A K Bhattacharya
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A K Bhattacharya
A K Bhattacharya is a senior economic journalist with over four decades of experience. He is Business Standard's editorial director and a writer of a long-running column - Raisina Hill. He had set the bar for business reporting as the chief of bureau at the Economic Times in the early 1990s, when economic reforms raged. He had a ringside view to many other disruptions, creative and otherwise, during his four decades in journalism, a journey that started when he switched careers after a year of teaching.
A K Bhattacharya is a senior economic journalist with over four decades of experience. He is Business Standard's editorial director and a writer of a long-running column - Raisina Hill. He had set the bar for business reporting as the chief of bureau at the Economic Times in the early 1990s, when economic reforms raged. He had a ringside view to many other disruptions, creative and otherwise, during his four decades in journalism, a journey that started when he switched careers after a year of teaching.
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A K Bhattacharya: The finance ministry's magic act
Squeezing spending or ramping up revenue collections hugely in the last month of the financial year does not suggest a fiscally prudent path for any government
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy: A pale shadow
While exploiting the popularity of the Byomkesh Bakshi films made earlier by Satyajit Ray and Anjan Dutt, Dibakar Banerjee takes a gamble by trying to recreate the main character
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A K Bhattacharya: Some standout governance
In sharp contrast to the UPA govt in its final months, the Bharatiya Janata Party top leadership has performed well to overcome the legislative logjam
Life lessons from the Mahabharata
The last two volumes of Bibek Debroy's 10-volume translation of the Mahabharata show how the story equips you to come to terms with life
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A K Bhattacharya: Playing with numbers
The CSO's economic growth numbers are based on value addition and they now capture value addition in a more comprehensive way
A K Bhattacharya: Managing the 'state' of affairs
The Centre must ensure that its vision of cooperative federalism does not result in a rapid rise in social and economic inequality among states
A K Bhattacharya: Meeting expectations a big challenge
The finance ministry now has a chief economic advisor, a new finance secretary and the benefit of advice from NITI Aayog
A K Bhattacharya: Leaving a mark on the Budget
The FM could consider two changes in the way the Budget is presented: scrap the secrecy around tax rates and exempt the tax dept from revenue collection targets
A K Bhattacharya: A simple matter of conviction
Three recent initiatives kicked off with renewed vigour to improve governance were actually started, perhaps in a different format, by the UPA government
A K Bhattacharya: Public sector no panacea for the government
Public sector enterprises may not be financially sound enough to plug deficit or revive investment
A K Bhattacharya: Facing the fiscal rites of passage
The govt might have zeroed in on a strategy to deal with politically difficult reforms but it will face a big question on its fiscal policy in the next two months
A K Bhattacharya: The weight of expectations
Big projects, like big-bang reforms, can create hype and earn the government headlines. But without solid groundwork and focus, this can lead to disappointment
A K Bhattacharya: Winds of change in Parliament
With the prospects of some Bills getting cleared in the winter session appearing bright, the credit for all this should go to the maturity of the Cong and the political management skills of the BJP
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