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The writer is a former IAS officer, and a governance and economic regulation expert

A boy sells face masks at a traffic intersection in Mumbai on March 15, 2020. (AP)

The C-virus impact on the lives of urban Indians

Globalisation benefited urban India the most, so it is urban India that is now affected the most

16 March 2020 11:49 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Treating Trump better may be good for India; but let's not forget...

Look no further than enjoying at Ahmedabad a grander version of the Narendra Modi-Donald Trump event in Houston last...

22 Feb 2020 3:18 AM IST

Arvind Kejriwal

Seismic changes haunt BJP after Delhi shock

To be sure the city of Delhi a cossetted child of emperors starting with the Great Mughals is spoilt silly.

15 Feb 2020 3:07 AM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman

New thinking is needed, Band-Aids won't suffice

The government has been firefighting since FY 2019 using mostly Band-Aids of the cheapest kinds.

29 Jan 2020 2:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi legacy: What the future holds for India

The man is full of energy, strong in the saddle and is likely to be around till 2030.

7 Jan 2020 1:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Stoke animal spirits' to let India breathe again

The economic downturn has cannibalised the participation of women in the workforce -- down to 26 per cent from 37 per...

25 Dec 2019 2:13 AM IST

Active participation by the private sector in policy and rulemaking wherever they impinge on business should become a necessary practice, rather than the hush-hush, wink-wink business it is today.

Can govt let private sector take lead on growth?

Bringing the private sector centre-stage requires a sea change in the manner of its participation and its role in...

2 Dec 2019 12:00 AM IST

Had India become a part of the bloc, it would have had the third highest GDP just below Japan and above South Korea, and tied with South Korea for the third highest global trade.

India dodges RCEP, but can't avoid Reforms 2.0

Exports to China account for just around 15 per cent, while another 11 per cent go to other destinations in East Asia.

8 Nov 2019 2:31 AM IST

Good Economics for Hard Times, by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo Juggernaut, Rs 699.

Saving the world from the bottom upwards

All three apply the experimental method of randomised control trials (RCT) from the physical sciences to social science.

3 Nov 2019 2:04 AM IST

The report also does well to emphasise that higher trade-to-GDP ratios are a signal of competitiveness and an entry point for coupling the Indian economy with the international economy, including through global value chains.

'Hybrid' export growth models: Hope for India

Government advisory committees come with implicit constraints to stay within the limits of what is politically doable.

2 Nov 2019 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Leave growth to pundits, let's end poverty instead

But the surprise is that so has newly created Telengana! Dividing states seems to do wonders for reducing inequality.

23 Oct 2019 1:56 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Are these early shoots of a reforms' revival?

Encouraging individual ministers to become visible while laying out their strategy to deal with the slowdown is in.

15 Oct 2019 1:07 AM IST