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Fixing fertility
Keep focus on mother and child care
Pushing the wrong way
Government must not hold up EU-India FTA further
India's Japan moment
Concern for China's reaction must not stop India from pursuing closer relations with Japan
 "India's Japan moment")
'Kaun Banega Regulator'
Domain knowledge is only one element of the required competence; the candidate must primarily exhibit a deep internalisation of the public interest
 "'Kaun Banega Regulator'")
A question of black and white
Governments must give companies a hearing before blacklisting them
High growth is now a mirage
Policy focus should shift to targeting modestly good growth and using its fruits to improve lives
Rain before time
An early monsoon does not always mean a good monsoon
Bitter pill
Drugs are unaffordable, but price control is the wrong answer
Required: 'Mission mode' for PPP in electricity distribution
At least 100 new distribution areas need to be brought in every year
Don't depend on the diaspora
NRIs will abandon rupee-denominated accounts, causing a deposit crunch and worsening the current account deficit
 "Don't depend on the diaspora")
A multigrain makeover
Barley is regaining its presence in north India's wheat-centric regions
End of the cycle?
RBI decides inflation concerns trump growth payoffs
A long haul
The wide current account deficit is structural in nature and only structural responses will work
 "A long haul")
Appeal against Advance Ruling before HC
Advance ruling is binding on the applicant and on the commissioner of Customs, Excise and Income Tax and the authorities subordinate to them in respect of the applicant
When the Tsunami ebbs
FII attitudes to India will be a deciding factor, and that will be determined more by the Fed and the Bank of Japan than by the RBI