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Don't shoot the messenger - Hindu
The outcome of the Press Council of India's decision to challenge the Allahabad High Court gag order on reporting the movement of troops will be an acid test of how far the judiciary can go in curbing media freedoms. The court's order — which directed senior officials in the Home and I&B departments of the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure that no news on the subject is put out by the print and electronic media — was issued following the recent and sensational Indian Express report on the alleged panic in the civilian administration caused by the movement of two Army units towards New Delhi. 
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The UPA must not bring in another grandiose welfare scheme which the country can ill afford - Times of India
Phantom democracy - Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Indian Express
Look at India’s economic reality - Madhav Dhar, FinancialExpress
Kowtowing to the Middle Kingdom - G Parthasarathy, HinduBusinessline
Early exit from economic stress? - Shankar Acharya, BusinessStandard
Freeing the parrot - BusinessStandard
Selective secularism - SK Sinha, Asian Age
Islamist parties in Bangladesh trying to hijack nation's politics - DNA
Engage on trade - Suman Bery, Business Standard
The real moral failure in the food security Bill debate - Vivek Dehejia, Business Standard
A darkening digital future - L Gordon Crovitz, Mint
Amartya Sen is wrong about the Food Security Bill - Financial Express
How food security law is creating perverse incentives - Business Standard
Recipe for a change for the worse - Rajesh Singh, Pioneer
Congress uses free-food Bill as fodder - Pioneer
Such a good fall: Oil & gold booms are over, good for global economy - Ruchir Sharma, Economic Times
Govt, India Inc must take advantage of ultra-cheap Western and Japanese money - Economic Times
Supreme Court support for the Kudankulam plant reverses anti-development tide - Times of India
Some chit chat - Ila Patnaik, Indian Express
Not so fast - Indian Express
Dhoni and the art of controlling an IPL match - Aakash Chopra, ESPN
Stuck record: Why Amartya Sen is wrong on food security again - R Jagannathan, FirstPost
Amartya Sen, jholawalas, and the wrongs of rights-based laws - Seetha, FirstPost
Chance to stem the CBI rot - Chitra Subramaniam Duella, Mail Today
Mr Bansal, take the train, Mr Kumar, follow the law - Abheek Barman, ET
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There was for years an old "social contract" between politicians and business. This provided for complex rules and regulations that made it impossible to do business honestly in many fields. But it was possible to do business dishonestly, through pay-offs . Some called this "efficient corruption" : politicians took money and delivered clearances. However, the anti-corruption mood of the courts, and new fears of getting caught (like Pawan Bansal) have ended "efficient corruption" . Politicians may still take money but not deliver on clearances , what some call "inefficient corruption" that freezes investment and growth. The old social contract has broken down.
Swaminathan SA Aiyar
 

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