What led to the gold's boom and crash

The gold market is not transparent, with an air of cloak and dagger about it, notes Alok Sheel. The steep rise and fall in gold prices in the recent past is quite dramatic, and reminiscent of the......

The Poverty Puzzle

There's no silver bullet to get rid of poverty, says Alok Sheel.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   The 2019 Nobel Prize in economics has been jointly awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther......

Is India facing stagflation? C Rangarajan clears the air

A recent paper on ‘Growth or Austerity: The Policy Dilemma’, co-authored by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan and secretary Alok Sheel, created......

FM to revive investor interest during US visit

As the US keenly watches the pace of financial sector reforms in India and struggles with the euro zone to put its economy back on track, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit that country......