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  • newPolitical leaders, their health secrets, and how it has changed political recourse
    In an interesting revelation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Vladimir Putin, the Russian President “will die soon.” His remarks come amid speculation on Putin’s deteriorating health conditions. During a press conference in Paris, following...
    - 3 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 9:40pm -
  • newBy 2030 our cows will produce GDP exceeding some 170 countries!
    Our Prime Minister never misses a chance to puff up his chest about India’s “$ 5 Trillion” economy, though, truth be told, it’s still shy of the $4 trillion mark. We’re also frequently encouraged to...
    - 3 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 9:07pm -
  • newOne science, one intent, and One Law: How reforms can propel India’s Seed Sector to global prominence?
    India’s remarkable progress has been driven by an unwavering dedication to scientific advancement, exemplified by transformative initiatives like the Green Revolution, the White Revolution, space program, nuclear program, etc., The nation’s current standing is a...
    - 4 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 8:47pm -
  • newBeyond wealth: The quest for a happier Indian soul
    From poetry to pragmatism—India’s quiet trade-off India, the land of gods and GDP, of sages and start-ups, has always thrived on contradiction. It’s where a sanyasi renounces the material world in the Himalayas while a...
    - 4 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 8:24pm -
  • newRamayana in the history and cultural life of Thailand
    ‘Glory to Ram’ is the leitmotif of culture here. Here kings had proudly sought to imbibe the virtues symbolised by Ram by assuming the very title of Ram. They named their capital Ayodhya (Ayutthaya) and...
    - 5 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 7:03pm -
  • newThe Weekly Vine Edition 36:  Is your Ghibli portrait destroying the planet?
    Hello and welcome to another edition of The Weekly Vine. In this week’s edition, we cast a cold eye over the Ghibli trend, ponder how Trump’s tariff wars could end up helping India, pour over...
    - 7 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 5:19pm -
  • newAutism in India: Challenges, awareness, and the road ahead
    “Being different doesn’t mean being less.” Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a growing concern in India, affecting thousands of children and adults across the country. However, autism remains widely misunderstood, often misdiagnosed, or even ignored...
    - 8 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 4:06pm -
  • newAnuradhapura and the roots of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
    One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism from India to Sri Lanka. The Island of Sri Lanka not only embraced this compassionate path, but also became...
    - 9 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 3:33pm -
  • newScience & secret of manifestation: Part 2
    Continuing from where we left off, a common question arises: Why do some criminals seem to lead a  wonderful life? This is indeed something worth pondering.  To answer this, let’s consider a simple analogy. Suppose...
    - 13 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 11:20am -
  • newExploring interconnectedness of being
    By Pulkit Sharma Empathy as a virtue was valued deeply by our ancient cultures and there was a time when people worked hard to instil this quality in younger generations. Several mythological legends, ancient folklores...
    - 17 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 7:30am -
  • newIs Trump’s tariff turmoil good news for India?
    As advertised, Trump presidency has thrown disruptive balls in global geo-economic playgrounds. And yet the most disruptive move of them all may come today with Trump’s announcement of “reciprocal tariffs” — retaliatory tariff-marking irrespective of...
    - 17 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 7:15am -
  • newJudges & GOI: A murky tale
    On Jan 26, 1950, the first chief justice of India took office under the new Constitution. Three days before CJI Harilal Jekisundas Kania took this oath, his comments on a Madras high court judge (Bashir...
    - 17 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 7:06am -
  • newShukriya, Donaldji
    Trump’s tariff blitzkrieg could prove to be a boon for the long-exploited Indian consumer The tariff war that Trump has declared against the world has got govts across the globe scrambling to devise strategies to...
    - 19 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 5:00am -
  • newSupreme Court stands up for fairness
    The Supreme Court of India recently made a big decision to protect people’s rights. It told the Prayagraj Development Authority in Uttar Pradesh to pay ₹10 lakh each to people whose houses were destroyed in...
    - 19 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 5:00am -
  • newSC ups the ante
    Court’s order that a UP local govt should compensate owners of demolished houses is a big warning In its direction to Prayagraj Development Authority to pay 10L each to petitioners whose houses were demolished in...
    - 19 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 5:00am -
  • newBuying time for kisan 
    India can’t shield its farmers with tariffs forever. Farming needs a quantum leap Trump will announce his reciprocal tariffs today. Canada, Mexico and China, his biggest trade partners, have retaliatory plans, but India has struck...
    - 19 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 5:00am -
  • newIndia, Trump, and the farmers
    India’s farmers need better tools and support to compete with farmers around the world. Right now, the government uses high taxes on farm products from other countries to protect local farmers. This makes imported food...
    - 19 hours ago 2 Apr 25, 5:00am -
  • Delightful new words
    OMG so cute! This phrase kind of expresses the way you feel about someone or something you find simply adorable. It could be your little puppy looking at you with large liquid eyes after having...
    - 1 day ago 1 Apr 25, 9:52pm -
  • OneTAC – The UPI moment in the tourism sector?
    Building on India stack, the tourism stack can transform the sector and be the force multiplier for the economy. Sneak peek into how OneTAC national mission is being envisioned as the first pilot takes shape....
    - 1 day ago 1 Apr 25, 9:38pm -
  • The weight of goodbye: A family’s farewell at the airport
    The departure hall hums with the rhythm of parting—hushed voices, hurried steps, and the occasional loudspeaker announcement. Among the travelers checking their passports and adjusting their luggage straps, a small family stands near the security...
    - 1 day ago 1 Apr 25, 8:47pm -

