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The sale of the federal government's 4.92% in the state-run hydro power generation firm could earn it about 13.34 billion rupees ($160.81 million)

Updated On: 20 Sep 2023 | 10:20 PM IST

Private commercial interest, Indians tend to believe, often trumps social interest

Updated On: 03 Mar 2017 | 10:56 PM IST

Our borrowed economics has failed because it is not rooted in India

Updated On: 05 Feb 2017 | 1:20 PM IST

One imported economist is NITI Aayog head, another CEA, and a third will soon be RBI deputy governor

Updated On: 07 Jan 2017 | 4:07 AM IST

Post demonetisation there is no or less cash, which means less buying. Less buying means less selling. Less selling means less producing. Less producing means more sacking

Updated On: 09 Dec 2016 | 11:20 PM IST

This year theme of 'Ideas Conclave' was 'Democracy, Development and Dissent'

Updated On: 11 Nov 2016 | 10:44 PM IST

Politicians are not the only ones who make unreasonable demands about proof. Social scientists, especially economists, also do the same thing

Updated On: 15 Oct 2016 | 12:03 AM IST

The first time an economist was made governor was in May 1977

Updated On: 02 Sep 2016 | 9:57 PM IST

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing."

Updated On: 05 Aug 2016 | 9:44 PM IST

Jayant Sinha has been given a great opportunity to implement the newly-announced aviation policies

Updated On: 08 Jul 2016 | 11:22 PM IST

For the last several weeks a controversy has been generated over whether or not the present governor of the RBI, should be given an extension

Updated On: 27 Jun 2016 | 5:48 PM IST

Country after democratic country has been a victim of this seductive combination. The ones that are not are more the exception rather than the rule

Updated On: 13 May 2016 | 10:55 PM IST

Most Indians are agreed on one thing: If Narendra Modi wants to be re-elected, he must create more jobs that provide a regular monthly income with benefits

Updated On: 15 Apr 2016 | 11:13 PM IST

The only other profession that resembles that of T20 bowlers is the Indian bureaucracy - low performance expectations and very high rewards

Updated On: 18 Mar 2016 | 10:15 PM IST