Everything about the business empire that Vadra built and grew at an exponential rate, particularly since 2007, reeks of cronyism, given he is who he is: the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi.
With several cabinet ministers getting the jitters on the Land Bill, the cabinet referred it to a GoM. But the Bill in its present form should really be killed.
Even after the SC opinion, it's clear that 70% of the coal blocks given away for free should have been auctioned. They were not meant for common good, but private profit
India Inc's objections to some critical references in a Bollywood song won't help. In the current climate of scams, crony capitalism is the villain
For the bailout of discoms to succeed, governments and discoms must be held accountable for their commitments - and not use this opportunity provided by the cleaning up of their books as a starting point for another round of populist profligacy.
Thanks to the licence raj of the 1960s and the post-1990s reforms raj which came with a whole lot of corruption, the aam aadmi is unconvinced on reforms
The economic and political dynamic that underlies India's power sector - and the larger India story - is geared towards feeding a systemic collapse.
The nexus between tainted money and journalism is about to kill good journalism.
The improper allocation of coal blocks illustrates the prostitution of India's national resources by a cosy nexus among politicians, bureaucrats, business groups and power brokers.
Time magazine's characterisation of Manmohan Singh as an 'underachiever' is flawed. The man has risen way above the station in life that he was fated for.
Infosys dodges a bullet after an Alabama court judge threw out Jay Palmer's 'harassment' lawsuit on a technicality. But the company still faces a criminal investigation over alleged visa fraud.
The CAG's reports point to a flawed process in the way government and private businesses interact. By debunking the reports, the government is shutting its eyes to the lessons embedded in the reports.
Nothing about Manmohan Singh's speech conveyed a sense of urgency about arresting the downward spiral in the India growth story. And foreign investors are voting with their feet.
Markets are expecting a dramatic revival of policy reforms under 'Finance Minister' Manmohan Singh. They may be in for a big disappointment.
India's econmic future depends on whether Manmohan Singh resists Sonia's efforts to use the exchequer to get her son the top job in 2014.
In defending Mukherjee, Ahluwalia appears to be directing blame for the slowdown to Sonia Gandhi, whose welfarist economic philosophy has subsumed the UPA government.
Wisdom has dawned late on the UPA government on some of the flawed taxation proposals. But it must reflect on the mechanics of policymaking that derailed the economy and caused foreign investors to flee.
A flurry of policy announcements is expected today to arrest the rupee's fall, but the real test of policy action is whether the government acts to cut subsidies.
By a curious set of circumstances, the situation is propitious for Manmohan Singh to turn the economy around and secure his legacy.
Rather than offering gratuitous advice to European leaders, Manmohan should practice what he preaches and propel the Indian economy back to a high-growth orbit.
If our economic policymakers spent half as much time and energy addressing the core problems in the economy, they might not have to worry so much about what rating agencies have to say about it.
But in the final analysis, whoever comes in will be handicapped by Sonia Gandhi's welfarist economic philosophy.
Government inaction is largely to blame for low growth and high inflation, but it is again passing the buck to the RBI. But cutting rates now will only compound the economic problems.
Standard & Poor's traces the disastrous economic policymaking in India to the dysfunctional power arrangement at the top between Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh.
Manmohan Singh's comments on reviving the economy reflect the tiredness of a tired government. Modi offers a far more forward-looking vision of government as the facilitator of economic development.
Should the violence at Maruti's Manesar plant is a sign of a problem that companies across India are facing. How well should they treat their employees, particularly those at the lowest levels.
Manmohan Singh wants to do for the Indian economy in 2012 what he did in 1991. But the two situations are different and neither Sonia nor Manmohan have answers.
If Pranab Mukherjee is elevated to the presidency, who will be the top contenders for the job? Jairam Ramesh has reminded us of his utility.
Trying to create a premature welfare state by throwing freebies all around is taking India back to the old Nehruvian Hindu rate of growth.
Mr 'Micawber' Mukherjee and his team have colossally misread the economic situation as a cyclical downturn, not a systemic collapse. Until they snap out of their state of denial, the recovery cannot begin.