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Economic Times Blogs

  • View: Sitharaman's announcements make a revival in investment look likelier than ever
    Import duties have been tweaked for manufacturing exports that are being pushed through production incentives. Small enterprises that are yet to see an uptick in the investment cycle are in for a beneficial tax treatment. The finance minister has tried to cover all the bases for a revival in investment. It is now a matter of when, not if
    - 1 Feb 23, 4:03pm -
  • Economic Survey 2023 underlines development economics
    The Indian economy's medium term growth is predicated on demographics that require synchronised improvements in inclusion. This requires reforms of governance at the grassroots level, the Economic Survey recommends. The Centre and states would do well to heed it.
    - 31 Jan 23, 8:30pm -
  • ET View: India growing back well, but to grow more, faster....
    This is a direct fallout of economic management during and after the Covid outbreak that vaccinated a labour force in time to resume work, pushed-up public sector capital expenditure to generate higher income and employment, brought inflation to manageable levels relatively quickly, and restored consumption through targeted emergency welfare.
    - 31 Jan 23, 4:19pm -
  • ET View: Many a slip before Shinde rebellion succeeds
    BJP and Shiv Sena together have the numbers to form the government in the 288-member Assembly. With 145 being the majority mark, BJP (106) and Shiv Sena (55) add up to 161. Independents are also likely to support.
    - 22 Jun 22, 5:25pm -
  • ET View: HDFC merger spells consolidation in India's private banking space
    HDFC Bank, in turn, can use its heftier balance sheet to write bigger loan cheques. The costs of the merger have been brought down by the recent streamlining of reporting and delinquency provisioning rules for non-bank finance companies and banks. And HDFC’s exposure to affordable housing and micro-lending makes it easier for its loan book to sit within the development finance requirements of HDFC Bank.
    - 4 Apr 22, 2:15pm -
  • ET View: Make budgetary hay while the economy is turning around
    Recent experience with divestment has dictated a more realistic assessment of capital receipts, although 5G spectrum is up for auction in the next financial year.
    - 1 Feb 22, 7:08pm -
  • ET View: A bold move to bury the retro tax ghost
    The Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha, nullifies the tax demand on the indirect transfer of Indian assets on transactions prior to 28 May 2012. The law will apply prospectively: gains from the sale of shares of a foreign company will be taxable in India if such shares, directly or indirectly, derive value from assets located in India. This makes eminent sense.
    - 5 Aug 21, 9:13pm -
  • View: The cost of a rate-cut rollback and how to set it right
    ​​Elections are underway in five crucial states, inflation is rising, and the country facing the second wave of the pandemic that has hurt incomes and livelihoods. A crucial policy decision on cutting the administered interest rate on small savings ought to have been thought through well.
    - 1 Apr 21, 10:55am -
  • ET View: In terms of growth contraction, the worst seems over
    In terms of current prices, GDP for Q3 is estimated to have gone up by a credible 4.3%, over the like period in the previous year. It does reflect higher value addition, read dearer prices, in sectors like agriculture, given rigidities in supply amidst pandemic-imposed restrictions in delivery and logistics.
    - 26 Feb 21, 9:00pm -
  • View: Why doesn't the Supreme Court crack down when lower courts violate its orders with disdain?
    The government should stop trying to suppress the voice of dissent through arrests, charges of sedition or causing enmity between communities and arm-twisting of social media platforms. And the Apex Court should pursue contempt charges, not against those who make open criticism of its rulings, but against the lower judiciary that subverts the constitutional order.
