China biggest beneficiary of Indophobic visa flap

In the din of the H1B controversy,...

Delhi HC turns down FIR against doctor in PC & PNDT act

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently...

Delhi Police data shows decline in crimes against women

New Delhi: The national capital has recently...

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Nirmala Sitharaman has unenviable task at hand

Reckoning with the constraints in Union Budget 2021-22. In balancing the numerous contending demands for financial and other state support with the finite revenues at...

Nirmala Sitharaman has unenviable task at hand

Reckoning with the constraints in Union Budget 2021-22. In balancing the numerous contending demands for financial and other state support with the finite revenues at...

Nirmala Sitharaman has unenviable task at hand

Reckoning with the constraints in Union Budget 2021-22. In balancing the numerous contending demands for financial and other state support with the finite revenues at...

Vaccinating Bharat: The nuts and bolts of an effective rollout

The fortnight-long US experience rolling out the vaccine has already shown that global availability will be a critical issue to contend with.

Vaccinating Bharat: The nuts and bolts of an effective rollout

The fortnight-long US experience rolling out the vaccine has already shown that global availability will be a critical issue to contend with.

Vaccinating Bharat: The nuts and bolts of an effective rollout

The fortnight-long US experience rolling out the vaccine has already shown that global availability will be a critical issue to contend with.

Vaccinating Bharat: A public health challenge of epic proportions

The first task at hand, and already underway, is identifying the vaccine most appropriate, available and affordable for India.   Not unexpectedly, after months of bitter...

Vaccinating Bharat: A public health challenge of epic proportions

The first task at hand, and already underway, is identifying the vaccine most appropriate, available and affordable for India.   Not unexpectedly, after months of bitter...

Vaccinating Bharat: A public health challenge of epic proportions

The first task at hand, and already underway, is identifying the vaccine most appropriate, available and affordable for India.   Not unexpectedly, after months of bitter...

Nuances of becoming Atmanirbhar Bharat

There should be a concrete draft of intentions that invites informed comments. No one can argue against the proposition that the need of the hour...

Nuances of becoming Atmanirbhar Bharat

There should be a concrete draft of intentions that invites informed comments. No one can argue against the proposition that the need of the hour...

Nuances of becoming Atmanirbhar Bharat

There should be a concrete draft of intentions that invites informed comments. No one can argue against the proposition that the need of the hour...

Let’s assess the feasibility of an Atmanirbhar Bharat

If the emphasis is going to be on reverting back to the Nehruvian-Indira Gandhi era of high import duties and restricted trade, the task...

Let’s assess the feasibility of an Atmanirbhar Bharat

If the emphasis is going to be on reverting back to the Nehruvian-Indira Gandhi era of high import duties and restricted trade, the task...

Let’s assess the feasibility of an Atmanirbhar Bharat

If the emphasis is going to be on reverting back to the Nehruvian-Indira Gandhi era of high import duties and restricted trade, the task...

Creating a safety net is a prerequisite to labour flexibility

Greater labour flexibility also demands the strengthening of social security to workers; both in terms of its applicability and in its quantum. Stated bluntly, there...

Creating a safety net is a prerequisite to labour flexibility

Greater labour flexibility also demands the strengthening of social security to workers; both in terms of its applicability and in its quantum. Stated bluntly, there...

Creating a safety net is a prerequisite to labour flexibility

Greater labour flexibility also demands the strengthening of social security to workers; both in terms of its applicability and in its quantum. Stated bluntly, there...

The new labour codes: For whose benefit?

Most employers have broadly welcomed these codes, hoping that they would make production more competitive. Conversely, most workers, unions and the apex national bodies...

The new labour codes: For whose benefit?

Most employers have broadly welcomed these codes, hoping that they would make production more competitive. Conversely, most workers, unions and the apex national bodies...

The new labour codes: For whose benefit?

Most employers have broadly welcomed these codes, hoping that they would make production more competitive. Conversely, most workers, unions and the apex national bodies...

Use new agri-laws to help double farmers’ incomes

At the end of the day, the Indian farmer must be enabled through regulatory and other policy support, to get a much larger share...

Use new agri-laws to help double farmers’ incomes

At the end of the day, the Indian farmer must be enabled through regulatory and other policy support, to get a much larger share...

