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Business News > Mint Authors > Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh

ARTICLES BY JAIRAM RAMESH

The global goal of limiting temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels in this century will not be achieved with what the major emitters have put on offer. Photo: Reuters

The climate club idea

5 min read . 09 Jun 2015

GST will undoubtedly constitute a very major reform in the structure of indirect taxation and help create a seamless national common market. Photo: Paulus Rusyanto

Anything but a good, simple tax (GST)

4 min read . 02 Jun 2015

Photo: Bloomberg

Finance bill done, but doubts remain

4 min read . 19 May 2015

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: Sanjoy Narayan/HT

The Namo ‘style’

4 min read . 12 May 2015

File photo. In the last quarter of a century, India’s share of global greenhouse gas emissions has doubled, or thereabouts. Photo: Reuters

Emissions India 2030

4 min read . 05 May 2015

India must do things on its own because of its own vulnerability to climate change and because in many areas it has the potential to exercise technological leadership. Photo: Bloomberg

The INDC road leading to Paris

4 min read . 07 Apr 2015

Y.V. Reddy, chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission. The govt has increased tax devolution to states to 42% from 38%, as recommended by Fourteenth Finance Commission. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

42% and its aftermath

5 min read . 31 Mar 2015

The amendments to the 2013 land acquisition law have been passed in the Lok Sabha, thanks to the majority that the BJP enjoys in the Lower House.

Zameen Ki Baat

5 min read . 23 Mar 2015

Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Arun Jaitley have been claiming that the amendments to the 2013 law are required so that defence and national security projects are not delayed. But the law already had an urgency clause for these projects. Photo: PTI

Another U-turn on land acquisition

5 min read . 10 Mar 2015

Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Green devolution formula for taxes

4 min read . 03 Mar 2015

While India presses the solar accelerator, it must also provide opportunities for decentralized solutions to be put in place. Photo: Bloomberg

Gigawatts-plus approach

4 min read . 24 Feb 2015

Our sensitivity to resettlement and rehabilitation issues has undoubtedly been sharpened thanks to the irrepressible Medha Patkar and her dedicated band of colleagues. Photo: Hindustan Times

Democracy imperilled

5 min read . 17 Feb 2015

MoEF’s moratorium on commercialization of genetically modified brinjal has had its fair share of bouquets and brickbats. Photo: PTI

Bt brinjal revisited

4 min read . 10 Feb 2015

US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: PTI

Beyond the Namobama hype

4 min read . 02 Feb 2015

The next Opec meeting will be some time in May 2015 when another review will take place and only then will the world know whether Saudi Arabia has won the second round, too. Photo: Bloomberg

Tax carbon now

4 min read . 26 Jan 2015

A file photo of US President Barack Obama (left) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: PTI

Barack Obama’s Republic Day trip

4 min read . 12 Jan 2015

The dropping of the pre-acquisition social impact assessment requirement means essentially that governments are now free to acquire land far in excess of what is actually needed. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

Return road to 1894

4 min read . 04 Jan 2015

There are 47 tiger reserves across 18 states of the country, with eight having been added in the last five years alone. Photo: AP

Tiger, tiger, burning (quite) bright

4 min read . 29 Dec 2014

There are now close to 240,000 gram panchayats with around three million elected representatives, of whom about 40% are women. Photo: HT

Three profound transformations

4 min read . 22 Dec 2014

Five years back, India announced an emissions intensity target for 2020. It must now announce quantitative goals for 2025 and 2030 as well. Photo: Mint

The rocky road to Paris

4 min read . 15 Dec 2014