Rajiv Lall

Why the govt should give greater autonomy to public banks

Control over PSU banks is what is allowing the government to drive this scheme.

'Minimum government, maximum governance' in public sector banks

The Bharatiya Janata Party regime will have to make good on this election slogan to restore state-owned banks to health, says Rajiv Lall.

Of markets, politics and policy

The fragmentation of politics and the pressures of coalition management have contributed to a near-secular rise in budgetary social expenditures and spending on subsidies since 1991, leaving little fiscal space for government-led capital investment.

India can outperform China by '08