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M Govinda Rao: Budget in times of deficit
Given the new policy challenges, the Budget will have a difficult time restoring people's confidence in the economy
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Hurry up, newspapermen
Some investment and time have to shift to new media, if future revenue streams are to be protected
A K Bhattacharya: Whose Budget is it, anyway?
The posts of fin secy and secy, economic affairs dept generate ambiguities over ownership of the finmin's most important annual exercise
Sixty-one fig leaves
Partisan populism should not shape public policy
Banker's balance
Even big banks must defer to the central banker
Abheek Barua: Asia's century? Yes. But not its decade
There is a sell-off across Asian emerging markets and renewed confidence in developed markets
Out of order
Sibal will find it hard to delink spectrum policy from the past
Global challengers
India needs more policy reform to remain ahead
Shyam Ponappa: Spectrum auctions - 'Jhatka' or 'Halal'?
The choice is between sudden death and a slow one
T S Vishwanath: Carve-outs that distort
A recent Indian study has criticised the special measures sought by the developed countries on agriculture
Indicus Analytics: Wanted - The finishing touch
States must ensure that industrial investment proposals are brought to fruition
Shyamal Majumdar: Capitalism evolving into 'talentism'
As corporations enter the Human Age, talent and human potential will replace capital as the new dominant resource
Raja and praja
Punish the minister, not the market
Madhukar Sabnavis: Let Ideas grow!
A brand should reveal new facets to remain engaging
Jamal Mecklai: Thank you, Anish Kapoor
Sensible incentives for improving yields and completely re-engineering the supply chain can reform Indian agriculture
T N Ninan: Wrong price target
Policy makers in industrialised economies shifted focus from headline inflation to the underlying inflation trends, or core inflation a long time ago