Telecommunications BSNL rescue package is too little, too lateV. SridharThe rescue package for BSNL and MTNL, the fall guys of the Indian mobile telephony boom, hides more than it reveals.
Economics A Nobel-winning prescription for symptomsV. SridharAs the euphoria over India’s latest Nobel Prize win subsides, it is time to question the validity of randomised control trials advocated by the prize
Finance Minister announces tax sops for big business V. SridharUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman continued her series of sops to big business on September 20 by announcing a scaling down of taxes and other
Reserve Bank of India Bank of last resort V. SridharThe RBI’s transfer of a huge surplus to the Union government does not augur well for it from an institutional standpoint and in the context of managem
Economic slowdown Signs of a crisis in the automobile industryV. SridharThe Narendra Modi government’s response to the Indian automobile industry’s worst slump in two decades reflects an inability to recognise the slowdown
Economic survey 2018-19 Economic Survey 2018-19: Vacuous exerciseV. SridharThe Economic Survey waxes eloquent on the standout economic problems of our times, without offering solutions or a road map to nudge the country on th
The Economy Growth story in shredsV. SridharA former senior adviser to the government on economic matters delivers another blow to the credibility of India’s growth rate, but the methodology of
Karnataka Ground regainedV. SridharRishikesh Bahadur Desai Ravi SharmaThe BJP’s massive win destroys the Congress-JD(S)’ “Karnataka model” of political alternative and poses a threat to the very survival of the coalitio
Striking finding V. SridharThis book is a must-read for all those with an interest in the defining Indian problem of the day, mass unemployment.
The Modi yearsV. SridharThe book is a comprehensive audit of the Narendra Modi regime’s five-year tenure and reveals an all-round failure that is unprecedented in scope and e
Demonetisation A terror strikeV. Sridhar Narendra Modi’s demonetisation, unprecedented in global economic history, is likely to have fundamentally altered Indians’ expectation of stability of
INSTITUTIONS Executive steamrollerV. SRIDHARV. VENKATESANInstitutions of the Indian state faced their worst challenge during the Narendra Modi years. The Planning Commission has been replaced with the NITI A
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
