While India should be concerned about disparities, the fact is that whereas three decades ago about half the people had incomes greater than $2.15 a day, today seven out of eight do, notes T N......
Oliver Bullough's book offers a whirlwind trip of the dark underbelly of global finance, covering everything from tax law changes to aiding criminals to decamp with money from bank accounts.......
Ajit Balakrishnan on the surprising drivers of mathematical innovation. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. The other day, in an attempt to lift the mood of three-dozen......
'The norm will be even less public accountability, even less transparency, tweets instead of press conferences, TV lectures rather than parliamentary debate, and greater political......
'Outside investors don't want to get tangled up in a religious war.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Narendra Damodardas Modi is making all the wrong moves by stoking sectarian......
Perhaps the finance ministry or NITI Aayog could take a detailed look at what governments actually deliver and at what cost; how their services can be improved and expanded where necessary; how......
'Should the most important part of economic reform not comprise the way we look at the fiscal deficit?', asks T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com We are now......
On key issues of privatisation and subsidy reform, the government missed the opportunity to articulate a position that would mark a significant departure from the past, says Ishan Kumar Bakshi .......
Panagariya has advocated a more liberalised spending, arguing that greater capital expenditure could relax some of the infrastructure bottlenecks facing the country, says Ishan Bakshi. Image:......
Image: Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman of the newly announced NITI Aayog. Photograph: Paresh Gandhi/Rediff.com Eminent free market economist Arvind Panagariya has been appointed to......