Economy

Farmers stir: Messaging isn’t governance

The farmers agitation—which began in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur, spread to Neemuch, Ratlam, and Indore districts, and threatens to spread to...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 Jun 2017, 10:23

Falling prey to waiver monster

When representatives of farmers and activists demand farm loan waiver, they are countered with the arguments pertaining to fiscal prudence,...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 11 Jun 2017, 03:06

Modi and the art of the impossible

Politics, said Bismarck, is the art of the possible. That was then. But, in the era of the modern welfare...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 05 Jun 2017, 11:30

Time to sell white elephant called Air India

The Narendra Modi government would do well to accept its think-tank Niti Aayog’s recommendation for the privatization of the loss-making...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 05 Jun 2017, 11:28

Moody’s exposes Modi

A day after the official data showed slowdown in the fourth quarter, Moody’s Investor Service’s latest observation about India’s “significantly”...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 02 Jun 2017, 12:34

Time to rein in FSSAI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen on improving India’s ranking in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index. But...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 31 May 2017, 08:24

Time to dump Swadeshi fogeys

By approving the commercial use of indigenously developed genetically modified mustard, a government panel has sent across a good signal;...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 13 May 2017, 07:07

Job creation calls for more than good intentions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now reportedly turned his attention to employment generation. This is very good, but he must...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 10 May 2017, 06:30

Frenzied lamentations

Can a person be a mass murderer and a Gandhi devotee at the same time? A jihadist and a peace-lover...

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 08 May 2017, 12:19

Fitch underlines the economic weaknesses of India

The rating agency Fitch’s refusal to upgrade India’s sovereign rating underlines the Narendra Modi government’s inability to galvanize the economy....

Read More  By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 08 May 2017, 08:36