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Ajay Shankar: Ingenuity in investment
There is a need to go beyond the conventional approach to step up both public and private investment in India
Surinder Sud: Birds of a feather
Two low-cost initiatives have transformed poultry yields in either extreme of the country
Warning signals for UPA
The danger is a populist response from the Congress
State and stasis
The government creates a vacuum for others to enter
Shyam Saran: The myth of Chinese invincibility
The country's economic policies are unsustainable even in the medium term
A K Bhattacharya: UPA ministers' travel travails
Ministers in UPA-II had undertaken over 460 official foreign trips in the first 18 months of its tenure and spent more than 1,800 days abroad
M J Antony: Cheques and balances
Heavy compensation orders will deter defaulters
Way forward for SBI
The government should lend a helping hand
Dealing with grain glut
Let market forces work
Nitin Desai: A measure of power
The projected power of China is latent and requires institutional reform and capacity enhancement to become effective
Ajit Balakrishnan: Occupying Wall Street
Financialised masses not only provide feedstock inputs but are also voters whose political support for funded savings cannot be taken for granted
Barun Roy: A spirit unbowed
How a Kenyan environment crusader's tree-planting movement became a source of livelihood for women
Vivek Oberoi: Why credit derivatives aren't risk-free
Regulating this market for credit risk requires addressing the structural temptations that market makers face if we are to avoid a 2008-type crisis
Jaimini Bhagwati: At the crossroads again
It's time India made a concerted effort to implement the next round of reforms
Jamal Mecklai: Acting lessons for RBI
If you need to achieve something, but pushing steadfastly on the most obvious lever doesn't work change tack and try something different
Jyoti Malhotra: Can Sonia rescue South Block?
India's external affairs ministry would do well to brush up on diplomatic niceties