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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 K Bhattacharya: Beware of those revenue numbers
It is important for the finance minister not to impose on his tax collection team a revenue target that is unrealistic
A K Bhattacharya: The new order
In a system as centralised as the one introduced by the new government are there enough safeguards or safety valves?
A K Bhattacharya: Miracles in March
A sharp jump in revenues and an expenditure squeeze in the last month of every financial year point to an urgent need to devise a better system
A K Bhattacharya: Decoding the Modi government
In the formation of the Council of Ministers, the compulsions of keeping the party leaders and alliance partners happy took precedence over the goal of rationalising existing ministries
A K Bhattacharya: Small government, big gains
Narendra Modi should take advantage of his party's majority to shrink the size of the Cabinet
A K Bhattacharya: Towards a credible budget
Four steps the new government should take to prepare a budget that will restore all-round confidence
A K Bhattacharya: It's official - Change is coming
Confident that the existing political dispensation is set to bow out of office, civil servants have already begun positioning themselves suitably
A K Bhattacharya: All the PM's men
The next prime minister must ensure that the mistakes made by Manmohan Singh during his tenure are not repeated
A K Bhattacharya: The IAS strikes back
Under attack from the investigative agencies, the civil service is asserting its right to be heard
A K Bhattacharya: How Mr Mitra fixed Bengal's finances
Amit Mitra may have stopped talking about relaxing rules for foreign investment in India, but there is no dilution of his commitment to the cause of fiscal consolidation in West Bengal
A K Bhattacharya: Code of conduct conundrum
Could the Election Commission have allowed govts to take decisions but curbed them from publicising their steps for electoral benefits?
A K Bhattacharya: Prudent states, profligate Centre
Had the states not fulfilled their commitment on fiscal consolidation, the overall fiscal deficit would have widened
Governance at right angles
A former cabinet secretary's take on what ails governance in India is neither path-breaking nor particularly insightful