Special Report
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Naina Lal Kidwai: Do What it Takes to Improve Standard of Living
For this, restart the investment cycle, liberalise factor markets, mitigate food inflation, and increase public spending on health care and education
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Ashok Wadhwa: New Government Needs to Fix Old Problems
Scarcity of affordable capital, reliable infrastructure and nutritious food are the supply-side challenges that India has to overcome
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Sanjaya Baru: Getting Back to 'Business' Should be Priority
The head of the new government cannot take his eyes off the goal of reviving India's growth story
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Rajan Anandan: For the Internet, Faster Means Better
The potential for growth in this sector is limitless —We need the government to unleash it
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Ajay Bijli: Do Away with Entertainment Tax
At a time when China is leapfrogging India on the growth of multiplex screens, the ailing cinema industry is seeking a less irksome tax structure to facilitate its growth
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Ajay S Shriram: New Government Must Hit the Ground Running
There will be immense pressure from all sides but the government must not be swayed by populism as the country cannot afford to slip any further
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Ronnie Screwvala: Look Beyond the Obvious Markets
Create a system that encourages enterprise and unearths new markets. This is a tough path that NEEDS thinking outside the box
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Swapan Dasgupta: Political Roadblocks Ahead for the New PM
A determined Congress will be only one of Narendra Modi's many post-elections challenges
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Baba Kalyani: Snap Manufacturing Out of Inertia
DO IT Through a unified ministry and the participation of domestic companies in major infrastructure projects
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Kumar Mangalam Birla: Focus is the Key to the Development Narrative
To manage the tough times ahead, the development narrative in the coming years has to be centred around job creation, price stability, sustainable livelihoods, fiscal prudence and manufacturing resurgence
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The Changing Faces of Four Cities
Residents across four cities chronicle the transformation that they have witnessed in their neighbourhoods over the last two decades. Some were thrilled with the metamorphosis while others lament the price they had to pay for change