MKV’s 360 Degrees

Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg says India has been underperforming much before the US-Iran war and the world is losing confidence in the way authorities are managing the currency, forex reserves and stock markets. He said Indian currency and stock markets have performed badly compared to peers. There could be a case for probing the way top leaders talked up the stock markets just be...

Former Chief Election Commissioner O.P.Rawat says now only the SC can fully decide the black box of the SIR process and help rebuild trust in the electoral process and the Election Commission. He said SC must take a comprehensive view of all aspects including the way election commissioners are appointed and not deal with the issue state wise. There are overarching issues that need to be fully addr...

Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha says Modi has lost his legitimacy to rule and the BJP will likely lose the UP elections as this political uprising is much bigger and more widespread than the youth protest some months ago.

Parakala Prabhakar, political economist and relentless campaigner against Vote Chori says the only option is to disband the Election Commssion and install another truly representative body which does not become an extension of the ruling party. Opposition parties must refuse to participate in any elections until this is done .

Prof Santosh Mehrotra explains why US's rogue behaviour has given fresh impetus to the expanded BRICs members and partners who also form the core of the global south. BRICS is on an accelerated path to create a new multipolar global order.

Economist and author Prof. Arun Kumar says how the Modi government only wants data that fits its false narrative of India being a Vishwaguru. By suppressing the grim reality of India's economy it has hurt the credibility of data institutions and created a big trust issue.

Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg says there is a lot of distress among the wage earning class where incomes don't seem to have grown in real terms over the years. The other really sad development is 8 to 9 crore youth are out of the employment market. Therefore there is a new to investigate whether GDP is actually growing at the rate officially claimed.

Political Economist Parkala Prabhakar says time has come for a mass movement against ECI to seek full accountability and transparency before the electoral and political system is totally destroyed.

Political Scientist Christophe Jafferlot says the RSS has transformed in the last decade as it has the full support of the Indian State unlike in the past. He said RSS Chief Bhagwat addressing the youth after the CJP movement is aimed at wooing the young as even RSS tries to attract the young in their Shakhas. But RSS is now seen as directly accountable for policy mistakes like in the education po...

Former Central Information Commissioner and IPS(retd) , Yashovardhan Azad, talks about an urgent need restore the crumbling institutions dealing with right to Information, political corruption, policing and the criminal investigation system.

Prof. Mohammed Marandi, who accompanied the Iranian delegation for talks in Islamabad last April, says if Trump seriously pursues the MoU, the Strait of Hormuz could open in 3 to 4 weeks. Mohammed Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiations team.

Latest deposition by former Chief Accountant of Ram Temple trust suggests the scam is bigger than we think and one day all the culprits will be brought to book, say member of parliament ,Sanjay Singh

Senior journalist and veteran science writer Dinesh Sharma says the Modi government has not followed its own policy road map of gradually implementing the ethanol blending policy by 2030 based on transparency and consumer choice. There has been undue haste in forcing E 20 on vehicles which are not compliant and policy goals have got messed up.

Development Economist and Author Santosh Mehrotra talks about how our policy makers have failed the youth at various levels and the CJP movement is but a manifestation of this failure.

Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha says the underlying causes of the massive youth uprising are economic and this was building up for many years. My experience says this movement will have to be taken forward by opposition parties until 2029.

The moral unravelling of the Ram Temple project within two years of its inauguration is probably the biggest challenge for the RSS in decades, as it is seen as weilding direct political power, visibly enhanced financial and resource heft with no accountability.

Former Chief Editor of The Telegraph R. Rajagopal says there may be thousands like him who are part of the 32 lakh voters still waiting to be adjudicated by the tribunals but now may be denied passport renewal. The media and opposition will have to resist otherwise future generations will not forgive us, he told The Wire’s Founding Editor M.K. Venu.

Ajay Shankar, former Secretary, Power says the Iran-US war and the emerging geopolitics makes it imperative for India to quickly move away from excessive dependence on imported fossil fuels and to quickly scale up its renewable energy sectors. Strategic R&D expenditure by the government is key in some important parts of the value addition chain.

Economist Rathin Roy asserts India's growth will concentrate among the rich and the government will pay for the welfare of the very poor, leaving the vast majority of the middle class in a state of income/consumption stagnation. This is the mediocre, low productivity model of India's economy.

It is perverse for RBI to convert a weakening rupee into a fiscal bonanza for the Centre. This is not sustainable as RBI's dividend transfer from a falling rupee is now 8% of the Centre's revenue.

Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg says Modi government's panic response will push the economy into an even bigger crises. The currency management must be done carefully and decisively.