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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicBimal Jalan

Topic: Bimal Jalan

In India, politicians live ‘off’ the people, not ‘for’

Bimal Jalan tracks India’s rise as an economic and political giant in his book, ‘From Dependence to Self-Reliance: Mapping India’s Rise as a Global Superpower’.

Modi govt needs a Covid cushion. RBI must transfer more of its surplus funds

The RBI has held back Rs 20,000 crore as provisions. This could have helped the Modi government further at a time of tremendous fiscal pressure.

Ex-RBI governor Bimal Jalan backs India’s first foreign sovereign bond sale

Former RBI governor Bimal Jalan said the country's fundamentals supported the case of fund raising through such sale of such bonds.

Low inflation gives RBI room to support economy, says former governor Bimal Jalan

Jalan says RBI should decide how much it can do to facilitate credit flow & investment in the economy, given global risks & elections at home.

Former RBI governor’s six secrets to unshackling India’s economy

Instead of sweeping reforms,Bimal Jalan advocates smaller changes that will strengthen governmental institutions

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.