberalisation, procedural simplification and de-bureaucratisation, India ranks poorly in the index presented in the Asian Development Outlook 2006 on 'Doing ...Reforming the IMFtoo late and too little
Sunday
30 April '06In popular perception, the IMF has been preaching reforms to all developing countries and urging them to take timely decisions...The new 'Consensus Mantra''
Sunday
23 April '06While advising the industry to take voluntary affirmative action and leaving space for greater consultations on quota reservations in educational institutions, PM is seeking a new consensus.Public-Private Partnership no panacea
Sunday
16 April '06Public-Private Partnership is a favoured fashion. Its newly discovered virtues, both at the Centre and the states, endow it with almost magical qualities to resolve the multiple ills which plague our ...Getting projects on track
Sunday
9 April '06If the underlining approach is resource conservation, discouragement of disbursements and fear of objections from supervisory agencies, delayed implementation is inevitableEngaging the statesthe Stanford way
Sunday
2 April '06Six years ago the Stanford Center for International Development, with the support of the Indian diaspora in the Silicon Valley...We must fear the lack of fear
Sunday
26 March '06Few will disagree that Harvard remains a prime centre of academic excellence.Centre-state relations: A wake-up call
Sunday
19 March '06Looking at the somewhat opaque manner in which various ministries allocate funds to states, it is difficult in one place to collate all the funds which any state has received in a fiscal year and rela...When truth is worthy of reiteration
Sunday
12 March '06A surfeit of high-profile visits has kept policy makers somewhat distracted. It is now customary for visiting dignitaries to be accompanied by a contingent of high-profile CEOs exploring enhanced inve...













