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Finance minister should budget for the real India, for a change

It’s time farmers and non-corporate businesses got their due as the real growth engines.
Section: Money  | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 22:34 IST

Illegal Indian money in tax havens: The way we debate it

The debate, or the lack of it, on the important issue of our illegal money kept in Switzerland and other tax havens, has been rather interesting.
Section: Money  | Thursday, April 23, 2009 3:02 IST

It’s time the government shut the foreign-funds tap for NGOs

The nature and purpose of these monies is suspect, as is transparency of the recipients.
Section: Money  | Friday, March 20, 2009 23:59 IST

Why the retail revolution is meeting its nemesis

A while back, the retail revolution was the flavour of the season. Experts suddenly said my neighbourhood kirana store was ‘unorganised’.
Section: Money  | Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:03 IST

It’s imperative that Asia takes lead in the new economic paradigm

It’s imperative that Asia takes lead in the new economic paradigm.
Section: Money  | Tuesday, February 3, 2009 2:47 IST

Impending polls may have pushed Satyam off cliff

With cost of fighting elections soaring, politicians may have tried to encash past IOUs and then some.
Section: Money  | Saturday, January 10, 2009 3:35 IST

Inflation-mapping a case of six blind men and no elephant-II

The database on which estimates of major economic indicators are based is a source of major embarrassment for the government.
Section: Money  | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 22:27 IST

Inflation-mapping a case of six blind men and no elephant

The price rise has slowed down. In Jan, 2008 WPI was about 4%. By August, it was nearly 13%. Now it is close to half of that. Every expert is advising the central bank to cut rates.
Section: Money  | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:14 IST

Higher education starves, but a $4.5m gift to Harvard’s fine?

The news item was not in the front pages of any major newspaper. It is about the Government of India gifting $4.5 million to Harvard University.
Section: Money  | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:42 IST

Twelve steps to shock-and-awe Pakistan’s economy

Economic destabilisation of the Terror Central is imperative for rooting out terror
Section: Money  | Tuesday, December 9, 2008 3:36 IST
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