Vivek Kaul
Union Budget 2021: Govt's great land sales idea needs a process-oriented transparent approach
It is important that money coming from land sales be allocated towards specific infrastructure projects, preferably in the very state where land is being sold.
Union Budget 2021: Govt needs to pursue disinvestment seriously next fiscal, else it may be a flop show again
Unlike 2020-21, the government cannot afford for disinvestments to be a flop-show in 2021-22 as well.
Why are farmers protesting against laws which will supposedly 'help them'? And why is no one talking about the details of implementation?
The fear among farmers is that the next step in the agriculture reform process will be the doing away of government procurement process as well as the MSP
Formal economy has failed aspirants but government can’t hire everybody
India’s underemployment problem can be solved with more job creation in the formal sector, but that isn’t happening
RTE has done more harm than good; return of exams is only a single step towards reform
While teachers are busy completing the syllabus, most students don’t learn much; meanwhile, they keep getting promoted and soon they are totally lost on what is happening in the class
GST on the hot plate again: Why a parotta is not a roti, a chapatti or a khakhra for that matter when it comes to economy
The simplest way to get rid of such problems is to have fewer and lower GST rates.
Migrants walking home desperately need money in their pockets; FM has seen to some of their needs, but not this one
Migrants working in the informal sector have felt the bulk of the negative impact of the lockdown that has been in place in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19
GDP nosedives to 6-year low: India’s got a huge demand problem and that’s not going away soon
GDP growth at 4.5% is the slowest growth since January to March 2013, when the economy had grown at 4.30% when Manmohan Singh was prime minister
Economy in bad shape with everything from car sales, bank loans in doldrums, but stock markets on a strong footing; what gives?
A very small section of the stock market has been driving up the overall stock market
Lenders get into lazy banking as they face slowdown blues, invest greater proportion of deposits in G-secs
The idea behind cutting the SLR is that banks will need to invest a lower proportion of their deposits in G-secs and in the process they will have more money to lend.
PSU telco Rs 69,000 cr bailout package: BSNL, MTNL merger will throw more public money down the drain
Globally, any merger works only because employees get fired and the merged company is able to bring down their cost of operations
Tracking India's economic slowdown: Narendra Modi govt has a herculean task ahead to pep up growth with dying private investment
There is more than enough evidence of the economy slowing down
Downfall of Jet Airways: Debt-laden airline never had a viable business model, failed to maintain income-expenditure balance
The overall expenditure of Jet Airways was simply too high, given the total income of the airline. A basic problem with the business model
Govt should not rescue cash-strapped Jet Airways, it's not in State's interest to run airlines
The operational creditors of Jet Airways, everyone from its service providers to its workers, can still take the airline to the bankruptcy court.
BJP manifesto is like a good dream, easy to sell; but does the govt have the money to implement promises?
The BJP manifesto promises a whole host of things (like the Congress manifesto) without really bothering to explain, where is the money to implement the promised things going to come from.
BJP manifesto 2019: Narendra Modi's promise to keep inflation under control and double farmers' income by 2022 is paradoxical
The growth in income of farmers has seen a declining trend in the Modi era. And this isn’t surprising, given that food inflation has come down dramatically.
Congress Manifesto 2019: To fulfil job dreams for its citizens, party must brace for a fiscal deficit nightmare
For anyone who has followed the debate around the lack of jobs in India, all the points which are a part of the Congress manifesto make immense sense
Who is responsible for CST bridge collapse in Mumbai; BMC or Indian Railways? Neither and it doesn't really matter
The BMC and the Indian Railways should try telling this to the relatives and the loved ones of the people who died in the collapse, as well as to the people who were severely injured, on a normal Mumbai evening.
Centre should sell BSNL after dismantling it rather than extending bailout package to keep telco ringing
The interesting thing is that once upon a time, BSNL used to make a lot of money.