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On a wing and a prayer
The 3Gs of growth, governance and global flows
T N Ninan: An anti-inflation Budget
The finance minister has shown a pre-occupation with controlling prices
The devil's in the detail
Premised on the ?best-case scenario? in terms of growth and revenue, the Budget seems unprepared for a possible slowdown
Calibrated globalisation
More baby steps towards capital account convertibility
Boosting human capital
Budget's focus on education is pro-growth and pro-equity
Ajit Ranade: Of animal spirits and proteins
We cannot let it become conventional wisdom that the poor eating well is contributing to food inflation
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: The paradox of the distracted viewer
For advertisers, the nightmare is figuring out how to reach the perpetually shifting eyeballs
M J Antony: The double trouble trap
A second prosecution on the same facts is barred, but judges differ on the details
M S Sriram: Microfinance policy - Rewind or Turnaround?
RBI?s role in giving MFIs policy support was remarkable, but an appropriate regulatory framework for the sector is long overdue
End of infancy
Coming of age of Indian IT services industry
Bharat Nirman
Mr Mukherjee's half-hearted rural initiatives have a focus
Madhukar Sabnavis: Marketing in the next decade
Changing milieu brings greater opportunities and challenges
Jamal Mecklai: Bhrabo! Mr Mukherjee
The Budget speech hit all the touch-points and provides a highly credible picture of strong growth
Shyamal Majumdar: The Maharaja of mess
Air India's appointment and removal of three senior officers was a circus all the way
T N Ninan: Dream objectives
Even after conceding room for error on subsidy numbers and deficit, this is the most reassuring Budget from the Manmohan Singh govt
Indira Rajaraman: Budgets and disclosure
Fiscal discipline is fundamentally about transparency and disclosure. What really spooks markets is concealment and prevarication