IE Columnist: Ilapatnaik

Pick apart this myth

2009-11-04T00:01:59+05:30

Hindutva supporters make claims about how many of the technological advances of the West were known in ancient India.

Green roots of recovery

2009-10-15T00:01:58+05:30

India must rethink its long-term growth strategy and reduce its focus on exports

Valuing the dollar

2009-10-01T00:01:57+05:30

The weakening of the American dollar in international markets and stronger foreign capital flows to India in recent weeks suggest...

No one like us

2009-08-31T00:01:56+05:30

Indian policy-makers are in danger of taking the wrong lesson from the financial crisis

On different scales

2009-08-17T00:01:55+05:30

Inflation has risen in recent weeks. Higher food prices are the biggest contributor to this rise. The rise in inflation raises a question on the RBI’s stance on monetary policy.

Find the side effects

2009-08-10T00:01:54+05:30

NREGA could be better integrated with public health policy

Wait, watch the uncertainty

2009-07-27T00:01:53+05:30

The Reserve Bank of India will announce its monetary policy this week. While there has been talk about the RBI reversing its monetary policy stance...

Set the campus free

2009-06-02T00:01:52+05:30

The best universities in India are not well rated by global standards. Let’s understand why

Mind that debt

2009-05-25T00:01:51+05:30

Pranab Mukherjee’s first task will be to prevent a fiscal crisis

Retail therapy

2009-04-20T00:01:50+05:30

Indian multinationals are now integrating India with global financial markets

Now there are twenty

2009-04-04T00:01:49+05:30

After London, chances of the Great Recession becoming a Great Depression recede

How low can we sink?

2009-04-01T00:01:48+05:30

Ila Patnaik explains the downward spiral of deflation and whether India will succumb

Twenty parts to a rescue

2009-03-14T00:01:47+05:30

The global nature of the present financial crisis has made it difficult for any single country’s policies to get it out of the crisis.

Sunlight on the ledger

2009-02-20T00:01:46+05:30

The Central government is expected to raise more debt in the coming year than it has ever done in the past.

Give them credit

2009-02-09T00:01:45+05:30

Our curious fear of an impartial assessment of India’s financial system

Governor’s choice

2009-01-23T00:01:44+05:30

RBI Governor D. Subbarao will make his second credit policy announcement on Tuesday, January 27.

State of the blackboard

2009-01-13T00:01:43+05:30

The Right to Education Bill effectively taxes private schools across India...

Capital ideas

2009-01-05T00:01:42+05:30

To fight slowdown encourage NRI funds, private equity & corporate bonds

The fiscal and the meta-fiscal

2008-12-08T00:01:41+05:30

The government has announced a big fiscal stimulus package. In addition, RBI has taken further steps to reduce interest rates and raise liquidity in the economy.

Keep the money moving

2008-11-17T00:01:40+05:30

The NREGS is now particularly important. It can both help individuals who are experiencing bad times and generate counter-cyclical expenditures. The government should ensure a timely release of adequate funds

Clear as liquid

2008-11-04T00:01:39+05:30

The package announced by the RBI this weekend will go quite a way in easing rupee liquidity in the coming days.

The world is what it is

2008-10-21T00:01:38+05:30

The Reserve Bank of India’s interest rate cut is among the many steps Indian policy-makers need to take to reduce the impact of the global crisis on India.

Call money rates ease

2008-10-15T00:01:37+05:30

In recent weeks, companies which are short of cash have withdrawn money from mutual funds where their treasury function was often outsourced.

Global equity markets take heart as govts act in concert

2008-10-14T00:01:36+05:30

European countries unveiled a series of initiatives aimed at resolving the global financial crisis.

Will the G7 plan stabilise global financial markets?

2008-10-13T00:01:35+05:30

Last Tuesday, the UK came out with a three-part plan to resolve the global financial crisis.