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On Monday, Kamal Nath revised his ambitious road targets. He should also consider that finding short-term solutions to long-term problems of infrastructure can only prolong them
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Critics of Bt brinjal who seem to see it as an experiment running amok are missing its economic and scientific viability
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Beyond the fairy-tale national income figures, the poor growth estimate for agriculture indicates more inflationary trouble in future
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Selling capital assets to fund a deficit is myopic national policy. As Vijay Kelkar noted, government needs to get out of business to deal with economic efficiency and to strengthen our democracy
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What needs to be understood is why diplomacy with Pakistan has resulted in few returns. Talking with a democratic government won’t change the situation with respect to terrorism
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Persistently high levels of fiscal deficit holds threats for the country’s long-term growth story
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Is NREGS, with its scant regard for quality and tendency to spur inflation, more of a drag than a boon?
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Historically, financial products have been disguises for taking on leverage. Indian regulators should continue to be cautious about them
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The decades-old inter-state mobility of cricketers is an example of how a fixation with Marathi identity doesn’t really work
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The railways is not a partner in India’s growth efforts. For that to happen, it needs to be freed of pernicious political control
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The real challenge in building an efficient clean energy framework lies in formulating an adaptation mechanism based on innovative financial policies
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The movement of risk from the private to the public sector has to be reversed if India is to avoid another fiscal trap
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The way to expedite the Doha Round lies in reconciling its economic and political aspects
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Distribution of medals and honours sits uneasily with the role of a modern government and creates a coterie of “prestige”
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As the US looks to curb outsourcing, Indian firms and lobbyists have to persuade a Left-leaning government about the merits of free trade
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IPCC’s conclusions--now under doubt--were used to put pressure on India last year. So it is worth asking if we need to kick off a new debate on what to do at future climate change talks
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There is a new emotion at play in Davos’s Alpine setting: Trust, or more accurately what to do with the near total wiping out of trust in Western financial markets
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As the time comes to tighten monetary policy, the central bank has to keep in mind the steep rise in inflation
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As India squanders its goodwill in Afghanistan due to policy confusion, Pakistan is gaining an upper hand in the country
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At a time when bankers are redifining themselves in austere terms, the focus need not be on what is ethical for the industry
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