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There are two important things someone in my position should be saying to you. One, that our government is battered and badgered by people who think we are doing very badly. On our third anniversary of coming to power (in May), we will give you material that is staggering about the performance of our government.
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My book will be valuable for Indian army officers - Gen Shahid Aziz, Indian Express
We’ll fight under non-dynastic ruler - Yashwant Sinha, Asian Age
'Pakistan is not a jehadi state' - Husain Haqqani, Former Pakistani Ambassador to US, Indian Express
The man who must change China - Xi Jinping, Business Week
The Maldives is a keg today - Mohamed Nasheed, President, Maldives, Times of India
The people of Kashmir instigated the dispute - Christopher Snedden, Australian Scholar-historian, Mint
The small reforms are the easiest, but make the big picutre - Raghuram Rajan, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Economic Times
Businesses must know the rules of the game... If it becomes unpredictable, it is damaging - David Cameron, British Prime Minister, Indian Express
Cauterizing the wounds of 1971 - Farah Ghuznavi, Hindu
If you lose consumer trust, there will be no industry left - Hari Narayan, Ex-Chairman (IRDA), Mint
Teacher, thinker, he opposed quota - PV Indiresan, Indian Express
Doing business is painful - R Thyagarajan, Hindu
Of course, we must look into environmental factors, but not by stopping development - Adi Godrej, Godrej Group chairman & CII president, Indian Express
The Chaudhuri Effect - Arindam Chaudhuri, Business Standard
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: Without truth, there can be no justice or peace - Callum Macrae, Times of India
Meet the meteorite hunter - Michael Farmer, Meteor Hunter, National Geographic
Regulators are sometimes too close to industry - J Hari Narayan, Ex-Chairman, IRDA, Mint
Turnaround Tony pilots India take-off - Anthony Francis Fernandes, CEO AirAsia, Times of India
Middleman with a Helicopter view of India, UK - Christian Michel, Economic Times
Meet the Gujarat CM's cheergirls - Smriti Irani & Others, India Today
Lunch and dinner with Julian Assange, in prison - Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, Conversation
Cong can’t wash off its sins with Afzal hanging - Rajnath Singh, Pioneer
The prime time wild card - Sushma Swaraj, NewIndianExpress
Higher tax should not punish law-abiding citizens - Yashwant Sinha, Times of India
The long delay in Afzal Guru’s execution was unjustified - Gopal Subramanium, Ex-Solicitor-General, AsianAge
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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.
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