Economy
Universal basic income: A vile idea
Some ideas, wrote George Orwell, are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them. Another group can be added to that—that...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 25 Jan 2017, 05:36
Anti-GM fanatics are a curse
The Niti Aayog has done well to advocate wider use of genetically modified (GM) seeds despite the RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 14 Jan 2017, 02:26
A bikini called statistics
Statistics are like a bikini, said Aaron Levenstein, for what they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital....
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 30 Dec 2016, 02:03
Seamier side of welfare state
Middle class Indians and intellectuals in general talk romantically about the excellent social security system in Scandinavian countries. What they...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 23 Dec 2016, 12:28
Modi is a revolutionary
In the wake of the demonetization move, various epithets have been used for Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his admirers...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Dec 2016, 11:09
Anti-profiteering: Govt tilts at windmills
The Narendra Modi government’s defence of the proposed “anti-profiteering” provision in the draft goods and services tax (GST) legislation exposes...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 30 Nov 2016, 09:07
Engineer Modi fights crocodiles
Once upon a time, there was an engineer. He was sent to build a bridge on a river. Unfortunately, the...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 28 Nov 2016, 01:16
Anti-profiteering clause: Modi’s tryst with socialism
The Narendra Modi regime seems to have forgotten the poll promise of maximum governance-minimum government; the reverse seems to be...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 27 Nov 2016, 03:17
Glitzy campaigns won’t improve business climate
The Narendra Modi government’s disappointment at the World Bank’s latest Doing Business report is misplaced if not churlish. The report...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 27 Oct 2016, 10:52
Jaitley plans to bleed PSUs
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley seems to be the repository of bad ideas, the latest one being burdening public sector undertakings...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 27 Oct 2016, 05:44