    - 11 Feb 21, 5:29pm -
  • ET View: Negative rates as conscious policy
    The RBI’s policies on maintaining high liquidity to fuel recovery, keeping a Targeted Long Term Repo window open is most sensible. It is unlikely to be used much, though, considering the oodles of liquidity being created by the RBI’s attempt to keep the exchange rate reasonably stable, even as foreign capital floods in, as confidence returns to mature markets.
    - 4 Dec 20, 12:29pm -
  • ET View: Remembering Jaswant Singh, the team player
    While valuing his officers’ inputs on reforms to steer the economy, Jaswant Singh had an ear to the ground – be it putting more money in homemakers’ purses or being responsive to industry’s woes. He was quick at decision making.
    - 27 Sep 20, 5:14pm -
  • ET View: Even before Covid, economy was slumping
    The government needs to fix the banks and create a functional bond market. This alone can raise the rate of investment. Gross fixed capital formation as a share of GDP was down to 26% in Q4 of 2019-20, and 26.9% for the year as a whole. Without raising it by six percentage points of GDP, India cannot shed its low growth trap.
    - 29 May 20, 7:53pm -
  • ET View: Welcome steps by RBI; it can surely do more
    While the monetary policy measures announced today are certainly necessary, they can hardly be deemed to be sufficient, in the face of severely weakened demand conditions economy-wide, following two entire months of severe economic lockdown.
    - 22 May 20, 7:05pm -
  • ET View: A big bang for small and medium enterprises
    Liquidity for power utilities, subject to state government guarantees, will ensure that power generation is not shut down. Of course, the power sector cannot be redeemed without a change in the political culture of patronising power theft and open-ended giveaways.
    - 13 May 20, 7:28pm -
  • Time to junk captive mining policy
    The way forward is to policy design a vibrant market for ore, so that steel and other metal producers face no uncertainty in procuring minerals and other raw materials at competitive rates.
    - 4 May 20, 7:47pm -
  • ET View: Extension of lockdown uncalled for
    The government is making a hash of loosening restrictions while extending the lockdown.
    - 1 May 20, 10:31pm -
  • ET View: Give liquidity directly to companies and state governments, RBI
    All the regulatory measures are welcome and will help companies and real estate developers. The liquidity measures have a more mixed import.
    - 17 Apr 20, 5:09pm -
  • ET View: Normal monsoons good augury
    The IMD projection says rainfall is likely to be 100% of the Long Period Average (LPA) precipitation for the country as a whole, with a model error of plus or minus 5%. But note that over the years there has been wide variability in monsoon rainfall patterns across regions.
    - 15 Apr 20, 7:19pm -
  • ET View: Welcome end to total lockdown
    It is welcome that the Prime Minister has restricted extension of the all-India lockdown to six more days after the original deadline of April 20th. The early lockdown has probably saved thousands of lives and helped contain the spread of the disease.
    - 14 Apr 20, 11:38am -
  • ET View: RBI should better target liquidity injection
    ​The central bank is not directly purchasing corporate bonds of large enterprises and major non-bank finance companies (NBFCs), as is par for the course in the mature markets. Instead, RBI has announced long-term repurchase obligations or repo in government securities with banks, so that the latter can then use the liquidity available to subscribe to corporate bonds or commercial paper or debentures.
    - 27 Mar 20, 8:33pm -
  • ET View: Over to the voters of Madhya Pradesh
    It is for the voters to punish defectors by defeating them, their backers or proxies in by-polls. If voters do not care, and allow such shenanigans to proceed apace, political parties would try to grab power by inducing MLAs to defect.
    - 20 Mar 20, 4:00pm -
  • ET View: Focused, forward-looking water policy needed
