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A K Bhattacharya: Budgeting for elections
Parliament showed remarkable alacrity in passing the Budget in the last session
More than a Godman
Sathya Sai Baba was a healer and an institution builder
Ajit Ranade: The optimum value of scarce resources
Optimal extraction of non-renewable resources might require that those rights be offered through auctions. But not always
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Why can't media sellers consolidate?
India is one of the world's largest TV and print markets. But it continues to have one of the worst ad spend-to-GDP ratios among emerging economies
The moment of truth for RBI
The bank has to choose between credibility and popularity
Arvind Subramanian: What the PM can do about corruption
Reform in economic governance and Manmohan Singh's integrity could be the answer
Subir Roy: Letting banks off the hook
The bottomlines of several banks would have looked fairly poor if they had to stick to the 70-per-cent-provision-for-NPAs norm
M J Antony: Compensation paradoxes
Courts are conservative in awarding damages to accident victims
Nuclear renaissance
New regulator and safety norms are reassuring initiatives
Fuelling bilateral trade
Indian oil exports will benefit Pakistan's consumers
Martin Feldstein: The G20's empty gestures
Recent meeting in Washington contributed little to our current global imbalances understanding
Kanika Datta: Does it pay to spend less?
Would more Indians be better off if rich Indians were more austere?
T S Vishwanath: How to salvage Doha
Improving LDCs' market access, addressing developing countries' concerns would help
Indicus Analytics: Manu'fractured' growth
The manufacturing sector has not developed uniformly across states and its share in the GDP remains stagnant
Nagesh Kumar: An innovation-led growth model
R&D subsidy to industry and protecting indigenous innovation can give India competitive edge
Rajeev Anantaram: Make the spring last longer
Ten years ago, almost to the month, Indian sport seemed headed for an eternal spring
Shyamal Majumdar: One less mouth to feed
Child labour exists as a symptom of India's grinding poverty