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A K Bhattacharya

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 K Bhattacharya: Talent search optimisation

PM Modi can address the perceived shortage of talent in his Cabinet by widening the search and giving selected candidates more responsibilities

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Updated On : 24 Jul 2016 | 9:57 PM IST
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Updated On : 19 Jul 2016 | 10:11 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: When age is not just a number

Narendra Modi has done well to keep the average age of his Cabinet nearly unchanged after the July 5 reshuffle and expansion. If only he had gone the extra mile to reduce it significantly

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Updated On : 10 Jul 2016 | 10:50 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: Twenty-five years ago…

The remarkable feature of those reforms unveiled in 1991 is that none of those decisions has been disowned by subsequent governments in the last 25 years

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2016 | 10:12 PM IST

Lunch with BS: Ruchir Sharma

In Delhi to promote his latest book, Sharma tells A K Bhattacharya that the 10 broad rules he has zeroed in on to define the progress and decline of countries should stand the test of time

Lunch with BS: Ruchir Sharma
Updated On : 01 Jul 2016 | 11:51 PM IST
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Updated On : 27 Jun 2016 | 5:29 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: A reset in policy

The Centre's move to change the functioning of the RBI, expected to put an end to the bickering between itself and the central bank, could yet spawn controversies

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Updated On : 27 Jun 2016 | 5:19 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: Implications of the relaxation in FDI norms

The overall FDI policy landscape is changing and can do so faster. Inflows, too, are improving, but more reform is needed to attract more FDI into manufacturing and infrastructure sectors

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Updated On : 26 Jun 2016 | 10:33 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: The skill of asking for more

For its ambitious goals, the Ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship needs more funds

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Updated On : 22 Jun 2016 | 3:17 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: Ins and outs of labour exit policy

Unless the govt ensures certain conditions, such a policy won't become a reality

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Updated On : 29 May 2016 | 9:51 PM IST
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Updated On : 26 May 2016 | 12:39 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: Driving in different directions

The value of investment proposals slid 23 per cent in 2015 even as the number of jobs to be created through such investments rose 12 per cent. This necessitates a closer look at the state of job creat

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Updated On : 15 May 2016 | 10:25 PM IST
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Updated On : 10 May 2016 | 10:22 PM IST
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Updated On : 03 May 2016 | 1:36 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: Changing for the better

The information and broadcasting ministry's business-like and result-oriented handling of several issues has set a template for other ministries to follow

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Updated On : 01 May 2016 | 10:29 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: Much more than numbers

The confusion over whether the growth rate projected is in real or nominal terms has influenced the other targets as well

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Updated On : 26 Apr 2016 | 9:48 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: Questions on strategic disinvestment

Doubts over implementation of a Cabinet-approved strategic sale policy are puzzling

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Updated On : 21 Apr 2016 | 4:35 PM IST
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Updated On : 12 Apr 2016 | 10:02 PM IST

A K Bhattacharya: Light at the end of the tunnel

Surplus in March, the last month of a financial year, has helped the government reduce fiscal deficit in the last few years. It should judiciously use the savings of last year to meet the fiscal defic

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Updated On : 05 Apr 2016 | 9:44 AM IST
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Updated On : 29 Mar 2016 | 9:54 PM IST