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Election funding: What makes India's campaign finance regime ripe for reformsIndia's campaign finance laws have set pending limits for candidates, but have not capped expenditure by parties, a situation that creates ...- The progressive Chief Justice ChandrachudAs a progressive, his stance on right to privacy (Aadhaar), introduction of live-streaming in courts and his belief that 'dissent is a symb...
- View: Trump's politics of grievance will outlast him. America’s age of anger is just getting startedThere is little respite from clownish demagoguery once a long-standing political order loses credibility and legitimacy among a significant...
- View: Efficient implementation of steps crucial for growthA good attempt is being made to draw foreign capital into infra: The budget makes a much-needed move to attract sovereign wealth funds into...
- View: Getting proactive on identifying NPAs may de-risk the future of banksReal-time blending of structured and unstructured data is an imperative if the lending ecosystem has to change for good and lenders have to...
- Camels’ beauty pageant bid botoxedThe disqualification of 12 quadruped contestants from a pageant at the hugely popular camel conclave as they had been administered Botox to...
- Raghuram Rajan: The 'rockstar' central banker who rocked too many boatsThe most vocal critics of Raghuram Govind Rajan - incidentally a name having names of multiple gods - came from right-wing ideologues.
- Why is there no adequate representation by common men & women in the AAP Cabinet in Delhi?It was the only party that grew despite the Modi wave in 2014 LS polls and it was the first one to stop the Modi juggernaut in Delhi, winni...
- End all corporate tax breaks to give country a break from favouritism: Swaminathan AiyarWe need competition between the states to provide good infrastruc ture, rapid clearances, and a bribe-free climate.Investment will follow.
- Hands-on approach: Narendra Modi meeting all departments separately to resolve issues on real-time basisThe PM has asked top finance ministry and Planning Commission officials to be part of every such meeting with individual departments.
- Why the Supreme Court needs reform soonThe top court should seriously think over reforming the collegium system instead of whipping itself into a state of righteous indignation.
- Things will be less shady if BCCI is made a listed companyThree possible solutions are being bandied about. Nationalise BCCI, professionalise its management or let former cricketers run the board.
- Short wishlist for 2013: Better political behaviour, better cricket and better songsOur wishlist for 2013 will of course include economic and financial goodies, but we would also hope for three key changes from the path tak...
- Raining scams: Why we need a new generation of political leadersWhile we debate the merits of privatisation in more mundane areas, public assets are routinely privatised and the malaise cuts across parti...
- Govt to announce measures to clean Augean stable soonThe government will soon announce wide-ranging political, administrative and judicial reforms to counter the image deficit caused by a bliz...
- No CWG OC bill too small for 100% CAG auditCAG teams camped at the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) office are engaged in an extraordinary task.
- Have your cake and eat it tooWhat should people desire in life? The answer would depend on who is doing the desiring, and at what stage of life, and under what sort of ...
- Test for education: A good time to initiate reformsIt also provided an opportunity to ensure systemic changes that would help bring the Indian education sector at par with the best in the wo...
- Action, not committeesFree up retail prices of petro-products like diesel and petrol.
- Proactive energy policyPricing of fuels based on calorific value would be a good idea.
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