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The curious case of Dadri II

By Somit Dasgupta On March 29, 2022, the Centre reallocated 728 MW of power from the Dadri II station (owned and opeated by the National Thermal Power Corporation, or NTPC) from Delhi to Haryana. The reallocation was done ostensibly because of a letter from the Delhi government issued in 2015, asking for a reallocation for …

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April 25, 2022
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UK’s passage to India: Stronger business engagement strengthens bilateral trade outcomes

UK prime minister Boris Johnson pragmatically side-stepped contentious issues, like India not condemning Russia for its offensive in Ukraine, to focus on strengthening ties with fast-growing India as part of a wider outreach to the Indo-Pacific region. The outcomes of his first two-day visit broadly follow the directions laid out in the virtual summit between …

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April 25, 2022
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The poverty debate is an opportunity for food subsidy reforms

By Ashok Gulati & Ritika Juneja With the release of two new working papers, one from the World Bank and another from IMF, the great Indian poverty debate has started once again. Both the papers claim that extreme poverty in India, based on the international definition of $1.90 per capita per day (in purchasing power …

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April 25, 2022
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Mid-season IPL summary: Some players are on the path of revival, while a few young talents have emerged

The mid-season summary of the IPL-15 has a few highlights. Gujarat Titans, one of the two new teams, have done very well and that’s why they sit atop the table with 10 points from six matches. Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have suffered seven straight defeats, making their season a virtual write-off. But there’s a bigger …

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April 24, 2022
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Inside Track by Coomi Kapoor: Useful Fall Guy

When Priyanka Gandhi Vadra first suggested Prashant Kishor’s name as the right man to lead the Congress poll campaigns, there was general resistance. Even close lieutenants of Rahul Gandhi were opposed as it would clip their wings. But with Sonia Gandhi personally meeting Kishor and listening to his presentation of how to handle the 2024 …

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April 24, 2022
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Health Cadres: A booster for India’s health system

In a long awaited announcement, made on April 16, the Centre mandated the formation of two new cadres to strengthen health system performance at both central and state levels. The Public Health Cadre and Health Management Cadre will now join a Specialist Cadre of clinicians and a Teaching Cadre to form the four wheels that …

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Healthcare Opinion

April 21, 2022
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Fuel prices: Solving the petroleum price puzzle

By Amit Malviya The recent increase in fuel prices have again become a convenient tool for opposition parties to derive political mileage through misrepresentations and half-baked rhetoric. The way critics are trying to shape the discourse on this issue shows that their real intent is to divert popular attention towards headline-grabbing news and thus circumvent any …

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April 20, 2022
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Covid-19: Be Aesop’s Ant to prevent pandemics

By Atanu Biswas Pandemics are certainly not black swan events, although they are often perceived so. In his 2019 book The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria and Hubris, Mark Honigsbaum, a medical historian at the City University of London, focused on nine large-scale outbreaks since 1900—from the Spanish flu to the 1924 …

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April 19, 2022
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Hobson’s choice for RBI: While the rate cycle needs to turn, recovery shouldn’t be a casualty

Given how retail inflation in March nudged 7% and was fairly widespread, RBI should move to tighten the policy rate. Action would be warranted not merely because the headline print is way above the top end of RBI’s target of 6%, but as Nomura India chief economits Sonal Varma has pointed out, nearly 70% of …

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April 18, 2022
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Strengthen banking mechanisms: A case for upgrading banks’ auditing

By Ashvin Parekh Whenever we see a media report on some fraud or cases of NPAs arising out of funds siphoning by borrowers, or a disruption in the services of the banking companies, the first thought that crosses our minds is whether the assurance function of the banks is sound. The issue on hand assumes …

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April 15, 2022
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The curious case of Dadri II

UK’s passage to India: Stronger business engagement strengthens bilateral trade outcomes

The poverty debate is an opportunity for food subsidy reforms

Mid-season IPL summary: Some players are on the path of revival, while a few young talents have emerged

Inside Track by Coomi Kapoor: Useful Fall Guy

Health Cadres: A booster for India’s health system

Fuel prices: Solving the petroleum price puzzle

Covid-19: Be Aesop’s Ant to prevent pandemics

Hobson’s choice for RBI: While the rate cycle needs to turn, recovery shouldn’t be a casualty

Strengthen banking mechanisms: A case for upgrading banks’ auditing

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