    The way ahead is to step-up recharge of aquifers and groundwater resources, even as we better allocate resources for surface irrigation systems and their maintenance. We are increasingly dependent on groundwater for irrigation, which is clearly unsustainable. But the maintenance and upkeep of surface irrigation systems is also neglected across states.
    - 12 Mar 20, 10:58pm -
  • ET View: On a wing and invocations of ancient India
    Does it hold out the definite prospect of reversing the growth slowdown? It does not. Does it fix the gaps in financial plumbing that prevent finance from being mediated to viable infrastructure projects? Not quite. A market for corporate bonds is India’s prime requirement now, and that remains a work in eternal progress.
    - 1 Feb 20, 5:45pm -
  • ET View: Economic Survey revives an old tale about Microsoft
    Microsoft has come a long way since then and even became the world’s most valued company. The Survey does not hold out a happy story.
    - 31 Jan 20, 5:16pm -
  • ET View: No-fly overkill over Kamra
    Civil Aviation minister Puri advised other airlines to follow suit. Air India, GoAir and SpiceJet followed suit — if the minister had asked them to do likewise, they would have done likewise — no matter Kamra did not misbehave on their flights. Nor did they convene a meeting of their internal committees that are supposed to ponder over a complaint.
    - 29 Jan 20, 5:35pm -
  • ET View: Why the proposal for PM-Yasasvi is a good idea
    At the broader level, the fact that the students will be selected through a national test is likely to help schools across the country to meet certain basic curriculum and teaching standards. The inclusion of senior citizens in the scheme is a recognition of the untapped capacity for contribution of this segment of the population.
    - 17 Jan 20, 5:55pm -
  • View: SC verdict on internet shutdown in Kashmir rightly demands the restoration of ‘reasonableness’
    The Supreme Court’s verdict that the Internet is a part of Article 19 – key to providing India’s citizenry with the ‘basic freedoms’ that include the freedom of expression – finally calls a spade a spade, and has demanded that Internet service be restored in Kashmir for all essential services.
    - 10 Jan 20, 12:09pm -
  • ET View: Time to boost demand, forget the fiscal deficit target
    The time has come for the government to shed its obsession about fiscal deficit targets and borrow more from the market, both to compensate the states for their shortfall in GST collections and to meet its own expenditure commitments. India still has deep reserves of economic resilience and it is necessary to avoid any self-defeating talk of recession.
    - 29 Nov 19, 7:08pm -
  • ET View: Promptly review levies, charges and the high extent of revenue share in Indian telecom
    The levies, charges and mounting dues would essentially financially cripple and may even bankrupt the leading service providers, and have wholly-avoidable negative effects and signals much beyond the telecom sector itself. The Cabinet needs to purposefully rationalise central levies and charges on telecom operators for the greater national good.
    - 14 Nov 19, 10:35pm -
  • ET View: CPI likely to remain elevated for statistical reasons
    The latest inflation numbers suggest that retail headline inflation, read the overall rise in consumer prices, has gone up beyond the 4% target set up Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The MPC is mandated to policy-induce a narrow 4-6% range for the retail inflation rate. The CPI has risen at the fastest rate since June last year.
    - 14 Nov 19, 4:23pm -
  • ET View: Sensible decision in Karnataka, now to let the December 5 bypolls decide the ex-MLAs’ future
    The 14 MLAs who quit from Congress and the three from the Janata Dal (Secular) last July, leading to the fall of the JD(S)-Congress government, may have reasons other than pure disagreement and/or disenchantment with the way their own parties were going about governing and such things. Now, it’s for the bypolls on December 5, to decide the fate of the 17.
