Surjit S Bhalla &Amp; Rohit Chawdhry

All stories by Surjit S Bhalla &Amp; Rohit Chawdhry

Direct Taxes Code: A welcome change from govt
Rediff.com30 Jun 2010

The new Direct Taxes Code has been put in the public domain and will most likely be up...

Conflicted and confused: The Congressman's dilemma
Rediff.com12 Jun 2010

It is not easy being a Congressman these days. In the good old days, the commands to be...

IPL or Scapegoat Modi?
Rediff.com24 Apr 2010

BCCI has become the world's fattest cricketing body, and in the wake of the IPL scam,...

Column: India's 'real' poverty
Rediff.com11 Jan 2010

Even if you raise the poverty line as much as the Expert Group does, it turns out just...

Copenhagen: Why China-India alliance will break up
Rediff.com8 Dec 2009

China and India are on different sides of the climate debate and, after the United...

Climate change: The story of mere promises
Rediff.com1 Dec 2009

When it comes to climate, change and promise may only be in the eyes of the beholder.

View: Terror by any other name...
Rediff.com2 Nov 2009

There is as much difference between the LeT and Maoists as between the Al-Qaeda and...

Budget set for credible reforms
Rediff.com7 Jul 2009

An economist's steering hand is visible; Budget 2009/10 has a well thought-out...

Getting back to 'Hindu' growth
Rediff.com4 Mar 2009

While the government, and market, looks at the year-on-year data for GDP growth of 6.8...

Budget: Are we blinded by reality?
Rediff.com17 Feb 2009

The Authorities need to realise that a major problem facing this economy, and the...

Financial crisis: Getting facts right-I
Rediff.com27 Dec 2008

2008 was a study in surprises, but that fact seems to have launched a barrage of...

Terrorist's nationality? Well it's terror
Rediff.com29 Nov 2008

The war against terror needs a fundamental change in attitudes on the part of the...

Arrest fiscal terrorism - Now!
Rediff.com15 Nov 2008

Contrary to fiscal terrorists, India has a lot of room for fiscal expansion in...

As America rewrites itself
Rediff.com1 Nov 2008

With an Obama election, America should reclaim its status as the most desirable country...

How transparent is India's oil policy?
Rediff.com7 Jun 2008

Not all stairways go to heaven; not all forecasts based on fundamentals come true, e.g....

World inflation - Is the worst over?
Rediff.com17 May 2008

That panic has set in among policy makers is suggestive of the worst being over in...

Story of the assumed Great Depression
Rediff.com3 May 2008

The world financial markets were close to breakdown just a month or so ago. While the...

Why RBI must cut interest rates
Rediff.com10 Apr 2008

Data for more than 100 countries over 47 years shows little sign that currency...

Speculating GDP growth rate
Rediff.com29 Mar 2008

Everyone, from investment banks to economists, are speculating about the GDP growth...

Loan waiver: What the real figures reveal
Rediff.com11 Mar 2008

The amount of loans to small and marginal farmers that commercial banks, cooperatives...