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Retired German air force pilots have often taken their skills to China. The defense minister wants to stop the practice.

Explained Ideas: Why containing inflation, instead of boosting growth, could be the bigger challenge for policymakers in 2021 Explained Ideas: Why containing inflation, instead of boosting growth, could be the bigger challenge for policymakers in 2021 India has had trouble in the past with rising prices of services. Once this trend takes hold, as it did in 2011, it remains elevated for a prolonged period, writes Pranjul Bhandari. Updated: December 29, 2020 8:05:12 am Wh...

“There are strong indications that the new legislation is desirable and will bring in much-needed market reforms in the over-regulated farm sector. As on date, there is no contrary evidence that the new proposals will adversely affect farmers in the long run. There is no justification for a minimum support price regardless of demand and supply. No one would think of assuring a pharmaceutical company a minimum price for essential medicines that it produces, irrespective of whether the quantity...

Explained Ideas: Six reasons why farmers are justified in protesting against the farm laws Farm laws alter bargaining landscape in favour of corporate players, write Aadil Boparai and Salman Khurshid. Updated: December 21, 2020 3:00:02 pm Farmers protest at Singhu border of Delhi in New Delhi on December 11, 2020. (Express Photo: Abhinav Saha) In their joint opinion piece, Aadil Boparai and Salman Khurshid — both of the Indian National Congress — explai...

To be sure, government policy has moved that way since the early 2000s aided by a remarkable consensus shared across political parties, state governments and the Centre. Different central governments drafted model Acts in 2003, 2007 and 2017, each of which successively enlarged the scope of private markets and reduced the monopoly of the regulated mandi. In 2013, similar recommendations were made by a committee of 10 state agriculture ministers constituted by the ministry of agriculture. These ...