    - 13 Nov 19, 12:14pm -
  • ET View: September IIP - Lacklustre capital goods output keeps overall index low
    As for manufactures, which account for over 77% weight in the industrial index, production has contracted and posted minus 3.9% growth. The sharp contraction in automobile production, with the output of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers declining by minus 14.9 % y-o-y has clearly adversely affected production.
    - 11 Nov 19, 10:15pm -
  • ET View: Accept the Ayodhya judgement and move on
    It is the duty of all concerned to not just maintain peace but also to work for sustainable unity.
    - 9 Nov 19, 12:19pm -
  • ET View: Economy, the winner
    For the polity, too, an Opposition staging an extinction rebellion is certainly good news. A healthy democracy needs an Opposition that is not a pushover.
    - 24 Oct 19, 11:38am -
  • ET View: Nobel for Abhijit Banerjee
    While Banerjee got his PhD from Harvard, he did his Bachelor’s in economics from Presidency, Calcutta and his Master’s from JNU.
    - 14 Oct 19, 5:46pm -
  • ET View: It’s not so much Peter Handke, but the Nobel Prize that should be judged by its choice
    What has troubled some critics is that he is a public sympathiser of Yugoslavian and Serbian war criminal Slobodan Miloševic.
    - 11 Oct 19, 1:10pm -
  • ET View: Nobel Prize catches up with discovery that has fuelled the smartphone revolution
    John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
    - 9 Oct 19, 7:05pm -
  • View: Growth not a monetary policy problem, says RBI
    By refusing to cut rate by 35 bps or more the RBI wants to make it clear that liquidity availability is not the binding constraint on growth.
    - 4 Oct 19, 12:48pm -
  • Modi and Trump score from Howdy Modi, but what’s in it for India?
    For Trump, Howdy Modi was a golden opportunity to woo a vital segment of American voters.
    - 23 Sep 19, 1:10pm -
  • ET View: Corporate tax rate cut, the best reform so far
    A lower rate, comparable with Asian peers, and sans any exemptions, will make large Indian cos more competitive.
    - 20 Sep 19, 1:16pm -
  • ET View: Third dose of growth boosters: good but not good enough
    The export sops announced are welcome. But they would take time to kick in and boost exports.
    - 14 Sep 19, 6:42pm -
  • ET View: The Moon is not made of insta-cheese
    Indian Space Research Organisation will analyse the mishap to identify what went wrong and rectify the defect that caused it.
    - 7 Sep 19, 1:27pm -
  • ET View: India needs large banks
    It is in the interest of the Indian economy to have large banks that can lend to large companies, given the greater segmentation of credit now.
    - 30 Aug 19, 8:10pm -
  • ET View: Jalan Panel does a fine balancing job
    Essentially, the committee has decided to keep the RBI’s revaluation reserves out of funds that can be used for transfer to any other account.
    - 26 Aug 19, 10:36pm -
  • ET view: Welcome booster package for the economy
    The reform of taxman-taxpayer interface, deploying technology and eliminating direct contact, is most welcome.
    - 23 Aug 19, 11:32pm -
  • ET View: India must reiterate its status as a 'responsible' nuclear state
    While Singh reiterated India's continuation of the 'no first use' policy, Singh's comment comes at a time when the Indian government has been seen to conduct 'radical' moves.
    - 16 Aug 19, 5:02pm -
  • View: A mellower Modi on Independence Day
    The most notable feature of Narendra Modi’s sixth speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort is an absence: an enemy to attack.
    - 15 Aug 19, 11:26am -
  • ET View: Congress dumps Rahul Gandhi
    Sonia Gandhi values counsel, and patient survival informs her action, rather than impetuous entitlement.
    - 11 Aug 19, 1:09pm -
  • ET View: 3 reasons for RBI's 35 bps rate cut
    RBI shares the general concern about slowing growth and would like to do its bit to lift spirits and get the economy moving.
    - 7 Aug 19, 2:30pm -

