Ecological sense in Niyamgiri

Environments are not just containers, but are processes that change the content totally, noted the savant who mused about communication mediums, messages and the global village. That was then, in the .. Read full story

Why financial innovation makes sense

To innovate, or not to innovate, that is the question being asked in the financial sector, both here and in the mature markets abroad. The Reserve Bank of India has put out a discussion paper on the i.. Read full story

Dealing with gall of steel

With the Union environment ministry directing the Orissa government to stop all work at the proposed site of steelmaker Posco’s long-delayed project, including land acquisition, it’s ap.. Read full story

Go beyond theory for lending right

There is a bit of a shakeup inthemonetary policy establishment for not toeing the official line and speaking out of turn on the desirability of further tightening. It underlines the need for openness .. Read full story

Ore mining policy hugely distorted

If thou art rich, thou'rt poor, rationalised the Bard, using the metaphor of heavy burden, ingots and attendant carrying costs. The phrase can well sum up continuing policy bankruptcy in mines an.. Read full story

Policy linkage, growth outcome

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth, noted the young idealist who inspired a whole generation. That was then, in the sobering 1960s, and long before the policy pundits ideated .. Read full story

Central banks need to tone down support

After the deluge of loose monetary policy during the global financial crisis of 2007-9, there is a seeming flood of central-bank intervention in the financial markets, especially in the mature econ.. Read full story

Right move in oil, for now

Last week’s broad sectoral change in the pricing of the main petroleum products, petrol and diesel, so as to have ‘market-determined’ prices both at the refinery gate and the retail .. Read full story

Practical tort rules for timely justice.

The recent lower court ruling pertaining to the Bhopal gas disaster of 1984 points at the pressing need to revamp torts law in India. Now tort is that field of the law where, in response to a private .. Read full story

Innovation as game-changer

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving, noted the savant contemplating growth and change.
That was then, in a far more sedate era and deca.. Read full story