In 'A Fly on the RBI Wall: An Insider’s View of the Central Bank', Alpana Killawala narrates Raghuram Rajan's initial struggles with his public image as he became the RBI Governor.
Ask some people about India’s ever-worsening income inequality, and they will say it has nothing to do with the power of big business. To them, political theorist Brian Barry says: you cannot have it both ways.
The Ex-RBI governor talks about whether the Indian economy is growing fast enough, India's position on a global stage and his years working for the UPA and NDA.
Global voices also discuss why India's election is the most expensive in the world, and issues with India's food safety standards that have resulted in products facing scrutiny abroad.
In ‘Just A Mercenary?’, D Subbarao, looks back on a career spanning 35 years. From his time as an IAS officer to his roles as lead economist for the World Bank and RBI governor.
The former RBI governor batted for direct cash transfers to citizens, but said these become a problem if the transfers are untargeted and competitive before polls.
Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification led to many questioning state of Indian democracy, days after PM Modi participated in second edition of US President Biden’s Summit for Democracy.
New Delhi: While the world sees India as a bright spot, “stagnated secular socialists” like former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan...
At WEF Summit in Davos, Rajan criticised subsidies for green energy in Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and emphasised need to better assimilate refugees in the labour force.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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