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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: Messages from the roadshows
Expect fiscal consolidation and some new taxes in the upcoming Budget
A K Bhattacharya: Reviewing FDI in retail
The question is not whether FDI in multi-brand retail is desirable or not, but whether the rules of conducting business in Parliament need to be reviewed
A K Bhattacharya: Internal dissent, external crises
The government lacks an institutional mechanism to absorb and cope with dissenting voices on issues before they become full-blown problems
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A K Bhattacharya: The rise of the states
States are now proactive and aggressive in securing a larger say in economic policies that is still largely a Union govt domain
A K Bhattacharya: The politics of a super-rich tax
Mr Chidambaram is known for his ability to think up new taxes to collect more revenue, and a tax for the super-rich could be one of those ideas he might introduce in the coming Budget
A K Bhattacharya: Appointments with a purpose
The newfound enthusiasm surrounding the selection of financial services secretary reaffirms the government's intent to oversee state-run banks
A K Bhattacharya: The road ahead
There is no doubt that the finance minister's initiatives have led to a positive change in the environment. But the danger is to believe that the current approach would be enough to bail the economy o
A K Bhattacharya: The PSU 'talent crunch'
To have the SAIL chairman head NMDC too suggests poor people management by the government
A K Bhattacharya | Retail FDI battle isn't over yet
No corporation would like to enter a market where political opinion on specific economic policy liberalisation is so sharply divided
A K Bhattacharya: Star billing in North Block
The FM's Budget team is in place watch for the Rajan-Shome equation
A K Bhattacharya: Alliance reality dawns on Congress
The change in the Congress' approach to alliance politics is a sign as much of the party's growing recognition of the rise of regional forces as of India's evolving polity
A K Bhattacharya: Battles over lines of control
2012 showed that the government is not yet ready to allow independent regulators full functional autonomy
A K Bhattacharya: Hits, misses and fixes
And what civil servants can look forward to in 2013
A K Bhattacharya: The Kejriwal movement
If the government draws the right lessons and plugs the policy gaps, governance and decision making will improve
A K Bhattacharya: Is Singh a victim of politics?
Having evolved from a technocrat minister, he does understand political compulsions better now
A K Bhattacharya: Enlightened politics
Political parties must realise that opposition to govt must be issue-based and not because their only job is to oppose every proposal
A K Bhattacharya: The rise of 'animal spirits'
Experts arguing for policy change and a proactive FM transformed UPA
A K Bhattacharya: The other side of reforms
Whatever may have been the pace, sequence or quality of reforms in the last two decades, nobody can dispute their positive impact on the degree of accountability in governance standards
A K Bhattacharya: A problem of coordination?
With the govt failing to rein in the fiscal deficit, RBI may think twice before agreeing with suggestions of a rate cut