'100 per cent bureaucrats will become parrots'

'Today you have 30 to 40 per cent of bureaucrats who are not parrots of the government, but what happens if you change the system?''If implemented, this can disrupt the system, which will have more......

Who will be Modi's hand-picked cabinet secretary?

Modi sarkar sets the ball rolling on appointment, next cabinet secretary is expected to be in office in September. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to have a new Cabinet Secretary......

'Several problems about India borrowing overseas'

'The most important thing is that the psychological signal it is giving to the markets and international markets,' says former finance secretary Arvind Mayaram. IMAGE: India's ministry of finance......

EXPLAINED: Rahul Gandhi's minimum income plan

'The Indian economy has been subsidised by the poor.' IMAGE: Congress President Rahul Gandhi at the Kisaan Abhaar Sammelan in Naya Raipur, January 28, 2019. Photograph: @INCIndia/Twitter Echoing......

An RBI governor, two finance ministers and a quiet war

'Governments that did not respect the central bank's independence would sooner or later come to rue the day they undermined the institution,' RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya warned on Friday.The......

8% savings bonds scheme not closed, but interest rate lowered

The bond, which the Reserve Bank of India started issuing on behalf of the Union government in 2003, was considered one of the safest savings instruments for retail investors. The government......