Read more about Growth optimism: Will govt s own investment and exports be enough? on Business Standard. A step jump in medium-term growth rates, of the kind projected, needs all four engines of the economy to be firing. But the govt seems to have bet on just two, writes T N Ninan
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T N Ninan in his weekly column, Weekend Ruminations, notes if we are living through the “interesting times” of the Chinese curse, with multiple and overlapping crises slowly coming to a head, in a manner that is beyond the capacity of existing systems and institutions to meaningfully tackle? Read here India doesn’t have to see the Taliban as a hostile political force just because it is Islamic or Pakistan’s friend. Modi govt can befriend it if BJP resets its domestic politics of polarization, writes
Shekhar Gupta With the appointment of Navjot Sidhu as the head of the Punjab unit of the Congress, Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh is, without doubt, down.
Read more about What s the price of a life? A case for compensation to kin of Covid victims on Business Standard. The prospect of a compensation will incentivise reporting of deaths and ensure we get more accurate statistics. It will also act as pressure and force govts to control the situation, writes T N Ninan
Read more about The Great Gatsby Curve: Will India be like East Asia or Latin America? on Business Standard. If India combines great inequality with poor inter-generation mobility, it risks becoming, not like East Asia with its rapid growth rates, but like under-performing Latin America, writes T N Ninan
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