The Dhoot saga tells what went wrong with India’s reforms
The reckless, debt-funded diversification spree of the first decade of this century has come full circle, with banks writing off huge bad loans.
Enable boosters
While we in India are not as badly exposed to risks as people in China are, given our vaccine coverage and natural immunity from past exposure, health authorities do not want to take chances.
The broad mission of economics mustn’t get lost in daily routines
Here’s a reading list to illuminate the discipline’s ethical concerns that go well beyond the routine economic issues we focus on
A fiscal retreat could be a useful way to fight inflation
Price pressures could be fought without the unwelcome consequences of raising policy rates of interest
Banks have struggled to recover written-off loans for two decades
Debt write-offs are not waivers but recovery data has long shown that lenders get very little back
Electric two-wheelers need to be workhorses
They are finally being spotted as delivery vehicles but would need to perform better if they must play a truly revolutionary role in lifting India’s two-wheeler market out a deep slump
Our digital regulation approach can guide the world
The success of India’s principle-based approach is being watched globally for the lessons it has for other use cases
Mint Explainer: The US Act that sparked tensions over Taiwan again
The Act calls for sweeping reviews into everything from Taiwan’s defence preparedness and civilian defence measures to its acquisition of military platforms.
India is a glimmer of hope in a slowing world
When others appear frozen in place, we see opportunity—a time for bold and relentless founders to seize it and change the world.
The year that was: The battle for UP, identities and representation
The year 2022 is best remembered as the year of ‘awakening’, when the world took faltering steps to normalcy, following the unprecedented global pandemic of covid-19 and forced closures and lockdowns
Surviving a VUCA effect: How to fare in a volatile and unpredictable world
As 2022 draws to a close, it is important to assess how the Indian economy has done, especially as it was a turbulent year
Gear up wisely to clamp down on important digital intermediaries
India must strike a fine balance if it accepts the parliamentary panel’s recommendation of a special law to regulate Big Tech
India Inc needs new supply lines to address a leadership scarcity
Economists, political leaders and entrepreneurs alike are sanguine about India’s growth potential, predicting a GDP of up to $30 trillion in the next few decades
Generative AI models like ChatGPT have competition
How this space shapes up is an open question and vernacular startup models in India may have a chance
It is time to make fiscal compression a priority
The government should get its finances in better shape as India’s post-pandemic economic challenges shift. Notably, both Bibek Debroy and the IMF have weighed in on its urgency
Ghosts of conflicts past: The judiciary versus executive
The recent discord in India between the Judiciary and the Executive indicates impending turbulence in the extant regime of judicial appointments