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GST an opportunity for simplification

Landlord company can evict tenants after merger

Base and basis of growth

The challenge is to sustain growth without overheating

Dani Rodrik: Who lost Europe?

If others borrowed too much, doesn't it follow that Germans lent excessively?

Ajai Shukla: Naxalism - Arranging the facts

After six decades of floundering through dozens of uprisings, India¿s govt is facing the Naxal challenge as incoherently as ever

Nilanjana S Roy: Five from the Orange

Surinder Sud: Consolidation is vital

With the availability of land shrinking and its quality and fertility waning, the future of Indian agriculture is uncertain

Time for a congestion tax

Minister Jaipal Reddy leads the thought process

M J Antony: Compensation to victims

Judges hardly use a provision by which they can ask the guilty to recompense the sufferers

Will the 25% public float work?

Minimum solace price

Prevailing market prices mock MSP

BJP scores self-goal

But coalition troubles hold back Congress

Shyam Saran: India needs to have sharper focus

New Delhi should support the move to expand the East Asia Summit to include the US and Russia

A K Bhattacharya: Why some ministers get away

Almost without exception, all ministers from non-Congress coalition partners of the UPA have been behaving as though they are a law unto themselves

A less taxing code

Stability and predictability needed in tax regimes

Afghanistan's real resource

India does well to invest in Afghan people

Nitin Desai: Redeem the promise

The central challenge of Maoist insurgency is posed by the lack of political space for disgruntled tribals

Arvind Singhal: India's Ray Crocs and Estee Lauders

Dreaming entrepreneurially and starting small may be more productive than polishing up CVs and waiting for that interview call

The pyramid base will get much larger

Barun Roy: Mamata's dream

Turning Kolkata into London will take a lot more than just tinkering with the city - it's a whole new urban challenge