Backward States Fuel Growth
India’s backward states are growing fast, proving that good economics can be good politics as well The fall in India’s GDP growth to just 6.5% in 2011-12 has caused much moaning and groaning, along with
Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar
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Supreme court says auction natural resources. Water too?
Most political parties and media have passionately supported the Supreme Court ruling in the 2G spectrum case, that the government should auction natural resources and not allot them or allow unregulated
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Time to End West’s Farm Subsidy
As a condition for funding European bailouts, Brics should demand the slashing of huge farm subsidies The IMF wants to increase its lending capacity by $1 trillion, to rescue distressed countries in the
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Drought clouds Nitish governments good performance
DROUGHT usually means electoral defeat for incumbent governments. So does double-digit inflation.
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Disasters sow seeds of success
Great disasters occur constantly. The Asian financial crisis blasted the miracle economies of Asia. The Great Recession of 2007-09 led to the bankruptcy/rescue of the five top investment banks on Wall Street, the biggest bank (Citibank), the biggest insurance company (AIG), the biggest auto manufacturer (General Motors) and the biggest mortgage underwriters (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac).
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No return to 9% growth
India, with its huge share of exports and foreign investment in GDP, is more sensitive than ever to the global economy. Hence, India may not average more than 7.5-8% growth in the next five years, says Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar.
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IPCC imperialism on Indian glaciers (editorial)
That Himalayan glaciers have not been melting at an alarming rate as claimed by the IPCC dents the body
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Fast growth trickles up from the states
The economy
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Censorship threatens truth on climate (editorial)
Establishment scientists are only human, and can be expected to spin everything and anything to prove that they did deserve the award. That seems to them more worthwhile than scientific truth, says Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar.
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Ensure accountability
Ensure public goods to the poor