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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.
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
It may not have been just caution that triggered the PMO's clarification on the draft GAAR last Friday
The government should lose no time in enforcing a contract among all stakeholders in PPP-based mega transport projects
The government should create a new, more powerful service to contain the growing dominance of the IAS
The Bangalore and Delhi experiences have lessons to offer metro projects in other Indian cities
The Railways has proved an obstructive regulator
There appears to be closer interaction among senior officials of the PMO and the finance ministry
Will Pranab Mukherjee's candidature for the presidential post change the way in which the PM and his office function?
How will Pranab Mukherjee be remembered as a finance minister? Be it 1982-84 or 2009-12
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
Tax depts in finance ministry continue to enjoy a new-found power, aided by the support of the finance minister and his office
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 crucial week for UPA-II, as the market waits for a decision on oil prices
Voters did not take too long to punish governments that failed to perform during five years of their tenure
Has the experiment of appointing non-government economists worked?
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
The contention that the CAG has become more active than usual is false
Govt's manpower increased in the past year by 159,000, of which 62% were hired by home and finance ministries