Congress Party “Internal party reforms urgently needed”
Barack Obama“Will Obamaism catch on with the Indian politics?”
Prime Minister on the drought and his response inadequate! »
Finance Minister’s response too seems not pro-active either! FM’s approach to rural regional bank branch expansion must be more comprehensive and more target-focused!
There is a severe drought hitting the agricultural sector in a serious manner. The heart-rending stories are difficult to read. There are farmers’ suicides from many states, notably in AP, it is really [...]
Nobel Prize Committee can also do foolish things! »
It awarded the economics prize in 1997 and now the word pays a high price for it!
Foolhardy speculations led to the current economic crisis.
The Ascent of Money
A financial history of the world by Niall Fergusson, Penguin, 2009, pp441, paperback.
The book, the paperback edition has come out only a month ago. The edition has a latest [...]
The new Planning Commission constituted! »
What is new about it? Not much!
The same old faces are here again. The newly constituted Commission has once more the same deputy chairman, namely, Montek Singh Ahluwalia. There is again the old list with Ms. Syeda Hameed and Mr. Abhijit Sen from the old panel. The Prime Minister has administered the oath office to [...]
Why the hurry for the Free Trade Agreement with Asean? »
Prime Minister’s case seems weak and taken in haste!
Kerala Chief Minister raises objection for the right reasons!
Yes, trade talks are critical for any country, more so for India. Asean is India’s fourth-largest trading partner after the EU, US and China. Indo-Asean trade is growing at 27 % and stands at 38.37 billion in 2007-08.
Yet, the [...]
Why talk only of economic reforms? »
We need political reforms too1
To make the distribution of wealth and also to create equal opportunities.
The National Election Waft is a body of a thousand and odd NGOs started as an election monitoring body which itself was started by the Association for Democratic Reforms(ADR).This body filed a PIL before the Supreme Court in 2003 which [...]
Economic recession prolongs, inflation falls to near zero! »
Yet, there is no full-time Finance Minister!
To explain and reassure the common man!
Inflation to fall to a record low, to 0.44% is a sign of many bad things for the economy. Experts will tell you what all those other bad signs are and what they predict for the economy as a whole.
Industrial production fell to [...]
The world’s greatest democratic experiment! »
Elections, 2009: the big power game is here!
Unprincipled alliances, yes, that is election is all about!
But India needs to follow principles!
Indian Prime Minister, whoever he or she is, must adhere to some principles!
Yes, the time is here right now. We are somehow come to have a government in India that is while being democratic in [...]
Theoreticians and practical men! »
Experts and political leaders of the people!
Why a new finance minister not appointed? What is the hitch?
Why the Prime Minister is keeping so many portfolios?
India just now, at the New Year eve, is inundated, so to say, with too many experts, economist of repute! Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel winner and professor of economics at Columbia University [...]
Growth rate for industrial production slows down!In this current year! »
Rate of economic growth matters? Or, the kind of economic growth really matters? Why our policy makers haven’t promoted all-round growth?
The Prime Minister talks of inclusive growth. Fine. But why the inclusive growth is not happening? Why some segments are outside the growth story? For instance, agriculture? Why even the rate of employment growth. [...]
The Big news in agriculture! »
Mukesh Ambani vs Sunil Bharti Mittal rivalry!
The economic reformers must articulate the benefits of organised retail for farm sector reforms!
The organised retail revolution will come and will succeed. The traditional exploitation of farmers by the age-old money lenders and the traders will end for ever! One has to have the vision to foresee developments in [...]
