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Reshuffle, smartly

A Cabinet reshuffle aimed at streamlining the central ministries could help speed up long-overdue administrative reform

Not the sole cure

Promoter stake dilution may work with shareholder activism

Welcome relief, but...

Lower inflation numbers do not solve RBI's dilemma

Land that walks away

Land acquisition in Chhattisgarh for a highway has triggered complaints of fraudulent land transfers

Separate Modi and message

India needs Narendra Modi's ideas more than it needs Mr Modi himself. Indians shouldn't let the clouds that linger over Modi blind them to the dire need for change

The Persian puzzle

Indian policymakers will hope that stability and moderation return to Iran, especially with regard to the nuclear question, after the presidential elections

A realty check for housing

The real estate regulation Bill is consumer-friendly and promotes transparency but does not address the issue of inefficiencies in the approval process and other delays by government bodies

China's statist turn: creating China Inc

China's state sector has assumed the guise of Western corporations, but it is little more than a Party-run patronage system

Still in the game

Two decades on, India is still an attractive destination for foreign funds. The New Asia shows why

Where are the doers?

A multitude of advisors is no substitute

A farcical 'true show'

Award ceremonies are all pomp & show; they don't really reward excellence anymore

Accountable to the world

Shakiness after the outflow from the Indian debt market shows how much power global investors have over the local economy

Turkish treatment

The message from Taksim Square: religion and politics don't mix well

After the stimulus phase-out

Govt errs in focusing only on financing current account deficit

The unhealthy legacy of process patents

Substandard and fake drugs are rampant in India because of the highly fragmented industry that developed after the earlier intellectual property regime

My travails with Blackberry

Two handsets in my house conked off quickly, never to function again

Tightening constraints to inclusive development

Rapid and inclusive growth in the medium term does not look too likely if one examines the array of unattended constraints

Murky macroeconomy

Growth, inflation and external stability are caught in gridlock

GST won't be a game-changer, only a name changer

The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers' design squeezes out the politics from the new tax but makes it unacceptable as an alternative to the existing structure

Still an area of darkness

Mutual suspicion and prejudice hang over India and its neighbours