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Beyond fiscal transfers

A SEMINAR AT the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) examined the growing tensions in fis­cal federalism. Professor A Kalaiyarasan, the keynote speaker, highlighted...

Return of reason

TIME IS A great teacher. Time is a great healer, too. Imagine Mamta Banerjee playing host to the Tata group chairman! Well, the wheel...

DO ELECTORAL BONDS CONFLICT WITH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE?

While introducing the much-debated electoral bonds scheme the then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley justified the rationale for anonymity. The Supreme Court is presently seized...

DMK/AIADMK – nominate to Rajya Sabha

In our July issue, I suggested the ruling AIADMK should consider offering a safe Rajya Sabha seat to Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar....

WALKING INTO THE SUNSET

India's world cup dreams lay shattered by one rank bad performance by what was otherwise a clinically sharp display. India lost because they were becoming...

MODI MAGIC Voted for decisive action

The 68-year-old Narendra Damodardas Modi cruises to a second term in office. With that, he becomes the first non-Congress Prime Minister to return to...

South still elusive for the BJP

For 15 years, during 1999-2014, DMK was a vital constituent of the Central government. The considerable number of MPs - 12 in 1999, 16...

A report card on performance

An executive summary of the performance of the various departments of the state edited from monologues produced by the government. Jayanthi Raghunathan and Dr....

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