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Two to clap
Business must recognise its contribution to the current mess
GM's success stories are overdone
Contrary to what the industry claims, the spread and benefits of genetically modified crops are far from robust
Take off this cap
Government is over-regulating Indian pharma
A worrying precedent
CERC order on Adani undermines tariff auction system
Two sectors to fix
After curbing unproductive expenditure and imports, we must focus on developing communications and energy
 "Two sectors to fix")
All in the preconditions
FSLRC recommendations ignore the Indian context
Vietnam's lost charm
Foreign investors are losing faith in their sought-after destination on the back of slow reforms and rising corruption
Jobs, jobs, jobs
The growth path going forward has to absorb the new entrants into the labour force, estimated at 4.5 mn annually in the 12th Plan document
 "Jobs, jobs, jobs")
Deja vu on industrial policy
Govt should beware of picking winners in tech sectors
The big rate puzzle
Banks seem hesitant to cut interest rates on loans, which doesn't make too much sense
 "The big rate puzzle")
No grand strategic doubts
Despite claims, India does have a 'strategic culture' - one focused on national unity
Another tribunal gone to seed
Even transitional provisions in plant varieties and farmers' rights law have not been enforced in 12 years
Man-made drought
Politics means sugarcane gets Maharashtra's scarce water
Raisina Hill has failed my simplifier
Not a Naxal sympathizer but the system has failed her
Patent problems
Novartis judgment might have many side effects
The central banker's Brahmastra
QE may have outlived its effectiveness. Is it time to drop money from helicopters, as Milton Friedman and Ben Bernanke once argued?
 "The central banker's Brahmastra")
When rates rise, eventually
By using QE to keep long-term rates low, US Fed will cause individual losses and overall financial instability
 "When rates rise, eventually")
An award in the trunk
Ford Figo uproar is a reminder that ad agencies care less about their clients' business - and more about awards