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M.D. Nalapat
Although this is disputed by those nostalgic for the days when there were only Ambassador cars sputtering on the streets, a few admit that the liberalization of the economy begun in 1991 by Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh was necessary. Indeed, such p.. [ full story ] |
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PM to India Inc: Who the hell are you?
Ravi Shanker Kapoor
In a famous couplet, Ghalib laments about the haughtiness of his beloved: har ek baat pe kahate ho tum ki tuu kyaa hai/tumhii.n kaho ke ye a.ndaaz-e-guftaguu kyaa hai (At everything that I say, you snap, ‘Who the hell are you’?/Tell me what kind of tal.. [ full story ] | |
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| PM makes statement
Our Correspondent
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unhappy that the captains of industry leaders are critical of his government. He accuses them of spreading despondency by talking about ‘policy paralysis.’ But then what else can be expected from a man who blindly follo.. [ full story ] |
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11 ways to combat corruption
Subramanian Swamy
Corruption in India is now a major concern because of the gigantic and mind-boggling amounts illegally appropriated in the Satyam, IPL, CWG, and 2G Spectrum scams. By
all objective criteria, India today has by far one of the most corrupt gover.. [ full story ] | |
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| Govt is clueless on policy matters
Ravi Shanker Kapoor
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee does not reveal a state secret when he says that his government needs to take new policy initiatives to revive growth and check inflation. “Options for fiscal steps as well as monetary measures are increasingly limited.. [ full story ] |
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| From Archieves |
| Montek’s man frustrates professionals |
| BJP’s doublespeak on FDI in retail |
| UPA promotes a myth: Growth hurts inclusiveness |
| Reform aviation sector |
| The terror of error |
| Petrol price hike fleeces aam aadmi |
| Nilekani does philanthropy with taxpayer’s money |
| Price control of medicines is bad |
| Opening up the skies |
| SCI: Sailing in troubled waters |
| Mining Bill: A lose-lose proposition |
| We’ll fix it anyway |
| NAC fanatics distort poverty debate |
| Mining Bill: Recipe for disaster |
| Deeper malaise |
| Sonia returns, increases petrol prices |
| Sarkari attempt to boost manufacturing |
| Hindutva Principle of Economic Development |
| Social sector spending is graft by another name |
| Food Security Bill: Recipe for disaster |
| Govt mulls draconian tax law |
| Sebi member takes on I-T Deptt |
| Big boost to big retail |
| Torturing taxpayers |
| Fuel price hike: Fleecing aam aadmi |
| Always meddling |
| Universal venality |
| Mamata is rigid on land acquisition issue |
| Lessons to learn |
| Mamata vs Railways |
| Old story: Chinese repression in Xinjiang |
| Reforms: Survey proposes, Budget disposes |
| Survey, Rly Budget not on same wavelength |
| Help us, or else…: AI bosses, unions blackmail nation |
| Three musketeers: Blame game by Kulkarni, Brajesh, Jaswant |
| US loves being fooled by Pak |
| Privatize, don’t disinvest |
| Some of politicians’ pledges are better broken |
| Housing needs to be decontrolled |
| Nano has negotiated all bumps |
| Sarkari Satyam: CAG slams wayward Govt spending |
| Late cut: But Budget sops won’t help Cong |
| Myth-making: Interim Budget as poll speech |
Loose control
Boost cheap housing sans intervention |
Blue terror
Killer buses continue run in Delhi |
| BRT again: Dikshit should dump project |
| Speaking out: Tata exhorts people of Bengal |
| Our kind of guy: Badal Jr likes branded products |
| Industriousness needed |
| Scoring self-goal: Sheila Dikshit persists with BRT |
| Jet-tisoning reason: Sacked employees behaving irresponsibly |
| Relying on deadwood: States depend on public sector in mining |
| Arjun's arrows: Keen to destroy Brand IIT |
| Good move: DPP liberalizes defence purchases |
| Harebrained idea: Fund cannot check inflation |
| Act fast: Bring PPP in education sector |
| Stealing freedom: Govt wants to control steel sector |
| Let Goa pay: SEZ promoters should not suffer |
| Key issues like energy take back seat |
| Tryst with collectivism: Advani disapproves of Ranbaxy sale |
| The way out: Cong, BJP need consensus |
| Waking up: UPA adopts austerity measures |
| BSNL should go public |
| Original Sin called NREGS |
| Lose-lose situation: Populism hits taxpayer; netas don't gain |
Wild-goose chase
No please-all rule in farm prices |
