BUSINESS
Competition between states to attract investment will boost India’s economy
For India to grow, a healthy balance between co-operation and competition between the states is the need of the hour
POLITICS
Freebie Politics | Is AAP deflecting attention from its failures?
Unable to defend its record, AAP has resorted to misleading the public, like raising the issue of loan write-offs
BUSINESS
GST @ Five | GST has heralded India’s economic integration
There are no examples of any country successfully implementing such a complex digital transformation of its tax system, especially when a large informal sector exists outside the taxation net
BUSINESS
Sri Lanka Crisis | Scaremongering by India’s Opposition will affect consumer, investor sentiment
The alarmist statements by several leaders of the Opposition about India facing a Sri Lanka-like economic crisis are irresponsible at best and sinister at worst
BUSINESS
Why Uttar Pradesh’s $1 trillion GDP target is achievable with Yogi Adityanath back in power
UP must start looking at cities as engines of economic growth rather than the sideshow in a feudal-agrarian politics that has dominated the Hindi heartland since Independence
BUSINESS
30 years later, the reforms journey continues
Thirty years since 1991, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally initiated another mega-round of reforms that rival the 1991 reforms in their scope; most importantly, farm laws and labour codes
BUSINESS
COVID-19 Second Wave | Economic challenges India must be prepared for
The declining economic activity may force the Centre to re-impose a spending cap. This can jeopardise the ambitious plan of infrastructure spending to spur the economy
BUSINESS
75% local reservation in private jobs will derail Haryana's economic growth
The new law threatens to scuttle the Haryana growth story and betrays the dangerously flawed understanding of the political class regarding economic growth and cities
BUSINESS
Can Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code be a blueprint elsewhere?
While the immediate flashpoint concerns the news and media company, the real issue is much bigger. It is about the digital monopolies created by the big-tech, which is now reshaping the real economies
BUSINESS
Implement farm laws without delay and investigate those behind Republic Day violence
Parliamentary democracy cannot be held hostage by violent interest groups working to protect their oppressive social and political power at expense of the masses
BUSINESS
Vilifying private enterprise threatens to push back India to the 70s
The first thing economic growth requires is trust, stability and law and order. If India continues on the path of political opportunism and populism pandering to one set of private producers' unjust demands, it is doomed to be trapped forever in the low-income category
BUSINESS
Address the technological disruption in the education sector
The education sector requires a massive infusion of resources for capacity building and increasing access. It is here that greater public-private partnerships can play a critical role in resource mobilisation, innovation and implementation
BUSINESS
Political economy and fear of the future behind farmer protests
The roots of the APMC goes back to colonial rule to ensure the cheap supply of raw cotton to mills in Britain. Furthermore, the roots of price control go back to the infamous Khilji era when policy to ensure a cheap supply of agricultural produce
BUSINESS
How foreign ecommerce giants pose a threat to Aatmanirbhar Bharat
India needs a new e-commerce draft policy to address the concerns on data usage, predatory pricing and monopoly power of entities such as Amazon and Flipkart
BUSINESS
Farm Bills will give India’s farmers more economic freedom
The reason why successive governments in the past did not do a rethink on the oppressive farm polices is not difficult to understand if we look at the rural politically economy, and how such mechanisms aid political power
BUSINESS
Three areas Aatmanirbhar Bharat must focus on: health, education and technology
Reform in urban governance and laws, investment in urban infrastructure and basic amenities for both ease of business and ease of living, and creation of new urban centres can build the critical economic ecosystem necessary for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat
BUSINESS
The NEP promises a much-needed overhauling of higher education in India
The NEP has a welcome focus on system overhaul in higher education, but much will depend on the actual rules and sub-rules and implementation, apart from the ability of the government to increase funding to the sector
TECHNOLOGY
Centre’s railways reforms continue unabated
The BJP-led central government is focusing on the 360-degree development of the Indian Railways — inviting greater private participation in running trains is one of the many steps towards modernising this lifeline for millions of Indians
POLITICS
Modi Govt 2.0 | Bold steps with a focus on long-term reforms
The Narendra Modi-led government has enacted several vital reforms and taken long-term policy decisions aimed at restructuring the economy
POLITICS
Policy | Restructure labour laws to benefit one and all
The labyrinth of labour laws are the main reason why medium-size enterprises are entirely missing in India. These laws must be restructured
POLITICS
Citizenship Amendment Bill | Hollow arguments and farcical allegations
Most of the reasons raised by those opposing the CAB are futile, even misleading. However, the concerns raised from the Northeast are real and must be redressed in a proactive manner.
POLITICS
Ayodhya Verdict | A new standard for resolving religious disputes
What is special about the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict is that a centuries-old religious dispute was finally resolved through reasoned arguments, and not through brute force on the streets as has mostly been the case around the world in such religious disputes.
POLITICS
Policy | Fine-tuning trade policies to complement geopolitical goals
Trade has always been used as an extension of the larger geopolitics. From the US to China, from Europe to Japan, everyone uses it. New Delhi would do well to put pressure on Kuala Lumpur till it changes its anti-India position on Kashmir.
POLITICS
Politics | The growing economic and diplomatic relevance of India’s diaspora
While the Indian diaspora has been a good-will ambassador and argued for the better relations between the host country and India, it is the Narendra Modi government that has fully realised its potential for public diplomacy.