Drishtikone Blogs

  • Can the United States Survive as a Country if its no Longer an Empire?

    Can the United States Survive as a Country if its no Longer an Empire?

    The Prosperity, stability and power of the United States and indeed the West survives on it being an empire. That empire is now devouring itself. After destroying many. Trump's ways may dismantle this colonial behemoth. Will United States survive as a country, when it is no longer an empire?
    - 3 days ago 30 Mar 25, 7:13pm -
  • Sacralization of Outrage and How to Break Free

    Sacralization of Outrage and How to Break Free

    When rage is combined with religious and ideological absolutism, avenues of freedoms vanish. Dissent is met with ruthless subjugation and every atrocity is covered up by ambivalence. Let's deep dive.
    - 10 days ago 23 Mar 25, 8:09pm -
  • India Journey and Geopolitics: Silence Within, Chaos Outside

    India Journey and Geopolitics: Silence Within, Chaos Outside

    My India journey started with Mahakumbh, followed by a conference on geopolitics. The world is changing, and we need to focus on the motivations behind these changes.
    - 16 days ago 17 Mar 25, 6:15pm -
  • The Power of Agency in a Democracy

    The Power of Agency in a Democracy

    The elite are working hard to create an army of Non-Player Characters (NPCs) - like those in video games. Exercise of agency can move us from beings cogs to game changers. And that is at the root of our civilization as we know it.
    - 45 days ago 16 Feb 25, 7:38pm -
  • USAID and the Art of Subversion

    USAID and the Art of Subversion

    USAID is being dismantled. Contrary to what the moral busybodies declare, the aid infrastructure of the West has actively subverted other societies. Its only when it turned inwards with the same zeal that it is now being dismantled - brick by brick.
    - 52 days ago 9 Feb 25, 11:01pm -
  • The DeepSeek Jolt: The Technological, Economic, and Geopolitical Impact

    The DeepSeek Jolt: The Technological, Economic, and Geopolitical Impact

    China's AI Open Source model - DeepSeek R1 has shaken the tech and geopolitical world. It has ramifications in many areas. We have analyzed every aspect of its impact.
    - 59 days ago 2 Feb 25, 9:00pm -
  • Trump’s Greenland Gambit: The Arctic Frontier and His Vision for a New Global Order

    Trump’s Greenland Gambit: The Arctic Frontier and His Vision for a New Global Order

    Trump has promised a new America. But the way he is approaching the world, he may up creating a new world order. His actions and words on Greenland need to be properly understood. Its a change in tactics but not a change in direction.
    - 66 days ago 26 Jan 25, 10:30pm -
  • MahaKumbh: The Greatest Spiritual Spectacle in Human History

    MahaKumbh: The Greatest Spiritual Spectacle in Human History

    Over 400 million people are congregating in one city looking to find the truth about eternal and immortal life. They are seeking liberation. The greatest spectacle in human history is underway!
    - 73 days ago 19 Jan 25, 10:49pm -
  • The H1B Debate and the Shaping of America

    The H1B Debate and the Shaping of America

    Laura Loomer sparked off an internal Trump camp civil war. Almost as if on a cue. What is the context of the "H1Bs" and what are the challenges? Let's discuss this dispassionately.
    - 80 days ago 12 Jan 25, 8:16pm -
  • Hate and Fury of the New Gilded Age in America

    Hate and Fury of the New Gilded Age in America

    An election fought and won on the idea of defeating the elitist Deep State and the hero-worship of the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO show a deep and disturbing trend. The chasm is easy to witness everywhere.
    - 90 days ago 2 Jan 25, 1:46pm -