How ultrasound plays critical role in healthcare and why PC-PNDT Act deserves careful reformIndia's PC-PNDT Act, enacted to curb female foeticide, has had a modest impact on sex ratios over 30 years. While the law's intent is valid...
08 May, 2026, 11.48 PM IST
Musk’s $158 billion payday is a lot like Tesla stock: full of hot airElon Musk's massive $158 billion compensation package from Tesla highlights stark economic disparities. While workers face stagnant wages a...
01 May, 2026, 11.32 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Nobel winning economist Milton Friedman, “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert...” – Does Friedman's critique of government still apply in 2026? What does this powerful quote reveal about government efficiency, economic freedom, and modern life lessons?Quote of the Day by Nobel winning economist Milton Friedman: Global public spending has crossed $30 trillion in 2026. Efficiency remains a ...
11 Apr, 2026, 07.50 PM IST
CEA against concept of Universal Social Security as it may generate 'perverse incentives'The Chief Economic Advisor of India, V Anantha Nageswaran, has rejected the idea of Universal Social Security for the country, saying it wo...
09 Jun, 2023, 07.00 PM IST
Govts extends re-export timeline for imported containers by 3 monthsWhile the policy is designed to discourage long dwell time of containers and to promote faster turnaround, the government said that it has ...
25 Sep, 2021, 07.08 PM IST
India has created ‘perverse incentives’ for firms to stay small. Here's how to fix itIncentives meant to help Indian SMEs have an unintended and undesirable result. Most small businesses start small and stay small throughout...
20 Jul, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
India needs efficient supervision, simple regulation: Sanjeev SanyalThe problem is that supervision demands active monitoring and accountability from the government departments or regulatory bodies, which cr...
21 Feb, 2020, 07.09 AM IST
Size-based incentives should not stop companies from growing big, says CEAWe need to respect wealth creators but the wealth creation has to happen in the right way.
22 Aug, 2019, 10.38 AM IST
Incentives must shift from dwarf to infant firmsSurvey says when sops are provided to MSMEs irrespective of age, ‘perverse’ incentives are created for firms to stay small.
05 Jul, 2019, 08.25 AM IST
Economic Survey 2019: Focus on infant firms, not dwarfs for job creationJob creation in India suffers from policies that foster dwarfs, that is, small firms that never grow.
04 Jul, 2019, 12.51 PM IST
Cost recovery in oil contracts leads to perverse incentives and delayEstimates suggest that petroleum crude in situ in Indian waters may be large enough to meet our oil requirements for two whole decades and ...
01 Nov, 2012, 08.57 AM IST
- Power Grid collapse: Political spine must penalise violation of grid discipline
The grid failure underscores the fact that politically powerful states can overdraw power from the grid with impunity, and get away with it.
01 Aug, 2012, 07.52 AM IST
Wind power needs a tax incentive on the power producedOn the list of items on which revenue has been forgone on account of various tax incentives to boost output, the head 'accelerated deprecia...
09 May, 2012, 09.01 AM IST
- Microfinance in India is like subprime lending: Y V Reddy
Former RBI governor Y V Reddy said what many finance experts believed, but did not have the courage to admit publicly that microfinance is ...
23 Nov, 2010, 01.33 PM IST
- Reform mining
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), our largest iron ore producer and exporter, has an embarrassingly huge market cap, thanks ...
30 Oct, 2009, 05.21 AM IST
- Further tax incentives unwarranted
We clearly need to rationalise both direct and indirect taxes in petroleum.
12 Jun, 2009, 06.32 AM IST
- Pharma research set to get booster dose
The Budget may dole out some fiscal incentives to encourage research and development by pharmaceutical companies, which are already under p...
11 Dec, 2006, 04.16 AM IST