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Seetha is a senior journalist and author

18 Months In, Here’s How GST Has Fared On The Ground

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Arun Jaitley (Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

‘Seven Decades Of Independent India’ Is A Mixed Bag Of Essays, Most Of Them Thought Provoking

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Cover of the book Seven Decades of Independent India.

The Idea Of Aadhaar

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Aadhaar cards

“Aadhaar Is Today The Most Trusted Identity In The Country”

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Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey

What Rajaji’s Swarajya Thought Of Nehru

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Rajaji and Nehru

Modi, Policy And Nation Building

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he delivers his Independence Day speech from The Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2016. Photo credit: PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/GettyImages

Everyone Who Criticises The Way Festivals Are Being Observed Is Not a Hindu-Hater

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Crackers 

Raghuram Rajan: What He Did Do

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Raghuram Rajan /Getty Images

Y V Reddy, The Quiet RBI Governor, Has A Lot To Say In His Memoirs

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ExGovernor of RBI Y.V. Reddy at introduction of Book India and Global Financial Crisis in Mumbai on Thursday (Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Swarajya Exclusive Interview With Piyush Goyal

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Getty Images

70 Years Of Good, Bad And Ugly  

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Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. (Keystone Features/GettyImages)

Latest Data Should End Debate On Whether DeMo Hurt Economy. It Did.

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Indian labourers in a factory (Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)

Read This Before You Accuse States Of Fiscal Imprudence 

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NITI meeting

Maternity Benefit Scheme Needed Expansion; Cutback Will Dent Modi Govt’s Welfarist Image

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A Indian woman poses with new 2000 rupee notes. (ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Three Years After 16 May 2014, It Is Clear That A Right Wing Rainbow Was Just A Mirage 

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Economic and Cultural Right 

The Big Fuss Over Revision Of IIP and WPI Explained

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An Indian woman checks the price of pulses and grains at a wholesale market in New Delhi. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/GettyImages)

Don’t Make Aadhaar An Excuse To Invade Personal Space

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Aadhaar (Photo Credit: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

It Is Not True That Privatisation Is Off; It Is More Time-Consuming: Bibek Debroy

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NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy

NITI Aayog Action Plan Is Good In Parts, But Could It Have Been Better?

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NITI Aayog’s Three Year Action Agenda needs more clarity of vision.

MCD Election Results: Kejriwal May Be Down But Not Out Just Yet

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

6/12/1992—As It Happened 

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Hindu youth atop the disputed structure in Ayodhya 

For The Sake Of The Nation, Congress Needs To Dump The Dynasty

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Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi ... the time is up for the Dynasty?

Why Irom Sharmila Got Just 90 Votes

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Irom Sharmila with her supporters. (STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages)

Sunday Explainer: All You Wanted To Know About GDP Numbers But Were Too Lazy To Ask

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An industrial and transport equipment manufacturing factory. (GettyImages)

Q3 Numbers Should Keep The Government Pushing At Growth Front, Not Lull It Into Complacency

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Indian shoppers browse at a supermarket in Mumbai. Photo credit: INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/GettyImages

Sure, Slam Moral Guidelines, But Women Must Heed Safety Guidelines

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7yr Ideas
Women walk along a street in New Delhi. (MANPREET ROMANA/AFP/Getty Images)

Recasting Kerosene Subsidy: Early Days Yet For DBT, But It Is Gaining Traction

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A child sits with others as they wait their turn to get subsidsed kerosene oil outside a government fair price shop in Alwar district of Rajashtan. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/GettyImages)

Lesson From A Gujarat NGO: Property Rights For Tribals Will See Them Prosper

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7yr Ideas
ARCH Vahini in action 

Food Subsidy: Centre May Be Winding Down On Cash Transfers

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A vendor processes the ration card of an Indian woman at his Fair Price Shop, a government food dispensary in the northern district of Jahangirpuri of New Delhi. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

Full Marks For Fiscal Discipline But Jaitley Shouldn’t Lose Focus On Spending Quality

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (centre) leaves his office to table the budget in Parliament in New Delhi on 1 February 2017. (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

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