Use new agri-laws to help double farmers’ incomes

At the end of the day, the Indian farmer must be enabled through regulatory and other policy support, to get a much larger share...

Time to allay farmers’ fears on new agri-market laws

For decades now, most political parties had been vocal about ending the monopoly of APMCs in buying farmers’ produce. Now that the NDA government...

Time to allay farmers’ fears on new agri-market laws

For decades now, most political parties had been vocal about ending the monopoly of APMCs in buying farmers’ produce. Now that the NDA government...

Time to allay farmers’ fears on new agri-market laws

For decades now, most political parties had been vocal about ending the monopoly of APMCs in buying farmers’ produce. Now that the NDA government...

Revenues and responsibilities of states must move in tandem

The time has come for revisiting the entire gamut of issues concerning the Centre-State financial relationship.   Several recent developments have brought out the inherent asymmetry...

Revenues and responsibilities of states must move in tandem

The time has come for revisiting the entire gamut of issues concerning the Centre-State financial relationship.   Several recent developments have brought out the inherent asymmetry...

Revenues and responsibilities of states must move in tandem

The time has come for revisiting the entire gamut of issues concerning the Centre-State financial relationship.   Several recent developments have brought out the inherent asymmetry...

States must be given more responsibilities

Our Constitution is more unitary than federal.   History was written on 26 January 1950 when India was declared a Republic, based on a Constitution declaring...

States must be given more responsibilities

Our Constitution is more unitary than federal.   History was written on 26 January 1950 when India was declared a Republic, based on a Constitution declaring...

States must be given more responsibilities

Our Constitution is more unitary than federal.   History was written on 26 January 1950 when India was declared a Republic, based on a Constitution declaring...

Making secondary school and higher education more autonomous

We need to remain cognizant that no countrywide silver bullet to our higher education problems exists given the great diversity across states.   While foundational education...

Making secondary school and higher education more autonomous

We need to remain cognizant that no countrywide silver bullet to our higher education problems exists given the great diversity across states.   While foundational education...

Making secondary school and higher education more autonomous

We need to remain cognizant that no countrywide silver bullet to our higher education problems exists given the great diversity across states.   While foundational education...

Getting primary education right

With NEP20 suggesting five years of formalised foundational education for all the 73 mn children, plus 10 years of regular schooling and 50% of...

Getting primary education right

With NEP20 suggesting five years of formalised foundational education for all the 73 mn children, plus 10 years of regular schooling and 50% of...

Getting primary education right

With NEP20 suggesting five years of formalised foundational education for all the 73 mn children, plus 10 years of regular schooling and 50% of...

Pushing the pedal on universal health care in India

A rare silver lining of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is the attention it has forced to addressing the public health issues. Besides, plugging the...

Pushing the pedal on universal health care in India

A rare silver lining of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is the attention it has forced to addressing the public health issues. Besides, plugging the...

Pushing the pedal on universal health care in India

A rare silver lining of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is the attention it has forced to addressing the public health issues. Besides, plugging the...

Universal health care: A chimera or a reality?

Perhaps most worrisome is India’s gross inability to spend more on health, the starting point for any change.   Policymakers and thought leaders across the world...

Universal health care: A chimera or a reality?

Perhaps most worrisome is India’s gross inability to spend more on health, the starting point for any change.   Policymakers and thought leaders across the world...

Universal health care: A chimera or a reality?

Perhaps most worrisome is India’s gross inability to spend more on health, the starting point for any change.   Policymakers and thought leaders across the world...

Policy changes and actions needed for employment-creation

While the role of private enterprise will be paramount, the State must act unhesitatingly as an active enabler for the long term. The segments...

Policy changes and actions needed for employment-creation

While the role of private enterprise will be paramount, the State must act unhesitatingly as an active enabler for the long term. The segments...

Policy changes and actions needed for employment-creation

While the role of private enterprise will be paramount, the State must act unhesitatingly as an active enabler for the long term. The segments...

Recognise employment as essential for development

We need to reframe ‘development’ away from aggregate measures of growth towards a sharper, more telling focus on the advancement of the majority of...

Recognise employment as essential for development

We need to reframe ‘development’ away from aggregate measures of growth towards a sharper, more telling focus on the advancement of the majority of...

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