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Illustrates⬇️. Hypothesis - this is becoz wht we r doing is catch-up of tech well-discovered. There r papers, models, experiences alrdy - w/enuf $/perseverence/men @ the problem, c...
This⬇️ is overall govt (centre + state) debt/GDP. Central Debt/GDP has been more modest, given how much of below-the-line debt (like FCI) has been brought above. Plus, maintaining...
Demographic dividend nirvana is not abt jobs, but there being enuf young folks arnd for labour supply to *not* be a constraint on growth. Can be done via organic population profile...
State funding of elite sport is a communist trait. Conflation of Olympic/Asiad medals w/natl achievement is another communist trait imbibed by India. American Olympic athletes crow...
This chestnut⬇️ has been regurgitated too often. If 10% franchise was not enuf to ascertain muslim opinion on Pak, shd we say the same 10% franchise for hindus wasnt enuf to conclu...
Precisely becoz "reassurance of supplies" is as steadfast as Cassanova's vows is why indigenous becomes a sine qua non. US is the least reliable politically, Russia least reliable...
Lots of angst abt the debt MF tax rules. But @nsitharaman has got this right. There is no reason for differential tax treatment across multiple instruments w/pretty much the same u...
B4 tht, "opinion writers" shd figure out how reforms r good for the economy. And wht level of Bolshoi-quality finesse is needed to have optimum implementation. Most opinion writers...
Long-running chestnut⬇️. Can all the 25 generals/admirals/air marshals who ad nauseam bemoan lack of NSS out together a draft NSS for the rest of us to know wht exactly they want?...
Oft-repeated chestnut abt India's growth - how "global uncertainty" makes it tough for us to do 2003 (or China) encore. Uriah Heep cop-out - cheap money, cheap cmdty - ⬇️ in India'...
Coz Indian politicians have "owned" mil reverses in toto, while sharing the glory in victory and bestowing "sar himalay ka humne na jhukne diya" glory even in defeat w/the mil. US...
Worst PM India ever had, bar none, not even IK Gujral. The one whose reign brought India below Egypt, SouthKorea, even Pak! India's Mary, the progenitor of our dark ages... https:/...