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A good monsoon retreats
Like last year's scanty rain, it went officially unpredicted
Pragmatic way forward
Government must avoid further complications in telecom
Man, God and Godmen
Everyone is flawed and flaws need to be addressed; the time to take off our rose tinted glasses has come
Shreekant Sambrani: How India slid into the morass
SQUANDERING INHERITANCE - II Persistent deficits, galloping inflation, stalled infrastructure showed up a non-functioning government
Surinder Sud: Tractors gain traction
Rising demand for bigger and smaller tractors offers a great chance for manufacturers to add variety to their product base
Martin Feldstein: The rise and rise of US interest rates
US investors reaching for yield might take on excessive duration and credit-quality risk
Power dreams
Who will carry the coal for the new plants?
The depreciation dividend
Policy must take advantage of the cheaper rupee
Devangshu Datta: Now, over to the politicians
The new Reserve Bank of India governor is doing his bit but the government needs to complement his efforts
A K Bhattacharya: The vanishing cadres
Retaining young economists in government and facilitating their growth and development remains an elusive goal
Subir Gokarn: Public sector - Act V?
Couldn't live with the public sector, but can't live without it either
A maturing group
G20 summit discusses tax avoidance - and Syria
Pension benefits
A big step forward for the financial sector
Raghuram and Asaram: the future of India has arrived
One is a symbol of hope and recovery, the other, of the declining moral standards in the country
Sreelatha Menon: The bankruptcy of MGNREGS
Uttar Pradesh hasn't paid salaries of administrative personnel under the scheme for about two years
Vivek Dehejia: Volatility's the problem
While a depreciating rupee, in theory, is good for exports, the subtler effect of a more volatile rupee should warrant the concern of our policymakers