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A K Bhattacharya
A K Bhattacharya
A K Bhattacharya is a senior economic journalist with over four decades of experience. He is Business Standard's editorial director and a writer of a long-running column - Raisina Hill. He had set the bar for business reporting as the chief of bureau at the Economic Times in the early 1990s, when economic reforms raged. He had a ringside view to many other disruptions, creative and otherwise, during his four decades in journalism, a journey that started when he switched careers after a year of teaching.
A K Bhattacharya is a senior economic journalist with over four decades of experience. He is Business Standard's editorial director and a writer of a long-running column - Raisina Hill. He had set the bar for business reporting as the chief of bureau at the Economic Times in the early 1990s, when economic reforms raged. He had a ringside view to many other disruptions, creative and otherwise, during his four decades in journalism, a journey that started when he switched careers after a year of teaching.
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A new agenda for NITI Aayog
The most troubling challenge will be to devise a Bharatiya model for governance and development
IIP new series challenges 'policy paralysis' during fag end of UPA rule
3.35% avg annual industrial growth in Manmohan's last 2 yrs just a shade below 4.1% in 3 yrs of Modi
 "IIP new series challenges 'policy paralysis' during fag end of UPA rule")
A lot on the plate, now time for execution
Indian Railways has several projects either in the pipeline or in various stages of finalisation
Shy no more of benefitting big business
Recent decisions indicate govt isn't reluctant about acknowledging that it is friendly to India Inc
Time for govt to stand its ground on GST
GST Council would do well to recognise the imperfections in the new tax regime
FDI outflows: Mauritius is India's largest overseas investment destination
FDI outflows to Mauritius and Singapore have gained momentum in the last one year
A shortfall too big to ignore
A 23% gap between the authorised strength of IAS officials and their actual number raises questions
Reality check: UP verdict may not spur economic reforms
Business leaders are now hoping that the pace of economic reforms would gain fresh momentum
A K Bhattacharya: The puzzle is in the revenue numbers
FM seems to have met note ban concerns; but his over-reliance on personal income tax is an enigma
A K Bhattacharya: Bold Survey, sombre message
Survey is more categorical as far as the options the govt has with regard to fiscal consolidation
A K Bhattacharya: Jaitley's three Budgets
Fiscal deficit reined in, but fall in capex's share in GDP, high reliance on indirect taxes worrying
A K Bhattacharya: Setting Budget priorities
Tax cuts must go hand in hand with abolition of exemptions
A K Bhattacharya: Wanted a post-demonetisation Budget
Assuming the note ban impact has been fully contained may be ignoring what truly needs to be done
A K Bhattacharya: Time to arrest the GST slide
That the tax reform fell prey to demonetisation is beyond dispute
A K Bhattacharya: A toolkit for judging demonetisation
In short, the impact of demonetisation on black money is going to be severely limited
A K Bhattacharya: GST's next big hurdle
International investors and rating agencies are betting on the launch of GST in April
A K Bhattacharya: Key ramifications of note ban
There are five takeaways from the developments since the announcement of demonetisation on Nov 8 by PM Modi
After the Mahabharata
A skilful translation resurrects a little-remembered sequel to the great epic, says A K Bhattacharya
 "After the Mahabharata")
A K Bhattacharya: Choosing the tax implementers well
The current structure of the CBEC needs to be modified in tune with the launch of the GST regime from April 2017
A K Bhattacharya: Storm over investment treaties
The government must engage with developed countries and at least put on hold the termination of bilateral investment treaties till fresh pacts are finalised