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The Insurance Bill: An opportunity to attract FDI and support growth?
While in other areas of financial services, the FDI limit were raised after five years, it's been 13 years since the FDI limit in insurance has stayed at 26%
 "The Insurance Bill: An opportunity to attract FDI and support growth?")
Serve and protect?
The Police should not be given even more draconian powers than they already have
Paper ball-catching, blowfish and a world without patents
Contrary to conventional notions, strong patent regimes don't necessarily promote creativity and innovation
Guilty even without proof
The sexual harassment law bars any action against 'false' complainants
Round-trip accounts
Govt shouldn't read farm credit growth as an achievement
A car buyer's market
Indian auto sector is in deep trouble
A K Bhattacharya: Messages from the roadshows
Expect fiscal consolidation and some new taxes in the upcoming Budget
A K Bhattacharya: Rediscovering SEZ appeal
The government's revival of special economic zones is a desperate attempt to boost exports and control India's widening CAD
BoP: Zero Dark Thirteen?
The current external fragility has not appeared suddenly; it is a result of sustained neglect and economic mismanagement
 "BoP: Zero Dark Thirteen?")
Spurring innovation in SMEs
A WTO council focuses on the need for supporting companies to invent and create within the Intellectual Property Rights system in the country
South Asia's growth-inflation dilemma
The top priorities for India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh should be reforms and higher investments to break free of this trap
Blocking hotel blocks
Delhi Police's objections to Aerocity make little sense
Pricing disinvestment
Govt should get real about its expectations from PSU stake sale
Pot of gold or mirage?
Indian firms want to launch banks, but is it a good idea?
A carbon-less world by 2050?
A global emissions-GDP graph shows the need to cut this ratio tenfold from the current level to meet the climate change targets
'Public purpose' in land grabs
States often misuse emergency powers to muzzle protests from owners
Hype, hope and hubris
The Budget's fuzzy maths and poor-quality fiscal correction will compromise the much-needed macro recalibration