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Don’t vote for Lok Sabha candidates who talk about civic issues. They are duping you

We simply do not know anyone who will not be corrupt. The purpose of a democracy is to build a system that is less prone to corruption by design...

22.04.2024 30

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There is one way to find out which politician will fix unemployment in India

India’s job market is going backward, not forward. Ask the right questions before you vote

08.04.2024 30

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Vote in the Lok Sabha elections, but know it’s just a symbolic gesture. Voice matters more

To have a real impact in the current system, you are better off holding the government to account through means that fall under the umbrella of free...

25.03.2024 20

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Why has Gujarat moved closer to BIMARU club, Rajasthan zoomed past it? Clue is in budgets

That Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh punch well above their weight is a lesson for poor states: There is light at the end of the tunnel, and effort bears...

11.03.2024 20

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Does BJP’s double-engine sarkar achieve its basic claim of better growth? Data says no

Data reveals no correlation between economic growth and the ‘double-engine’ govts. If anything, states with govts formed by a different political...

26.02.2024 10

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South India is rightly agitated by unfair allocation. Limiting Centre’s power is the answer

South India's situation is unlike any in large federal unions across the world. US, UK, China, Germany, and Spain correct their fiscal imbalances...

12.02.2024 10

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GST is squeezing states, but RBI’s ‘solution’ of more taxes is unfair

The RBI suggested in a December 2023 report that with GST impacting ‘vertical fiscal imbalance’, states should consider collecting additional...

22.01.2024 9

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Nicaragua dunki, Parliament breach have one problem written all over. India is ignoring it

Parliament security breach and Nicaragua-bound flight’s grounding in France didn’t trigger the debate on youth restlessness triggered by a brewing...

01.01.2024 20

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South vs north debate isn’t divisive, Centre’s ‘one nation, one policy’ is

The democratic model in India is federal but is skewed towards a powerful Union, which tends to accrue even greater power at the expense of the rights...

11.12.2023 10

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India’s wicked resource allocation problem has an answer— break UP into smaller states

Uttar Pradesh is too big and corners resources by virtue of its size. It’s unfair to other states.

27.11.2023 9

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States with English-medium schools have higher wages. Look at Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab

What is the point of the National Education Policy’s insistence on Sanskrit and Hindi? Marathis and Gujaratis need their own Annadurai.

13.11.2023 10

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‘India a superpower or not’ debate can wait, first answer this—how many new mothers live here?

An average child in India is comparable to one in Sub-Saharan Africa.

30.10.2023 9

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Indian Agriculture has a problem. We farm too much for too little

There is hardly any spending on agriculture itself, which would ideally mean spending on research and other ways of improving future yields.

16.10.2023 9

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