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AV Rajwade: Central bank independence

What does India need more: growth and jobs, or low inflation?

Nitin Desai: Beyond liberalisation

The real challenge facing the Indian economy now is the restructuring of public institutions and regulatory systems

How foreign investors shop

Every FPI will have its own way of interpreting currency risk and valuing stocks in Emerging Markets

Honouring treaties

Questions arising out of Antrix-Devas arbitration

Deepak Lal: Trade policy and Brexit

The UK must acknowledge that foreign trade is a positive-sum game, and the correct policy is a unilateral adoption of free trade

Subir Roy: Look back to look forward

V S Krishnan: Model GST law and dispute resolution

Creation of a technical secretariat, doing away with the distinction between suppression and non-suppression cases, and subjecting minor procedural infringements to non-appealable levies could help cr

Forgetting real heroes, celebrating filmi ones

Even as a dozen videos about Rajinikanth blockbuster Kabali float around on WhatsApp, few remember the sacrifices our soldiers made to win the Kargil war

Power possibilities

Electricity Act reform welcome, but challenges remain

Martin Feldstein: America's exploding deficit

Federal debt is projected to rise to 141% of GDP by 2046, thus, the next president must plan for this quickly

Devangshu Datta: Dealing with known unknowns

Uncertainty is almost guaranteed in post-Brexit UK and EU. Something similar is expected in the US if Trump becomes President. Back home, what is certain is that GST will either be passed or shelved

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

Debashis Basu: Tales from Mint Road

Mr Chakrabarty, who had his feet well-grounded in both business banking and consumer issues, was a rare commodity in the central bank because of his clear thinking, ability to learn, frankness, drive

Farm marketing

Encourage big retail chains for a positive impact

Scrap separate Rly Budget

But speed up other railway reforms as well

Raghu Krishnan: Cop suicide, graft charges throw govt in a tizzy

Siddaramaiah's government is in the dock following a DSP's suicide hours after he accused state minister K J George of harassing him. Corruption allegations against the chief minister and his Cabinet

Payment services no longer the monopoly of banks

Great Indian male gaze

Organic wine, anybody?

Organic wines are made from grapes grown without the use of actificial (chemical) fertilisers, pesticides, weedicides and herbicides

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: How Britain drags EU down

British Airways and United Kingdom Border Agency sully the good services record of the 27 member nations in the EU