Time waits for nothing

Wednesday 28 October '09

The big question now for every regulator is the cost of foregoing an opportunity....

Let’s put it to a vote

Tuesday 11 August '09

The public response to climate change is way ahead of the political debate....

Shelve debt management office: RBI to Centre

Wednesday 22 July '09

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised the government to put the creation of a debt management office (DMO) on the backburner because of the huge borrowing programme this fiscal.

Level playing roads

Wednesday 24 June '09

In the ’90s, the government took the decision not to play around with the overall tax rates in every budget...

Not black-and-white

Wednesday 13 May '09

Fixating on black money recovery is pointless. The only thing that works is real domestic reform

Unheard on the poll trail

Wednesday 18 March '09

Why don’t politicians tap into voters’ anxiety over the economy?

In a flatter world

Monday 29 December '08

Even with the Satyam scandal, India’s IT sector can look forward to 2009

How to hedge against a slowdown

Wednesday 27 February '08

Let's be clear at the outset-the Indian economy is not slipping into recession.

VAT’s happening

Wednesday 24 October '07

There is something remarkable about the way Uttar Pradesh fell in line with other states to implement Value Added Tax...

Government disservice

Friday 12 October '07

When the pay scales of government employees trail the cost of living, government in major economies simply mark it up.

India no more lives in its villages, so feels the Centre

Friday 13 July '07

It Could soon be curtains for the slogan that 70 per cent of India lives in villages.

CEO pay — the other side

Tuesday 29 May '07

PSU chiefs control investment that is 12 per cent of GDP. But their pay is abysmal. This is unsustainable, too

LIC may receive Govt approval for UTI Bank acquisition

Friday 13 April '07

Life Insurance Corporation may receive the government’s nod to acquire UTI Bank...

How to use a ‘crisis’

Saturday 17 March '07

Once industry accepts that price controls and state interventions on supply side are par for the course, then few companies will use booming demand conditions as a time to take investment decisions. They will play around with shortages, instead

Financial sector reforms are just round the bend

Monday 19 February '07

The capital markets reform agenda is finally ready. The blueprint for financial sector reforms chalked out by the government-appointed Percy Mistry Committee has called for a series of measures.

India shopping

Wednesday 14 February '07

Twist to the merger story: desi blue chips are ‘protected’ because of high GDP growth

Reform is a long-playing record

Friday 2 February '07

Most steps forward, from VAT to airport modernisation, have had to get past specious dissent