Swaminathan Aiyar on what the BJP sweep in Bengal and Vijay's rise in Tamil Nadu really meanIndia's political landscape has dramatically shifted with the BJP's decisive victory in West Bengal, marking a significant rise of Hindutva...
05 May, 2026, 01.18 PM IST
Twist of history: Will a party founded by a Bengali win West Bengal?West Bengal Election Results: Early trends in West Bengal show the BJP surging ahead of the TMC, potentially marking a historic shift in a ...
04 May, 2026, 10.32 PM IST
Why Mamata Banerjee will win West Bengal: Swaminathan AiyarExit polls predict a BJP victory in West Bengal, but this analysis suggests otherwise. Mamata Banerjee is expected to return as Chief Minis...
03 May, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
West Asia crisis: India resilient for now, but second-order inflation pain is coming, warns Swaminathan AiyarIndia might weather the West Asia conflict's economic storm if it ends soon, according to Swaminathan Aiyar. While a swift resolution is ex...
17 Apr, 2026, 02.58 PM IST
India ‘hardly on radar screen’ in US tariff plans but global uncertainty a bigger worry: Swaminathan AiyarSwaminathan Aiyar believes India's economy will not be directly affected by U.S. tariffs targeting countries like China and Russia. However...
05 Mar, 2025, 07.57 AM IST
Exit polls are a joke but a new pattern emerging of BJP bouncing back from setback in general elections: Swaminathan AiyarSwaminathan Aiyar discusses the potential impact of the BJP's strong performance in Delhi elections. Despite exit polls being unreliable, B...
06 Feb, 2025, 10.20 AM IST
A fabulous budget but still not 10 out of 10, says Swaminathan Aiyar. Here's whySwaminathan Aiyar praises Nirmala Sitharaman's budget for reducing fiscal deficit, increasing capex, cutting long-term capital gains tax, a...
23 Jul, 2024, 01.30 PM IST
We may actually be close to passing GST Bill: Swaminathan AiyarThere is no need for constitutional amendment. Leave it to the judgement of whatever the future governments are.
16 Jul, 2016, 04.14 PM IST
Cabinet expansion unlikely to be a game changer for Uttar Pradesh elections: Swaminathan Aiyar"PM Modi is very clear that merely putting up a few token names from Uttar Pradesh in the cabinet is not going to make much difference in t...
05 Jul, 2016, 04.29 PM IST
State elections are a non-event for economy, capital markets: Swaminathan AiyarIn a chat, Swaminathan Aiyar, Consulting Editor, ET NOW, talks about the assembly elections and its impact on markets.
04 Apr, 2016, 12.43 PM IST
Do not see a radical change in Budget 2014: Swaminathan Aiyar"Somebody was saying we had expected that it will be long on vision. But at the end of it all I have to confess I am disappointed."
10 Jul, 2014, 05.18 PM IST
Strong pro-Modi sentiment in eastern UP, central Bihar: Swaminathan Aiyar"A substantial amount of migrant labour has gone from Bihar and UP to Gujarat and they have reported back that things run very well there."
09 May, 2014, 08.50 PM IST
No firm evidence of young voters being game-changers in 2014 polls: Swaminathan Aiyar"Many things could happen over such a long period, but we cannot anticipate what they would be and we cannot anticipate which party will be...
06 Mar, 2014, 01.52 PM IST
- Don’t think political deadlock will break easily: Swaminathan Aiyar
"What we are seeing is a political theatre – the BJP is using this occasion to get on the front page of newspapers every single day by call...
28 Aug, 2012, 01.51 PM IST
- Markets have factored in Chidambaram's appointment as FM: Swaminathan Aiyar
How Chidambaram will act as the Finance Minister remains to be seen -- is he going to be adventurous or is he going to be conservative?
01 Aug, 2012, 12.47 PM IST
Budget 2012 not specific on fuel & fertiliser subsidies: Swaminathan AiyarThis is a budget which claims to be attempting discipline, but the discipline has been kicked down the road.
16 Mar, 2012, 05.26 PM IST
Budget 2012: We have to bite the subsidy bullet, says PM Manmohan SinghThe challenge before the country is to accelerate the tempo of economic growth and to ensure we do not slip on our obligations to moderate ...
16 Mar, 2012, 05.15 PM IST