Old guard needs to make way for Congress to grow

By the looks of it, the Congress cannot hope to return to power even in election 2024. What it can do is to start from the bottom, hold organisational elections, which are honest, and co-opt those......

Why is Modi still so popular?

Will a time come when people will look beyond what they see as Modi's strengths and begin to wonder why they have got poorer or sicker under his rule, asks Vir Sanghvi.   It is a question......

Even if BJP loses 2024, unlikely Congress will win

The Congress seems to have learned nothing from its defeats.At a time when its supporters worry that the idea of India is under attack, the party is still preoccupied with its own battles, notes......

Why BJP snagging Duraisamy from DMK is not a big thing

For the DMK, V P Duraisamy’s exit by itself may not make for much change in the party’s electoral victories in the western belt, where he comes from and which has remained the......

Economy: Modi II will have to undo Modi I's damage

‘If businesses are focused on de-leveraging, they can hardly be investing. This is the price extracted by investment mistakes during UPA rule, and should have been foreseen. ‘But......

Is it safe to invest in PSU stocks?

Traditionally, most PSUs have been cash-rich, which added to their value. However, the government has been tapping regularly into their cash resources to boost revenue for the exchequer......

Modi Sarkar's Rs 6.26 trillion bonanza for PSUs

Modi government’s story of five years with regard to equity allocation for PSUs shows that it may have allowed a large part of its resources to be wasted. This is also a worrying reflection......

Did NDA govt help Vedanta's Tuticorin factory?

The environment ministry till May 2014 (still under UPA) ordered that cases like Vedanta’s expansion plans need to consult people.  But in December 2014, the NDA government reversed this......