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A poverty of statistics
Too many baseless conclusions are being drawn from bad data
M J Antony: Appeals for restraint
Courts rarely follow a rule to reduce the number of appeals clogging the system even further.
T N Ninan: Sauce for the goose
Whatever post-reform Indian capitalism is, one thing it isn't - and that is an untrammelled "free market" system
Indira Rajaraman: Scams and the Media
It is time that a responsible official assessment of the fiscal impact of scams is routinely made available by the finance ministry
A K Bhattacharya: One captain for all flagships
It is better to have a centralised body to monitor central schemes than different ministries auditing their progress separately
M J Antony: Labour law stasis
Unorganised labour suffers both from lack of reforms in law and an adverse interpretation of archaic laws by courts.
Redialling in telecom
A win-win way out of the mess is still possible
Hiking deposit rates
Banks should have policy and operational autonomy
Akash Prakash: Why are our markets underperforming?
Poor quality of governance and policy formulation is at the root
Jamal Mecklai: The new G7
The trauma of the 2008 crisis, having disproportionately weakened both the US and the EU, has set the stage for a new world order
Aditi Phadnis: Will General jostle for power?
Musharraf will have to strain every nerve to gain political traction in Pakistan
Zorawar Daulet Singh & Arun Sahgal: The India-China forward march
The Chinese Premier¿s visit is India¿s chance to focus on incremental gains rather than token declarations