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Janmejaya Sinha

Janmejaya Sinha

Articles by Janmejaya Sinha

Current account deficit is an avoidable vulnerability

This article challenges the policy belief that India’s oil-gas-gold demand structurally condemns it to a current account deficit (CAD).

Updated on Jun 20, 2026 01:47 IST

Deregulation in focus, the bet is on entrepreneurs

The objective is to prepare India for the FTAs now being negotiated and to build an industrial base capable of accessing newly opened markets and defending its position at home. (Reuters)

Updated on Apr 24, 2026 15:03 IST

Why Indian industry economises on R&D

R&D flourishes when survival demands it — when firms must meet the standards of the world’s most competitive markets. It thrives under relentless competition and minimal protection. (HT Archive)

Updated on Mar 14, 2026 17:46 IST

Reading the tea leaves on a bubble in the AI space

History shows that revolutionary technologies, from railroads to the internet, often generate bubbles before their true economic value is realised. In the short run, technology is overestimated. In the long run, it is underestimated. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 16:15 IST

A budget for an uncertain world

The proposal to create five university townships near industrial and logistics corridors is timely and strategic. (HT Archive)

Updated on Feb 1, 2026 18:51 IST

Old ideas for a new India, amid the churn

Revisiting four powerful ideas — not ideological novelties, but pragmatic reforms rooted in efficiency, governance, and basic morality. (HT Archive)

Updated on Dec 30, 2025 15:30 IST

India’s growth pursuit: Lessons to learn from China’s story

By 2020, China had around 30% share in global manufacturing, becoming most countries’ largest trading partner. (AFP)

Updated on Oct 25, 2025 16:58 IST

Why India does poorly in building large companies

The governance structure of the company should evolve with size. If it becomes a conglomerate, then an appropriate structure, a holding company perhaps, is needed. (HT Archive)

Updated on Oct 13, 2025 15:11 IST

Spotting the opportunity in Trump’s H-1B salvo

The attack on top universities such as Harvard has already had an impact on the applications to the US globally and from India. (AFP)

Updated on Sep 29, 2025 15:22 IST

Superman entrepreneurs driving the Indian economy

Most superman entrepreneurs are optimists, and see opportunities where others see roadblocks and can pivot and change swiftly and adjust when needed. (HT Archive)

Updated on Aug 23, 2025 15:20 IST

Destruction of the old economic order

Trump’s continued tax cuts, and inability to curb government spending, will likely worsen US fiscal deficit and not reduce consumption. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Jul 14, 2025 16:03 IST

Wastage as an economic, environmental opportunity

Despite oil’s importance to India, there has been little technological innovation to make more domestic extraction possible. (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 28, 2025 14:51 IST

Six smart themes that define Budget 2025-26

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Malay Karmakar)

Updated on Feb 1, 2025 18:01 IST

The real non-tariff barrier called CRA

Updated on Jan 6, 2025 15:14 IST

What Trump’s return will do to the global economy

Trump seems unlikely to come after India, as he likes Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indians. That does not mean he will not be transactional (AP)

Updated on Nov 28, 2024 14:36 IST

Ending digital divide among school goers

The hope is that with the brilliant learning programmes available today on the net, there may be a small percentage of self-motivated children who learn on their own and can get qualified to take open board exams - Photo by Vipin Kumar.Hindustan Times

Updated on Nov 14, 2024 14:57 IST

Disinvest State stake in PSUs for market boost

FILE PHOTO: People walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 12, 2024 14:44 IST

Soft power option to win and keep friends

India’s soft power is rooted in the core Indian values of secularism, tolerance, inclusiveness, and assimilation of multiple cultures in its civilisation. Today, this is enhanced by India’s democracy, food, movies, music, inclusive non-missionary religion

Updated on Jun 29, 2024 18:16 IST

Learning from China to save India’s edge in ITeS

FILE PHOTO: An AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

Updated on Apr 20, 2024 16:30 IST

Making the most of the India opportunity

The key point is that in this decade, India is starting to drive global GDP growth. In the next six years, it will add as much to global GDP as all of Europe, and half as much as the United States. (REUTERS/ FILE)

Updated on Mar 30, 2024 16:39 IST

Governance risks in a post-truth world

Xi Jinping took decisive steps to concentrate power, purged rivals on corruption grounds, and introduced stronger controls on civil society to silence any dissent

Updated on Feb 19, 2024 16:30 IST

Navigating an uncertain, polycrisis-riven world

TOPSHOT - In this handout photo taken on November 21, 2023 received through the US embassy in Manila on November 23 shows two Philippine Air Force FA-50s (L) flying alongside two US Air Force F-15C Eagles over the South China Sea during the joint maritime and air patrols. US and Philippine troops began joint maritime and air patrols off the Southeast Asian country on November 21,

Updated on Dec 30, 2023 16:30 IST

New pathways to build Viksit Bharat

Free water and free power to agriculture lead to major inefficiency in water use(HT Files)

Updated on Nov 8, 2023 21:55 IST

Time to review bank regulation framework

RBI prefers dealing with the banks it controls rather than startups it does not understand (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Sep 28, 2023 16:27 IST

Free domestic capital from onerous fetters

All countries grow on the back of domestic capital augmented by foreign capital, not the other way round

Updated on Aug 28, 2023 02:49 IST

A secure, efficient banking model for Global South

Despite large-scale government bank ownership, the efficiency of the Indian financial sector improved markedly in the last decade. Financial reforms have been path-breaking.

Updated on Apr 27, 2023 13:00 IST

The global demographic shift is an opportunity

The search for young talent may give way to reskilling experienced employees. Company cultures will need to foster a lifelong learning mindset as working lives expand to 50 years.

Updated on Feb 16, 2023 14:13 IST

Public sector banks are sitting on a bonanza

The CEOs of several PSBs have taken decisive action to improve their banks, investing in technology, processes, talent systems and governance.

Updated on Nov 20, 2022 14:44 IST

India is the best bet in the global economy

ndia’s GDP is expected to grow at 7%, bank balance sheets are clean, credit growth has picked up, capacity utilisation has risen to over 70% and its relative overall debt-to-GDP ratio is manageable (Shutterstock)

Updated on Nov 7, 2022 14:33 IST

A Centre-state pact to help India’s vulnerable

India must become a country where all Indians can improve their lives.

Updated on Oct 13, 2022 14:19 IST

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