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India’s solar crisis has been failure of planning, coordination and infrastructure: Swaminathan AiyarIndia’s rapid solar expansion is creating an unusual crisis where electricity prices on the Indian Energy Exchange briefly fell to zero in ...
Election cash doles may trigger short-term consumption boost in apparel, smartphones, liquor: CEOsCash handouts from recent state elections are expected to boost spending on items like apparel, smartphones, and electronics. Consumers, es...
From Bengal to Assam, Hindutva rewrites the east: BJP's landslide ends era of regional strongmenThe Bharatiya Janata Party has achieved a significant victory in West Bengal, marking a shift in eastern India's political landscape. Regio...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Nitish Kumar likely to win Bihar polls because of BJP's overemphasis on communal politics: Swaminathan S Aiyar"It is an important state but it is not in any sense critical. There will be life after Bihar even if the BJP loses."
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."
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."
Prospects of Third Front are not looking too good: Swaminathan AiyarIf the BJP is unable to get enough seats, there is a possibility then that you have a minority Third Front government supported from outsid...
Don’t expect winter session of Parliament to be productive: Swaminathan Aiyar"There is no chance at all of it being a productive session. You can see the vultures circling in for the kill", Swaminathan S Anklesaria A...
Indian investment climate to remain very subdued: Swaminathan S Anklesaria AiyarThere is great uncertainty on whether UPA will even survive the winter session of Parliament because of Mamata's no-confidence motion threa...
- 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...
- 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?
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 ...
Union Budget 2011: There appears to be a certain stability in tax policy, says Swaminathan S Aiyar, Consulting Editor, Economic TimesThe move that has taken place as regards to investment in mutual funds is incremental. A little better is better than nothing. But it is no...