India In Ivy League

OVER the past few years,India-focussed research has become the big story at many of Americas Ivy League colleges.The Stanford Center for International Development (SCID) is a centre within the un.. Read full story

Issues in tribal governance

THE Fifth Schedule of our Constitution prescribes how to administer scheduled areas and scheduled tribes.There is a provision to set up a Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) and the governor has s.. Read full story

The 8% complacency trap

Growth in the nineties averaged about 6% but now we are consistently doing better at 8%. This has led to a sense of complacency and even triumphalism amongst policymakers and the media.
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Banks, relax — until the next crisis

Every economic crisis gives rise to suggestions for radical reform. But these suggestions typically last only as long as the crisis. Once the crisis has blown over, it is business as usual.
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World bourses will remain correlated

All eyes are fixated on how Wall Street closed last night. We get our daily dose of Asian cues from Topix, Kospi, Hang Seng and Shanghai every morning. And thereafter, we follow the London FTSE, Germa.. Read full story

For India's next entrepreneurial wave

When Sir Gordon Wu, chairman of Hopewell Highway Infrastructure, was a student at Princeton in the 1950s, he dreamt of Chinese superhighways, when China was a poor, closed economy. A few decades .. Read full story

Can we achieve 4% farm growth?

The prime minister, in his Independence Day address said: “I am happy that the growth rate of our agriculture has increased substantially in the last few years. But we are still far from achievi.. Read full story

Crafting A Niche

DURING the recent Raksha Bandhan festival,markets in Delhi were flooded with Chinese rakhis of numerous styles and designs.Like most of the Chinese handicraft items that make the.. Read full story

Can we regulate systemic risk

In the past two years,two dangerous episodes of financial instability and sudden changes in market dynamics have hit the world economy.More are likely,because the global economy is out of balance in s.. Read full story

Can Vedanta turn Cairn into Abel?

It looked like an open and shut case when Bill Gamell, CEO, Cairn Energy Plc announced the company’s decision to sell the majority stake and control in its Indian subsidiary Cairn India to Londo.. Read full story