TN Ninan is a former editor and chairman of Business Standard and has held several influential positions in journalism and media.
TN Ninan is a former editor and chairman of Business Standard and has held several influential positions in journalism and media.
The message from Beijing is clear: acknowledge superior Chinese power, and behave accordingly
The shift from "one country, one tax" to four tax rates could dilute possible gains on GDP
Poor countries need the help of cheap currencies to break into export markets
Madhya Pradesh has delivered cumulative growth of 92% in the 2010-15 period
More effective promotion of domestic manufacturing, mining can reduce trade deficit in key sectors
While India's human development index has improved, absolute performance levels aren't satisfactory
The city needs some autonomy, or it will continue to decline in all the ways that are familiar
State budgets, which once were smaller than the central budget, are now about a third bigger
Those in India's public life need to stop hiding behind big numbers. Their honesty needs to be tried
With all his efforts to transform the economy stymied, PM wants to redefine the political narrative
The real charge against Ratan Tata is that efforts to deal with his mistakes were stymied
A sure way to win politically in the country is to project yourself as someone untouched by corruption
Demonetisation, which was touted as the "biggest and boldest" attack on black money, has turned out to be nothing of the sort
The net benefit of demonetisation would be quite small when placed against the scale of disruption that has been caused
The great wave of industrialisation that has swept across East Asia over the past 40 years is about to ebb
Mr Modi is a master in evoking the emotional reasoning that is the essence of post-truth - as indeed is Donald Trump
A politically savvy move, demonetisation of high-value currency notes by Mr Modi may be the most radically socialist step by any Indian PM
Conglomerates, cover wider area like the Banyan, but haven't done as well recently as stand-alone enterprises, the sequoias that are usually taller than the Qutb Minar
Ratan Tata should know his legacy is secure, given where he took the group from what he had at the start
World Bank says India stands to lose 69% of its jobs on account of automation