A. K. Bhattacharya
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Managing a crisis: Russia-Ukraine war outbreak a setback for Indian economy
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a year ago, there were fears that the Indian economy would experience heightened uncertainties in at least three specific areas. Dangers of higher inflation would pose new challenges for those in charge of managing India’s monetary policy. The possibility of higher commodity prices, particularly those of crude oil and fertilisers, would threaten the… → Read More
Tracking a forgotten prodigy
Read more about Tracking a forgotten prodigy on Business Standard. Book review of Manmatha Nath Dutt: Translator Extraordinaire → Read More
Raising tariffs is ineffective and bad for India's manufacturing prowess
Read more about Raising tariffs is ineffective and bad for India's manufacturing prowess on Business Standard. The Bombay Club of the 1990s had lost its battle against the Rao-Manmohan Singh duo's tariff reduction policy, but has bounced back with greater energy now, thanks to the present regime's backing → Read More
Low manufacturing with little support from govt spend pulled economy down
The chief culprit for economic growth decline was manufacturing sector. It grew by just 0.6% in the April-June 2019 quarter, compared to the double digit growth of 12.1% in the same period of 2018 → Read More
Expect no lean govt
Read more about Expect no lean govt on Business Standard. Manifestos of both the BJP and the Congress hold out no hope that the size of the next government will be reduced → Read More
Did the Congress make a mistake by disowning former PM Narasimha Rao?
Read more about Did the Congress make a mistake by disowning former PM Narasimha Rao? on Business Standard. Should the Congress leadership have buried its differences with Rao and claimed his legacy just like Modi has done with Vajpayee? → Read More
State Budgets for 2018-19 show a healthy recovery on fiscal deficit front
Read more about State Budgets for 2018-19 show a healthy recovery on fiscal deficit front on Business Standard. Just seven years ago, in 2011-12, the Union Budget size was bigger than the state Budgets → Read More
Problems of reactive governance
There is no substitute for proactive steps to address problems in the economy → Read More
It's time for GST rate cuts
The opportunity arising out of high GST collections should not be squandered → Read More
Was Rama's putting Sita through 'agni pariksha' a 'misogynistic' act?
Read more about Was Rama's putting Sita through 'agni pariksha' a 'misogynistic' act? on Business Standard. In contrast to Rama, Sita presents a picture of consistency, although she accepts the secondary role → Read More
A cesspool of cesses has undermined GST and hurt states' interest
Read more about A cesspool of cesses has undermined GST and hurt states' interest on Business Standard. Total collections from cesses and surcharges levied by the Centre have been rising at a steady pace → Read More
What is an Indian company? Does it really matter!
Read more about What is an Indian company? Does it really matter! on Business Standard. India's economic policy debates should not be allowed to be held captive by narrow lobbying based on whether a company is owned by Indians or foreigners → Read More
Travails With The Alien: When Satyajit Ray considered suing Spielberg
Read more about Travails With The Alien: When Satyajit Ray considered suing Spielberg on Business Standard. A book accounting Satyajit Ray's failed attempts to make a sci-fi film in Hollywood is a poignant reminder of his gullibility when it came to the business practices of the American film world → Read More
Making parliamentarians accountable
Read more about Making parliamentarians accountable on Business Standard. The time spent on discussing the Budget too was the lowest in the past 18 years → Read More
North Block has turned savvy in dealing with the govt's borrowing programme
Read more about North Block has turned savvy in dealing with the govt's borrowing programme on Business Standard. Backloading the government's borrowing programme suggests the finance ministry's confidence in better revenue numbers → Read More
Why leaders and policy makers choose to shoot Brahmastras from Hindu epics
Read more about Why leaders and policy makers choose to shoot Brahmastras from Hindu epics on Business Standard. Congress President Rahul Gandhi compared political party between Congress and BJP as battle between Pandavas and Kauravas. Know why policy makers choose to take Brahmastras from Hindu epics. → Read More
Face-off or glasnost? It will be clearer if govt goes ahead with reforms
Read more about Face-off or glasnost? It will be clearer if govt goes ahead with reforms on Business Standard. It is possible that the RBI governor's speech in Gandhinagar was an attempt at pushing the envelope on reforms in PSBs → Read More
Govt's move to promote services may fail if it can't address core concerns
Read more about Govt's move to promote services may fail if it can't address core concerns on Business Standard. The services sector has been growing faster than the physical infrastructure sector that should ideally be a necessary → Read More
How did BJP manage to prevent adverse impact of PNB scam in Northeast?
Read more about How did BJP manage to prevent adverse impact of PNB scam in Northeast? on Business Standard. The Congress or the Left Front failed to drive home the electoral advantage from the PNB scam and they must examine what could have gone wrong → Read More
Karti Chidambaram arrested: INX Media case and FIPB decisions explained
Read more about Karti Chidambaram arrested: INX Media case and FIPB decisions explained on Business Standard. The case becomes more controversial if attention is focused on people at FIPB's helm in 2007 and 2008 → Read More