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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: Civil servants as policy signal
By shifting Mr Gujral out of the revenue dept, new FinMin sends out a clear signal that a new era in govt's approach to tax policy is to begin
A K Bhattacharya: Whose money is it, anyway?
Corporate donations to political parties are to be welcomed only if they are subject to full disclosure
High five
The fifth volume of Bibek Debroy's translation of The Mahabharata covers the heart of the epic but it's a sub-plot that carries the most thought-provoking message
A K Bhattacharya: Dr Singh takes charge
It may not have been just caution that triggered the PMO's clarification on the draft GAAR last Friday
A K Bhattacharya: A matter of contract
The government should lose no time in enforcing a contract among all stakeholders in PPP-based mega transport projects
A K Bhattacharya: The 'Vivekananda formula'
The government should create a new, more powerful service to contain the growing dominance of the IAS
A K Bhattacharya: A tale of two Metros
The Bangalore and Delhi experiences have lessons to offer metro projects in other Indian cities
A K Bhattacharya: Why metros go off-track
The Railways has proved an obstructive regulator
A K Bhattacharya: Signs of a new order
There appears to be closer interaction among senior officials of the PMO and the finance ministry
A K Bhattacharya: UPA gets another shot
Will Pranab Mukherjee's candidature for the presidential post change the way in which the PM and his office function?
A K Bhattacharya: A tale of two terms
How will Pranab Mukherjee be remembered as a finance minister? Be it 1982-84 or 2009-12
A K Bhattacharya: Public sector's unsung hero
M S Gujral, who died on May 4, showed that it is possible to overcome political interference and set new standards of efficiency in public sector
A K Bhattacharya: The rise of the taxman
Tax depts in finance ministry continue to enjoy a new-found power, aided by the support of the finance minister and his office
The business of governance
Finance ministers love to quote from Arthashastra in their budget speeches to justify their tax proposals. But this accessible translation of the ancient treatise shows that they haven¿t quite got the complexities of Kautilya¿s message
A K Bhattacharya: UPA's anniversary issues
A crucial week for UPA-II, as the market waits for a decision on oil prices
A K Bhattacharya: Moving away from coalitions?
Voters did not take too long to punish governments that failed to perform during five years of their tenure
A K Bhattacharya: The importance of being Basu
Has the experiment of appointing non-government economists worked?
A K Bhattacharya: Behind the positive surprise
A former RBI governor once said the effectiveness of the apex bank's policies often depended on how well it managed to spring positive surprises on the markets