After Manmohan, Chidambaram attacks 'overly-centralised' Modi sarkar

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s veiled charge that Sonia Gandhi was an “unconstitutional authority” and instead accused......

Three oil PSUs move SC for modification of Aadhaar order

Three oil PSUs have moved the Supreme Court seeking modification of its earlier order that Aadhaar card is not mandatory and no person should suffer for want of it in getting benefits of government......

The big challenge of freeing up kerosene price

The staggered increase in kerosene rate may not have the same impact of freeing up the fuel price as for diesel, says Jyoti Mukul. Letting go of pricing control on a sensitive commodity can be hard......

Govt to give statutory status to Aadhaar

  Government has decided to accord statutory status to Aadhaar to ensure that benefits of the government subsidies directly reach the needy. "Additionally, as I will elaborate later, we will......

No LPG subsidy=Rs 300 crore annual savings for govt

The savings in LPG subsidies for the government could be up to Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion), if subsidy is blocked for high-income households with a consumption of 1.25-1.5 times the average. The......

Earning over Rs 10 lakh/year? Then forget subsidised LPG

To cut subsidy bill and reduce fiscal deficit, the previous United Progressive Alliance government had restricted the number of subsidised domestic cylinders per household to six every year in......