Page 195 - Editorial Comment
Vyapam scandal is just a symptom of all that ails the job market
Madhya Pradesh scandal should be treated as a wake-up call underlining the urgent need for job creation
Insuring crops: Urgent need for insurance & compensation fund
Existence of such a fund would obviate the need to announce special compensation packages
Macroeconomic stability not a guarantee to accelerating growth
Bank credit growth and corporate profitability patterns paint a picture of persistent stagnation
No distinction between FDI and FII a dampener for insurance sector
While raising the foreign investment limit, the government clubbed FDI and FII flows
Govt should leave airfares to mark
Air travel is not a poor man's necessity and it is no business of the government to fix fares
Simply infusing more funds won't solve problems of PSBs
NPAs are an open wound, from which the bleeding needs to be stopped before more capital is transfused
Greek crisis may create an opportunity for long-term investors in India
Neither India nor China will be be badly affected by Grexit in fundamental terms
Positions harden in Europe
Next 10 days will be crucial if 'Grexit' is to be avoided
A managed Grexit
Greece and the 'troika' must accept reality
Room for rebels?
Lessons from the fate that befell rebel BJP CMs
IIMs' toughest case
Avoid making them handmaidens of the HRD ministry
BJP must not allow charges against ministers to derail Parliament session
Silence from the ruling party on the allegations is arming a feckless opposition with the weapons to disrupt Parliament
Local bodies can't be ignored in schemes for urban housing, infrastructure
Most hurdles in the way of sufficient supply of housing for the poor have been created by the states and the urban local bodies
Regulations for start-ups need to be more relaxed
Sebi has kept out retail investors for the time being, which may be too heavy-handed a regulation
Finally US might be restarting conversation on racism
For long, US has ducked the hard questions about race and power
Monsoon woes: Antiquated drainage can't handle new pressures
Reasons for recurring rain-related problems are many apart from the apathy and inefficiency of the civic bodies
Recapitalisation of PSU banks must be based on performance
It is far more efficient to give more capital to each of a few relatively healthy banks than to spread it thin over all of them
India needs to manage effects of radicalism, violence in West Asia
When it comes to foreign policy, it must be remembered that millions of Indians live and work in West Asia
A new Reliance: Can Mukesh Ambani pull off a transformation?
At the heart of one of the biggest transformations in India's corporate history lies a plan to offer super-fast broadband services
Humanitarian crisis: 11 mn people displaced in 2014
The primary source is Syria along with Iraq
