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Banking on the banks for expansion

Pulapre Balakrishnan

The government accepts that the economy needs more growth but could end up paying for its inaction.

A new ethics for a sustainable planet

Sujatha Byravan

Spelling out the government’s RBI windfall

Partha Ray The final impact of such infusions on the bank’s independence would depend upon the future course of such transfers

“The constitutional validity of J&K’s bifurcation into two Union Territories is doubtful.” Residents in Srinagar earlier this month.

On dilution, bifurcation and ‘special status’

Faizan Mustafa J&K’s perceived loss and New Delhi’s real gains over the Centre’s Article 370 decision need to be objectively assessed

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Banking on the banks for expansion

A new ethics for a sustainable planet

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Spelling out the government’s RBI windfall

Lead

Govt. needs to be prudent in using RBI’s transfer

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On dilution, bifurcation and ‘special status’

Kashmir’s information vacuum

A monumental litmus test

How the Supreme Court decides the cases around Article 370 will have a deep bearing on democracy

Hardly the brick and mortar of a revival

The transfer of the RBI’s surplus is only a stopgap measure which will not address the key problem of a lack of demand

Time to strike the gavel

The judiciary needs to dispel the perception that its standing as the guardian of constitutional rights is faltering

Privacy no longer supreme

Two years on, the judgment in ‘K.S. Puttaswamy’ has hardly resulted in a rights-based handling of personal data

Under the cover of President’s Rule

Unless some limitations are read into the Centre’s role under Article 356, the designated powers of States are in peril.

An end to arms control consensus

An end to the New START in 2021 will leave the arsenals of the two major nuclear powers unencumbered by any pact

Letting the pearl on the Silk Road shine brighter

The Dunhuang city has been witness to both multiple interactions and mutual learning between China and India.

Increasing investment to stimulate growth

Attention needs to be paid to both cyclical and structural dimensions of India’s present economic slowdown

State-breaking is not nation making

In the J&K demotion, every code, principle and constitutional sanction protecting federalism has been violated

Data on demonetisation's link to economic slowdown may have been suppressed

Task force report may have provided factual evidence for the debilitating impact of demonetisation on the formal corporate sector

A top post, its promise and peril

The post of CDS can lead either to a transformation of the defence forces or it could sink with a middling mandate

Choppy waters lie ahead

Anger in Kashmir and adverse global opinion are but expected; policymakers must learn from similar world events

The far right’s disruption of globalisation

Donald Trump’s emulators have tapped into globalisation’s long-standing discontents

‘The Idea of India’ is failing

The middle class that led India’s nation-building project has now embraced a nationalism that has no place for diversity

An intervention that leads to more questions

Revoking NFU does not necessarily mean giving up restraint, but it leaves India’s nuclear doctrine more ambiguous

A considered step that opens up new vistas

The abrogation of Kashmir’s special status is a major move towards ensuring an inclusive India.

Rajapaksa redux and a democracy in peril

The return of an authoritarian oligarchy in Sri Lanka could be stopped by a united stand of democratic forces

Lessons after the great deluge

Kerala needs to adopt watershed-based master planning and review building byelaws

A playing field for political violence

History offers a narrative on why it is so entrenched in Bengal, irrespective of political affiliations

Assam’s humanitarian conundrum

Neither Delhi nor Dispur has been working on a proper plan for those who will soon be declared stateless

The contours of the Kashmir move

India’s actions were enabled by the unilateralism in global politics and a decline in multilateral arrangements

An abrogation of democratic principles

The Kashmir move affects the robust nature of Indian democracy in addressing internal conflicts and alienation

The imprint of a state juggernaut

High productivity apart, this Budget session lacked sufficient deliberation, pointing to the crafting of a docile Parliament

A point to ponder over in the POCSO Bill

More than an emphasis on the death sentence, there needs to be an overhaul of the criminal justice administration

Not the final word from Islamabad and Delhi

There are already signs that the Kulbhushan Jadhav case between Pakistan and India might return to the ICJ

Incisive interventions that blunt the RTI’s edge

With the kernel of the Information Act under threat, the independence of the information commission is in peril

Economic milestone and a poignant anniversary

Bank nationalisation eased rural credit and aided financial inclusion. Any move to reverse it would be self-defeating

A leaf out of the Chinese playbook

India’s actions in Kashmir increasingly show an authoritarian muscularity, reminiscent of its northern neighbour

Hong Kong adrift and China without an anchor

Beijing should realise that political reform rather than economic lures is what resonates in Hong Kong

The fragility of India’s federalism

The government’s Kashmir move exposes the contingent nature of India’s asymmetric constitutional provisions

Kashmir has been cut to the quick

The Centre is riding roughshod over Kashmiri public opinion already beset with disaffection

Piecing together Kashmir’s audacious road map

The new doctrine will have to persuade Jammu and Kashmir that greater integration with India holds promise

A political reinvention in a moment of crisis

India needs a national party to provide substantive opposition to the government — all is not lost for the Congress

Pulling a Vietnam in Afghanistan

Mired in Afghanistan, America’s retreat strategy mirrors its Vietnam war campaign

Explaining the Asian rate cuts wave

Policy makers across Asia should ensure enough ammunition to manage a prolonged economic downturn

The taproot of conservation justice

Cutting down the Forests Right Act will only weaken the conservation regime and affect the rights of forest dwellers

Marking Tipu’s legacy to foster historical temper

Developing an understanding of our conflictual pasts, and not retribution, is the way to deal with ‘historical wounds’

Finding the data on missing girls

The figure quoted by the government fails to completely take into consideration deliveries in private hospitals.

In hate crime fight, a voice still feeble

Taking the cue from the U.S., the Indian Parliament needs to recognise hate killings as an act of terror

Fortifying the Africa outreach

There is a disconnect between India’s developmental assistance to and economic engagement with the continent

Padding up for the next UNSC innings

India must give exceptional weightage to how all Security Council issues have an impact on the subcontinent

A straightforward lesson on resolution

By not sorting out conflicts between themselves, India and Pakistan are effectively outsourcing the role to third parties

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