| Ban on futures trading futile |
| Raj again stokes parochialism |
| BRT has blinded Delhi Govt |
| Earlier, Govt pretended to have magic wand |
| Inflation rattles UPA Govt |
| Populism is friend of inflation |
| A tale of three states |
| Punjab's woes: Economic policy needs drastic change |
| Shourie vindicated: But the real victor is Left |
| Spiral of populism: Using taxpayers' money for votes |
| Welfarism eclipses security concerns |
| Blind to excellence: AICTE doesn't see good B-schools |
| NREGS failure is inherent |
| Taxing times: Govt reluctance to reduce rates |
| Govt is unduly slammed for Sensex crash |
| Left abandoned: Workers favor non-Left unions |
| Fraud in World Bank health schemes |
| When small is big: Tata deserves all the plaudits |
| Legalized loot: NREGS is deeply flawed |
| Goa SEZs go |
| Confused Govt: Ministries work at cross purposes |
| Confused Govt: Ministries work at cross purposes |
| Patkar's paroxysms: She wants to jeopardise Posco project |
| Sack Aiyar: Mega rally would be a disaster |
| Good riddance: BRPSE chairman resigns |
| In hot water |
| House of cards: Selja has quixotic plan for poor |
| Higher education: Sickness sans cure |
| Brand Nawab: Politicos sustain Bluelines on roads |
| Divided house: Renuka crusades against SEZs |
| Maya's perverse move: 1,000 Reliance Fresh workers sacked |
| Cess-pool: Egregious move to raise resources |
| Even PSUs have to bribe officials |
| Blithe spirit: Cricket at its best |
| Montek pleases communists |
| Joining the issue: India Inc supports nuclear deal |
| Maya for poor: Quotas may lead to de-industrialisation |
| Patently wrong |
| More controls can't tackle rural distress |
| Can Buddha see the whole truth? |
| Jihad, Naxalism arrest growth |
| Targeting retail: Kerala Left bans big chains |
| Myth exposed: 'Jobless growth' does not exist |
| Licence to kill: Proposed licensing of big retail |
| Indian staff blackmails all; Govt bows to them |
| Indian staff blackmails all; Govt bows to them |
| Reds want to kill big retail |
| Kerala commies' roadblocks |
| Nooyi's retrospective wisdom |
| Confessions of UPA functionaries |
| Anti-Posco protests are motivated |
| Unnecessary evil: Karnataka discriminates against women |
| Aiyar wins, Delhi loses |
| Whipping couriers to save a govt deptt |
| Ignore CITU on SEZs |
| Pleasant surprise: Govt has done well by defreezing SEZs |
| Poverty of policy: Posco impasse hurts Orissa |
| Bank unions overreach the mandate |
| Because populism involves us all |
| Public sector baffles powers that be |
Deceitful politicians
Singur protest is blatant |
| Unionizing BPO will hurt the Red bastion |
| Politicians may block growth |
| Price control will hurt pharma sector |
| Garibi Hatao II: Idiotic move |
| Rebuff to the Left |
| SEZs should benefit, not hurt, farmers |
| GM-Ford Inc? |
| Boom time, but govt may play spoilsport |
| Paswan strangluates pharma sector |
| India Inc gets aggressive |
| Creeping privatisation |
| CAG is wrong on privatization |
| Approach to 11th Plan: Beautiful, not bold |
| Budget 2006: Without direction |
| Kamal Nath unnecessarily bats for Mittal |
| AAI employees need rod |
| Red hand in Orissa violence |
| Left again bullies govt |
| Sonia hurts national interest |
| Communist conspiracy to destroy India |
| Red star over India |
| Left lays landmines in economy |
| Commercialization of education: Need of the hour |
| Gurgaon helps Left |
| Sonia’s belief: After me, the deluge |
| When will liberals see the evil of communism? |
| Gurgaon cold to Left rhetoric |
| Tragedy of Gurgaon: Credulous media, Left lies |
| Treacherous Left dictates terms |
| Call Left’s bluff |
| Ignore Left on Posco |
| Aiyar appeases Left |
| Job quota: Capitalists work against capitalism |
| Demolish the Left |
| Unnecessarily tarnishing Shourie |
| Chidambaram remains obstinate |
| Kerala workers expose CPM’s hypocrisy |
| Left’s hypocrisy on economic policy |
| Tyranny of unions in Bengal |
| Confront Paswan’s casteism |
| Intellectuals oppose rule of law |
| Chidambaram wants to return to command economy days |
| Patently perfidious behavior of BJP |
| PC fools industry, media, reformers |
| Chidambaram specializes in finding excuses |
| Chidambaram tries to fool nation with his budget |
| Budget: Directionless hotch-potch |
| UPA govt’s triple-speak |
| Govt shows spine: FDI in realty sector cleared |
| The industry of crying wolf |
| Time to shed outdated ideologies and open FDI in retail trade |
| Ordinance against ITC: Govt's extortionist methods |
| Devil quoting scriptures |
| Say no to reservations in private sector |
| Can reforms be without human face? |
| Whither Left Theory? |
Befuddled Bongs of Bengal....Keshto Patel at indiacause.com