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Sanjeev Ahluwalia
About the AuthorSanjeev Ahluwalia
The writer is a former IAS officer, and a governance and economic regulation expert
    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Are safeguards possible to prevent theocracy?

    Much of the angst against Adityanath is drawn from the colonial “brown sahibâ€culture of political correctness.

    22 March 2017 12:32 AM IST

    BJP workers play holi with a giant cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate the partys victory in the UP and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    If BJP can uplift UP, all of India will gain

    The Narendra Modi performance juggernaut can be rolled out uniformly across the state.

    13 March 2017 1:04 AM IST

    A physically challenged person shows his voter identity card as others wait to cast votes at a polling station during the final phase of Assembly polls in Mirzapur. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    In politics, like in biz, bulk up to beat rivals

    Multi-party politics has become a fetish, far beyond its usefulness to the average voter.

    9 March 2017 12:33 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in Maharajganj district. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Can Modi revise social compact? 2019 will tell

    The mantra is that the government must focus on economic inclusion and social inclusion will follow.

    2 March 2017 1:18 AM IST

    Reserve Bank of IndiaOpinion
    To raise resources, give and take needed

    The RBI cautions against thinking that inflation has been tamed.

    14 Feb 2017 1:06 AM IST

    Finance minister Arun JaitleyOpinion
    Red flags that FM must not ignore

    The investment red flag must be raised if targeted investment in 2017-18 is below two per cent of GDP.

    1 Feb 2017 12:32 AM IST

    revenue records are fuelling corruption (Representational Image)Opinion
    Safeguard poor, bring India back on track

    If the ongoing jihad against corruption is extended indefinitely, business sentiment will collapse.

    20 Jan 2017 12:26 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    To create new India, 3 initiatives overdue

    PM Modi fell into the same rhetorical trap of belting out a preachy sermon but chose the wrong words.

    11 Jan 2017 1:14 AM IST

    Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Fiscal love for a sullen electorate

    The FM must provide a package' to soften the hard landing at home for returning migrant labour.

    20 Dec 2016 12:56 AM IST

    Income tax department on Thursday recovered at least Rs 73 crore cash, including Rs 8 crore in the new currency, and 100 kgs of gold bars in searches at multiple locations in Chennai, as per agency reports.Opinion
    Next, use Budget to target black money

    The ability to tax and to punish citizens as per the law is the best metric of sovereignty.

    10 Dec 2016 1:00 AM IST

    Firms with net worth of Rs 25 crore could operate 51 to 200 cash vans and companies with net worth of Rs 100 crore can operate more than 500 cash vans, the IBA said. (Photo: Representational Image)Opinion
    In rush to go digital, don't junk cash yet

    One cannot develop an ecosystem for junking cash by fiat alone.

    28 Nov 2016 12:23 AM IST

    when banks experienced a deluge of cash, it was possible that bankers experienced cramps in their fingers. (Representational image)Opinion
    A noble objective, but execution is faulty

    Modi has targeted election financing and corruption as the root of the black economy.

    19 Nov 2016 12:27 AM IST

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