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Challenging railway schedule
After nearly a decade, Mamata Banerjee returns to railways, which now faces an uphill task in terms of both revenue and expenditure
Deepak Lal: Tasks for an emerging superpower
Rapid economic growth and increasing military strength are essential to meeting geo-political challenges
Govindraj Ethiraj: The ministers that really matter
Even if the odd sop does find its way in Pranab Mukherjee's Union Budget, it will do little to change things on the ground
A K Bhattacharya: Permanence is power
By fixing a minimum tenure for secretaries in key ministries, Singh can ensure continuity of policy
M J Antony: Where rule of thumb prevails
Computation of damages by judges is still subjective and inconsistent
Mahesh Uppal: Minister-proofing telecom
If the spectrum committee's proposal to auction spectrum is accepted, the kind of scandals the sector has seen will soon be a thing of the past
For a power market
The new power minister needs to understand the levers available and use these to make sure that a free market develops for power
A check on state laws?
The Binayak Sen and Nimesh Kampani cases must be used to draw up some markers that state assemblies should be advised to not cross when passing laws
Arvind Subramanian: To be or wannabe a superpower?
China shows that strong public finances are important for global leadership
Yamuna is not Thames
E Sreedharan's strategy to clean and beautify the Yamuna and release land from its riverbed for development and other purposes is not very practical
Shankar Acharya: Stability, security and stasis?
Political exigencies require economic management to keep growth from dropping below 5% and to recover to 7% plus soon
Kanika Datta: The good, the bad and the aam aadmi
Industrialisation is acquiring characteristics of crony capitalism in which states are perceived to be ganging up with businessmen
Shyamal Majumdar: The worst may be over
Full recovery may still be a good way off, but the job market is showing clear signs of improvement
Sumita Kale: The other imbalance
A study shows happiness has declined more rapidly for women than for men in the US
Toxic negotiations ahead
The UN climate change negotiating text leaves no one fully satisfied, especially given the yawning gap between positions of rich and poor countries